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Harry Truman: Bit by bit in recent years we have carried out a policy, agreed upon with our allies, of building up a freely elected…

On the recordJuly 8, 1951
Bit by bit in recent years we have carried out a policy, agreed upon with our allies, of building up a freely elected German government, and returning to the German people an increasing degree of control over their affairs.
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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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