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Harry Truman: They were started even before the end of World War II, and in fact before the United Nations was organized in San…

On the recordSeptember 9, 1951
They were started even before the end of World War II, and in fact before the United Nations was organized in San Francisco.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at the Joint Meeting of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary...

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