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Robert C. Byrd: “Once and for all, the questions of international waters must be resolved. Statements which simply delay a solution will…”

On the recordJune 8, 1967
Once and for all, the questions of international waters must be resolved. Statements which simply delay a solution will only provide the seeds for a future conflict which could engulf the great powers in world war III.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jun 8, 1967

Editor's note · Context

Discussing Israel's right of passage through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Tiran.

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