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ON THE OCCASION OF "THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY OF DAHOMEY IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLt OF THE UNITEn STATES 
AND ON MY OWN BEHALF1 TO SEND TO YOU AND THROUGH YOU TO THF 
PEOPLE OF DAHOMEY SINCERE GOOD WISHES AND ASSUR~NCES ~F OUR WARM FRIENDSHIP• LYNDON Be JOHNSON 
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