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apr 3, 1798 - President Adams exposes the XYZ affair, providing Congress with letters from the peace commission indicating French efforts to bribe and intimidate U.S. officials seeking to speak with French diplomat, Charles Maurice Talleyrand.

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The reaction was one of outrage and intimidation.

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apr 3, 1798
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~ 227 years ago