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Harry Truman: “I believe that the best method for terminating the state of war with Germany would be by the enactment of appropriate…”

On the recordJuly 8, 1951
I believe that the best method for terminating the state of war with Germany would be by the enactment of appropriate legislation in advance of the issuance of a Presidential proclamation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate Recommending Legislation To Terminate the State of War With Germany.

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