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Harry Truman: The prevailing global scarcity of grain is such that no grain-importing country, however acute its needs, can hope to…

On the recordMarch 17, 1946
The prevailing global scarcity of grain is such that no grain-importing country, however acute its needs, can hope to receive in the immediate future more than a portion of its needs.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Exchange of Messages With President Bierut of Poland Concerning Grain Shipments by UNRRA.

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