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DRAFT STATEMENT FOR PRESIDENT
When we are discussing matters which are appropriate for
inclusion in the peace treaties, I am sure it is understood
that these treaties under our Constitution must be made with
the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States.
Of course when I indicate my support of a proposal, I shall
use my best endeavors to secure its acceptance. That naturally
does not guarantee its acceptance. Nor should it preclude my
coming back and informing you when I find that political senti-
ment at home on a proposition is such that I cannot continue
to press its acceptance without endangering our common inter-
ests in the peace.
I make this statement, not to change the basis of my
discussions with you or the bases of President Roosevelt's
discussions with you, but only so that there will be no mis-
understanding ofmy constitutional authority or any question
of my exceeding it.
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Potsdam Conference, 1945
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