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Harry Truman: We have not joined together for purely defense purposes.

On the recordSeptember 9, 1951
We have not joined together for purely defense purposes.
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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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