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Harry Truman: The West is free, but the East is still in bondage to the treacherous tyranny of the Japanese.

On the recordMay 7, 1945
The West is free, but the East is still in bondage to the treacherous tyranny of the Japanese.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference on V-E Day

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