Harry Truman actually said...

This Government will not, I am sure, in any way approve of, nor will it participate in, the indiscriminate or unrestricted distribution of armaments, which would only contribute to a useless and burdensome armaments race.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Bill for Inter-American Military Cooperation.

05/05/1946

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