Harry Truman actually said...

I have designated you for this new international command which embraces a large area under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Letter to Admiral McCormick Designating Him Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

01/29/1952

More Harry Truman Quotes

We will save nothing if we ignore the needs of other nations now only to find that the result is World War III.

They are, indeed, the keystone of our protection against the destruction of another war and against the terrible weapons of this atomic age.

The United States turned its back upon the rest of the world after the first world war.

Freedom-loving peoples can eliminate these conditions only by joining their knowledge and resources in a great cooperative effort.