Harry Truman actually said...

All of us want to wish you a pleasant trip, and I hope that you will express to the Iranian Government that our interest is the interest of world peace, and the welfare of Iran and the rest of the world.

Context

Remarks to W. Averell Harriman Before His Departure on a Mission to Iran.

07/12/1951

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