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Harry Truman: The signing of a peace treaty is but one part of the process of making peace.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1951
The signing of a peace treaty is but one part of the process of making 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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