Harry Truman actually said...

If you can arrive at about twelve fifteen I'll have General Smith and the Central Intelligence Agency give you a complete briefing on the foreign situation.

Context

Message to Dwight D. Eisenhower Inviting Him to a Luncheon and Briefing at the White House.

08/13/1952

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