03/30/1949
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"Surely this is a disaster which statesmanship can find a way to avoid."
"I have a very sincere desire, Mr. Prime Minister, to be as helpful to you as possible in this circumstance."
"Bit by bit in recent years we have carried out a policy, agreed upon with our allies, of building up a freely elected German government, and returning to the German people an increasing degree of cont..."
"Apart from questions of jurisdiction no one will doubt the impartiality of the World Court, its eminence and the respect due to it by all nations who signed the United Nations treaty."