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On the recordNovember 15, 1949
We are very happy this evening to be hosts to His Majesty the Shahinshah of Iran--a wonderful country historically, and a wonderful country in the modern sense.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Toast of the President at the Dinner in Honor of the Shah of Iran

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