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FDR: “At Cairo and Teheran we devoted ourselves not only to military matters; we devoted ourselves also to consideration of…”

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At Cairo and Teheran we devoted ourselves not only to military matters; we devoted ourselves also to consideration of the future-- to plans for the kind of world which alone can justify all the sacrifices of this war.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the broader goals of the Cairo and Teheran conferences, emphasizing the importance of planning for a post-war world.

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