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Harry Truman: “The time has come when the free men and women of the world must face the threat to their liberty squarely and…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1948
The time has come when the free men and women of the world must face the threat to their liberty squarely and courageously.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe

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