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Robert C. Byrd: “Let us make our judgments based on what is in the interests of the United States and not on the basis of how the Soviets…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1979
Let us make our judgments based on what is in the interests of the United States and not on the basis of how the Soviets might react.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Feb 26, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on United States relations with the Soviet Union and China.

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