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Harry Truman: “We should join with Canada in building the seaway, third, because it is a project along our common boundary in which…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 1952
We should join with Canada in building the seaway, third, because it is a project along our common boundary in which both countries have a substantial interest.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Urging Action on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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