Harry Truman actually said...

It is necessary, after our conference with General MacArthur on the situation in Korea and Japan, for me to immediately return to San Francisco and tell the world what our policy is as it affects the world and world peace.

Context

Remarks in Pearl Harbor at the Commissioned Officers Mess.

10/12/1950

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