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FDR: “International trade on as full and free a basis as possible is necessary not only as a sound economic foundation for the…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1944
International trade on as full and free a basis as possible is necessary not only as a sound economic foundation for the future peace, but it is also necessary in order that we may have fuller production and employment at home.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter to the Foreign Economic Administration on Postwar Policies

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