The time Truman met with Stalin and it went well

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The time Truman met with Stalin and it went well

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Back in 1941, a get-together that should have been fraught with uneasiness didn't turn out that way, which is surprising given the participants: President Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin.

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The time Truman met with Stalin and it went well

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