We have offered to surrender the most powerful thing we have under our control, if the world will come in and set up a control of that weapon which will prevent its use for the destruction of mankind.
Harry Truman: “We have offered to surrender the most powerful thing we have under our control, if the world will come in and set up a…”
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Remarks to a Group of New Democratic Senators and Representatives.
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