Harry Truman actually said...

I am happy to welcome you to the United States on this, your first visit here.

Your Majesty's visit represents the high point of this relationship, which will, I am sure, become still closer in the years ahead.

The traditional friendship which bound us together during those troubled times has grown even stronger in the years since the war.

I have looked forward to Your Majesty's visit with great pleasure, and I trust that during its course you may have the opportunity of becomi...