Motion Picture MP2002-442
Administrative Information
Former President Harry S. Truman recalls the problem of refugees discussed at the Potsdam Conference. He also reads from a letter he wrote to his mother and sister about the vote on the UN Charter and his experiences with Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the conference. NOTE: Mr. Truman uses a racial slur in this video. The out takes both repeat from different camera angles. Sound and picture.
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Shot List
| 0:00 | Unidentified voice: "Scene 1,010, take 1" (background voices). | |
| 0:18 | Harry S. Truman discusses problems faced at Potsdam. "The most troublesome one was the refugee problem." Stalin claimed that the refugees were coming "of their own free will and accord." Mr. Truman comments that Stalin was lying about this and recalled how his grandmother was run off the farm by the federals, not of her own free will. "These people are forced to move and the Russians are doing it." We still had to feed and take care of the refugees. | |
| 1:26 | Harry S. Truman reads from a letter he wrote to his mother and sister the day after he submitted the U.N. Charter to the senate, July 3, 1945. "I believe we'll carry the charter with all but two votes." | |
| 2:11 | Harry S. Truman reads from the letter: "I'm getting ready to go see Stalin and Churchill.' He claims it's a chore and he has to take his tuxedo and tails. "I have to take my (racial epithet) preacher coat and high hat and sundry other things." He states that his briefcase is full of information on past conferences and "what he is to do and say." He wishes he didn't have to go but says he has to, and "it can't be stopped now." He ends the letter by saying he hopes they are both well and saying their letters will be forwarded to him. | |
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(Background voice, giving direction.) Outtake repeats from different camera angle. |