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THE WHITE HOUSE
her friend and doubt all Iraa in
keeps floops on soil of
stirs up WASHINGTON ubilling and
There mind isn't that a Russia
my intends an intation of
Timby the Black and Sea the Steach seighre to the of we
thedi
terianear Ualess Russia
is feed with aa iroa fast
Mar and strong is in the haghay cathing country
one language do they unda divirons -
stand Hour many
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This letter to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is both an admonition and a declaration of foreign policy. According to the letter, President Harry S. Truman was very upset by Byrnes' lack of communication with the President while Byrnes attended the Council of Foreign Ministers conference in Moscow. In the letter, Truman reiterates his desire to delegate authority to his cabinet members but to always remain fully informed on issues. Truman states he has no intention of recognizing the "police states" of Romania and Bulgaria unless the governments are changed and that he wants to protest loudly the Soviet actions in Iran. He strongly voices his disapproval of Soviet expansion into and occupation of neighboring countries. He declares that "unless Russia is faced with an iron fist and strong language another war is in the making". Truman summarizes the remainder of his wishes to counteract Soviet influence and concludes by stating "I'm tired of babying the Soviets".
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