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In the meantime, the United Nations will not follow the pattern set by Mussolini and Hitler and the Japanese for the treatment of occupied countries--the pattern of pillage and starvation.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “In the meantime, the United Nations will not follow the pattern set by Mussolini and Hitler and the Japanese for the…”
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Roosevelt contrasts the humane treatment of occupied countries by the United Nations with the brutal practices of Axis powers.
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