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Harry Truman: The only reason I am going into some detail is that you apparently are interested, just as I am, in the White House.

On the recordAugust 13, 1952
The only reason I am going into some detail is that you apparently are interested, just as I am, in the White House.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to Junius B. Wood on the Minerva Clock and Other Antique White House furnishings.

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