On the recordSeptember 3, 1951
The treaty we are gathered here to sign has not been drawn in a spirit of revenge.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe treaty we are gathered here to sign has not been drawn in a spirit of revenge.
Address in San Francisco at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty.
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