Harry Truman actually said...

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.

Context

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

11/15/1949

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