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Harry Truman: I said I had taken him at his word when he told me in January of 1948 that he would not run in 1948 for President.

On the recordJuly 11, 1951
I said I had taken him at his word when he told me in January of 1948 that he would not run in 1948 for President.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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