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FDR: “It might be the safest way; but of course, naturally, one doesn't like to withhold information from committees of…”

On the recordFebruary 20, 1941
It might be the safest way; but of course, naturally, one doesn't like to withhold information from committees of Congress.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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