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Harry Truman: “Korea has become a testing ground in which the validity and practical value of the ideals and principles of democracy…”

On the recordJune 6, 1949
Korea has become a testing ground in which the validity and practical value of the ideals and principles of democracy which the Republic is putting into practice are being matched against the practices of communism which have been imposed upon the people of north Korea.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress Recommending Continuation of Economic Assistance to Korea.

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