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FDR: “Essential to all peace and security in the Pacific and in the rest of the world is the permanent elimination of the…”

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Essential to all peace and security in the Pacific and in the rest of the world is the permanent elimination of the Empire of Japan as a potential force of aggression.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts the necessity of eliminating Japan as a military threat to ensure global peace.

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