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Harry Truman: That is our purpose here today as we gather to sign the peace treaty.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1951
That is our purpose here today as we gather to sign the peace treaty.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in San Francisco at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty.

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