Harry Truman said...

My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time...

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution...