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“Peace with Germany and Japan on our terms will not bring much rest to you and me (if I am still responsible). As I observed last time, when the war of the giants is over, the war of the pygmies will begin.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Telegram to FDR, March 18, 1945
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- b83476459af464830b8ee8d6105ceb0aad95f2dadb1eade74e953fc3a707ec24
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