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PROCLAMATION 4229-JULY 13, 1973

[87 STAT.

I also urge all educational institutions to join in appropriate activities to highlight the importance of student government and to encourage wider participation in its activities. I further urge all students in our country to acquaint themselves fully with their own student governments, and to play a constructive role in contributing to their success. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh.

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Captive Nations Week, 1973 July 13, 1973

Qy ffig President of the United States of America

A Proclamation As a nation we seek no imposition of our beliefs. But as human beings, we must always keep alive the hope that our great heritage of freedom will one day be enjoyed throughout the world. ' 73 Stat. 212.

As we make progress toward world peace and security, let us continue to show our sympathies for others who aspire to liberty and selfdetermination. In support of this sentiment, the Eighty-Sixth Congress ^j^ j^jy jy^ 1959^ by a joint resolution, authorized and requested the President to proclaim the third week in July in each year as Captive Nations Week. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 15, 1973, 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 rededication to the high purpose of individual liberty for all men. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventythree, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. y^n^M

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