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Harry Truman: I can't answer that question until after the primary, if they have a primary. I don't know whether they have a primary…

On the recordAugust 31, 1949
I can't answer that question until after the primary, if they have a primary. I don't know whether they have a primary there or not.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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