Harry Truman: “I know of no one word which more fully embodies this objective than the word 'democracy.'”

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…

I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.