Richard Nixon actually said...

It is my sad duty to announce officially the death of Harry S Truman, thirty-third President of the United States, on December 26, 1972.

I recommend that the people assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President Truma...

HARRY S TRUMAN will be remembered as one of the most courageous Presidents in our history, who led the Nation and the world through a critic...

His farsighted leadership in the postwar era has helped ever since to preserve peace and freedom in the world.