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FDR: “But we must not permit the many specific and immediate problems of adjustment connected with the liberation of Europe to…”

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But we must not permit the many specific and immediate problems of adjustment connected with the liberation of Europe to delay the establishment of permanent machinery for the maintenance of peace.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt cautions against letting immediate issues delay the establishment of lasting peace mechanisms.

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