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Harry Truman: “At their suggestion, therefore, I shall not ask you to take my name off the list.”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1952
At their suggestion, therefore, I shall not ask you to take my name off the list.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Secretary of State of New Hampshire Concerning the Presidential Preference Primary.

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