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Harry Truman: “I am sincerely hoping that the things which we anticipated for the United Nations at San Francisco and at Flushing…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1949
I am sincerely hoping that the things which we anticipated for the United Nations at San Francisco and at Flushing Meadows...will eventually come to pass.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at a Luncheon in New York City on United Nations Day.

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