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Harry Truman: DURING the past year the French and American peoples have made heavy sacrifices for liberty.

On the recordJuly 13, 1951
DURING the past year the French and American peoples have made heavy sacrifices for liberty.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Message to the President of France on Bastille Day.

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