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Harry Truman: “I am sure, therefore, that none of the countries which are members of the Fund will use the present difficulties to…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1951
I am sure, therefore, that none of the countries which are members of the Fund will use the present difficulties to justify restrictions on trade and exchange which are not actually needed to further the program of mutual defense.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at the Joint Meeting of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary...

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