Harry Truman actually said...

"I read the preliminary part of the letter, and I was very happy to find one sentence in which Senator Byrd said he wanted to cooperate with the Government of the United States and with the President i..."

"We are gradually approaching what is necessary, and if it becomes necessary for that to come about, it will."

"I looked at the letter."

"I find such action to be practicable and desirable, in the interest of the national defense, and in the national interest."