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On the recordApril 14, 1946
In the postwar world these American Republics will reaffirm the bold stand for democracy with which they have resisted the forces of reaction from abroad during the last decade.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the Governing Board of the Pan American Union.

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