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PROCLAMATION 3995-JULY 7, 1970

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I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fourth.

(^/2.JU( ^^K:yu^ Proclamation 3995 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1970 July 7, 1970

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

73 Stat. 212.

The Eighty-Sixth Congress on July 17, 1959, by Joint Resolution authorized and requested the President to proclaim the third week of July in each year as Captive Nations Week. The aspirations of the peoples of oppressed nations for independence and basic human freedoms are vital and inextinguishable. I t is in keeping with our own principles and traditions as a free and independent nation that we should look with sympathy and understanding upon their hopes and efforts to realize these just goals. NOW THEREFORE I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 12, 1970, as Captive Nations Week. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I urge them to renew their dedication to the cause of freedom and independence for all nations and to sustain these high ideals, which are both the precious heritage of this Republic and a foundation stone of lasting world peace. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-fifth.

(ZjUKjyi^ Proclamation 3996 UNITED NATIONS DAY, 1970 July 10, 1970

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

I n this year 1970 the United States and all other U N members commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations, and celebrate its accomplishments on behalf of peace, justice and progress. We are proud that our country played an important role in the founding of the United Nations at San Francisco in 1945. Ever since the United States has continued to be a strong supporter of the UN. In these 25 years we have worked—and encouraged others to work— through the United Nations to resolve disputes, to preserve or restore

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