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Harry Truman: There is no substitute for personal conversation with the commander in the field who knows the problems there from…

On the recordOctober 16, 1950
There is no substitute for personal conversation with the commander in the field who knows the problems there from firsthand experience.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House

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