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Harry Truman: We are going to have another meeting in a few minutes, and you will then have to listen to set speeches by the Secretary…

On the recordNovember 5, 1950
We are going to have another meeting in a few minutes, and you will then have to listen to set speeches by the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the United States, which will be broadcast to some 60-odd countries.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks in Independence at the Liberty Bell Luncheon

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