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On the recordSeptember 12, 1949
The Government of the United States, as represented by the President and the Congress, is doing everything it possibly can to make the United Nations a going concern for the peace and welfare of the world.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the Joint Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and...

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