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Harry Truman: It is fantastic the things that can be done there to make living more pleasant for the people who already live there.

On the recordOctober 2, 1951
It is fantastic the things that can be done there to make living more pleasant for the people who already live there.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Syrian and Lebanese American Federation.

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