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Recording Date(s)
October 17, 1950
Accession Number
SR61-62
Description
Address in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House, October 17, 1950. The speech was given subsequent to the President's Wake Island Conference with General MacArthur. The President spoke at 8:30 p.m. In his opening remarks he referred to Mayor Elmer E. Robinson of San Francisco. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. Transcript available in Public Papers of the Presidents, Harry S. Truman, 1950, p673-679. SR62-82 is another recording of same event by ABC (American Broadcasting Co.).
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Unrestricted
Place
Speakers
Production and Copyright
CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System)