The President's News Conference
06/25/1947
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There is no substitute for personal conversation with the commander in the field who knows the problems there from firsthand experience.
All around the world the free nations have been gaining in strength.
I am confident that these forces will soon restore peace to the whole of Korea.
We have no aggressive designs in Korea or in any other place in the Far East or elsewhere.