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On the recordNovember 23, 1948
There could be no more appropriate time for the United States to be host to a United Nations meeting than during our cherished Thanksgiving holiday.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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