FDR: “We think it's rather silly not to work it out some other way, but we…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1944

We think it's rather silly not to work it out some other way, but we are not going to interfere under the Platt Amendment.

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Toast to the President-Elect of Cuba at a State Luncheon

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FDR: “We think it's rather silly not to work it out some other way, but we are not going to interfere under the Platt…”