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Harry Truman: My statement at my press conference last week was intended to explain that such primaries do not bind the delegates.

On the recordFebruary 4, 1952
My statement at my press conference last week was intended to explain that such primaries do not bind the delegates.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Secretary of State of New Hampshire Concerning the Presidential Preference Primary.

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