Harry Truman actually said...

I am very glad to authorize you to inform the Secretary General that the United States Government will firmly support him in his effort to carry out the General Assembly's decision to establish the temporary headquarters of the United Nations in New York for an interim period of three years.

Context

Letter to the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion Concerning the Establishment of U.N. Headquarters.

05/21/1946

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