LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THIS IS A UNIQUE MOMENT IN HISTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-1-1-4-4
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 22, 1969
• Content Type: MISC

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I_ Ladies and Gentlemen:
3. Today, in this new meeting in Paris, the. search for. peace in
Vietnam enters a new stage. Today, we begin together the search
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5. They will expect progress, not propaganda.
6. They will expect agreement, not acrimony.
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a new president was inaugurated committed to
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honorable peace, dedicated to an equitable solution, determined to
explore all alternatives. In his inaugural address he stated: "The peace
9. 1 have reviewed the record of previous meetings.
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served by repeating the list of familiar charges or to reca,t . e once more
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