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Harry Truman: “Our people demand of us that we take every possible measure to reach that goal.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1951
Our people demand of us that we take every possible measure to reach that goal.
Said by
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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