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Harry Truman: “Our own armed forces and those of our allies are essential to the protection of freedom.”

On the recordNovember 6, 1951
Our own armed forces and those of our allies are essential to the protection of freedom.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Radio and Television Report to the American People on International Arms Reduction.

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