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Harry Truman: The Missouri basin contains a sixth of the area of the United States.

On the recordSeptember 29, 1952
The Missouri basin contains a sixth of the area of the United States.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at Tiber Dam, Montana

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