The New York Times · 28 January 1956

CP-1956-020

Mr. Truman’s Memoirs: Palestine Crisis Erupts

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“The fate of the Jewish victims of Hitlerism was a matter of deep personal concern to me. I have always been disturbed by the tragedy of people who had been made victims of intolerance and fanaticism because of their race, color or religion.”

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Installment seven of Truman’s serialized memoirs. A president explains his Palestine policy to the country in his own voice, in a newspaper, eight years after recognizing Israel in eleven minutes.

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"Mr. Truman’s Memoirs: Palestine Crisis Erupts," The New York Times, 28 January 1956. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1956-020. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1956-020

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