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GENI.: IlAL

FO ~EIGN

I OUCY

SERIES

6

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RELEASED

SErrEMDER

1950

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OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAI

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foreW 1rd

TO

MY

FELLOW-AMERICANS:

At

a

timc

tilhe

ll

the

duties

of

eiti

zc

IIShip fall

IJ

eavily

1J

thollsa1Jds

of

yOllng

Amcri

calIS,

therc is

/

dllty that all

of

liS

can

and should impose

/,I

ourselves: to be

//Jell

ill-.

[arm

cd

abo lit

the

problems that face our· c

ountry;

to weigh

the

facts,

to

Il1Jdcrstand

the

j tles~

and

to

form

o r

1 11

opinions

and

judgmellts.

This

is

7lot

fl l

casy Imdertakillg.

But

it

is necessary

i

we

Americans) as

a

eople, nrc

10

excrt

o r

filII il//lucllec for pea

cc

fl

t

[ra

.

dam

. anti justicc.

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follollling brief SIIrvcy

of

Amcriean

//ms nnti po/icies Owns

prepared

at

y

sug-

gestioll.

I

tIJi1Jl

it

is

somct mtS

us

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to

Sl m

up

and

set

dO//Jll as

simply and dearly

as

possible

what we

are after

ill

our relatiom /Ilith other

govcmmcllts

a1Jd

their peoples.

It

is

1Jot

possible,

of

course, to tell

the whole

story

of

Americ

a

 J

foreign relatioi

lS

i1J

these

fcw

pages. Bllt

if

the

part

of

h~

story

th

at is told herc cOlllribules

somethillg

: o

YOllr

''''

dcrstandillg,

if

it

leads

) OU

to o,ther sources of il/formatioll,

aud

if

it

helps y

ou

to form

SOIl7ld

jlldgmenls, t/ ell

il

tVill

h~ve

scrved its purpose.