Harry Truman actually said...

You are also authorized to confirm to Lie and to other delegations that the Federal Government will give all appropriate assistance to the United Nations in connection with arrangements for temporary headquarters.

Context

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

05/21/1946

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