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Richard Nixon Thanks a Loyal Republican Congressman for His Support after Ending Vietnam War “now that we have finally achieved peace with honor in Vietnam … I also am confident that history will prove you to have been right …”




Typed Letter Signed “RN” as President, 1 page, 6.75” x 8.75”. On pale green White House stationery with blind embossed presidengtial seal at top center. Washington, D.C., January 24, 1973. To Congressman C.W. Bill Young. Fine condition.







In full,
“Now that we have finally achieved peace with honor in Vietnam, I particularly want you to know how much I have appreciated the support you have given during these difficult years to the policies that made that achievement possible. Without those in the Congress who stood steadfastly as you did, we could not have won the settlement that I announced last night. I know how great the pressures have been. I know the sort of attacks to which you have been subjected, as a result of following your conscience. But I also am confident that history will prove you to have been right, and that in the years to come you can look back with pride on the stern test nobly met.”







President Nixon spoke at 10:01 PM in the Oval Office at the White House on January 23, 1974. His address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television. An advance text of the President's address was released on the same day. A copy of the text is included. Before delivering the address, the President met separately with members of the Cabinet and six members of the bipartisan leadership of the Congress.









On January 24, 1973, the day he wrote and signed the letter here offered, President Nixon met with the expanded bipartisan leadership of the Congress to discuss the agreement. On the same day, the White House released the following related material: the texts of the agreement and protocol to the agreement; the transcript of a news briefing on the agreement by Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and fact sheets on the basic elements of the agreement, the International Commission of Control and Supervision, and the Four-Party Joint Military Commission.









Republican Charles William (Bill) Young represented Florida in the House of Representatives from 1971-2014. At the time of his death, he was the senior Republican in Congress, having served over 42 years. Young was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions which nominated Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Ford in 1976, and Reagan in 1984. He had supported President Nixon during the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings publicly suggesting, “Maybe a scenario has been worked out in advance,” with all 21 committee Democrats having already decided to impeach the President.






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