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Robert C. Byrd: “I have never trusted the Soviet Union. I believe that the leaders in the Soviet Union can only be depended upon to keep…”

On the recordMarch 12, 1969
I have never trusted the Soviet Union. I believe that the leaders in the Soviet Union can only be depended upon to keep an agreement so long as to do so is in their own best interests.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 12, 1969

Editor's note · Context

Debating ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

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