Harry Truman actually said...

I trust, too, that we may have the opportunity of acquiring through Your Majesty a better knowledge of Iran, its heritage of greatness and culture, and the courage and farsightedness with which present-day Iran, led by Your Majesty, is facing the problems of the modern world.

Context

Remarks of Welcome to the Shah of Iran at the Washington National Airport

11/15/1949

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