What we are doing in Korea is this: we are trying to prevent a third world war. — Harry Truman

What we are doing in Korea is this: we are trying to prevent a third world war.

1951
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Explaining why he had fired General Douglas MacArthur.

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Truman, Harry S. "Report to the American People on Korea." 11 Apr. 1951, Washington, DC, USA.

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