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Harry Truman: If you can arrive at about twelve fifteen I'll have General Smith and the Central Intelligence Agency give you a…

On the recordAugust 13, 1952
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.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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

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