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Historic press conference

Last updated 15 July 2025

This page was first published on 29 March 2015.

Historic press conference

"For me it is a moment of anguish because all my life... You see, the whole of my adult life... I have believed in merger and the unity of these two territories. You know, it's a people, connected by geography, economics, and ties of kinship... Would you mind if we stop for a while?”

– At the historic press conference on 9 August 1965. He stopped the interview at this point to regain his composure.