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Harry Truman: The progress which has been made in the recovery of Europe and in the strengthening of democratic institutions there…

On the recordJuly 8, 1951
The progress which has been made in the recovery of Europe and in the strengthening of democratic institutions there makes it appropriate at this time to end the status of Germany as an enemy country.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate Recommending Legislation To Terminate the State of War With Germany.

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