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Harry Truman: We have been watching the situation in your country ever since we heard that your crops were short over there, and the…

On the recordSeptember 16, 1952
We have been watching the situation in your country ever since we heard that your crops were short over there, and the arrangement of this loan and the signing of these documents makes us just as happy as I am sure it will make those people happy who would otherwise have gone hungry.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the Signing of the Pakistan Wheat Loan Documents

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