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Harry Truman: “The treaty now before us offers more than talk of peace; it offers action for peace.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1951
The treaty now before us offers more than talk of peace; it offers action for peace.
Said by
Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in San Francisco at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty.

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