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FDR: “But with internal dissension, with many citizens of liberated countries still prisoners of war or forced to labor in…”

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But with internal dissension, with many citizens of liberated countries still prisoners of war or forced to labor in Germany, it is difficult to guess the kind of self-government the people really want.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt points out the challenges in understanding the desires of liberated peoples for self-government.

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