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Harry Truman: “If it were possible, we would prefer that these bulwarks against aggression be established by the United Nations.”

On the recordAugust 21, 1949
If it were possible, we would prefer that these bulwarks against aggression be established by the United Nations.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in Miami at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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