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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- Politician
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- Israel
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summary: "33rd U.S. President who declined Israeli military offers during the Korean War, reportedly fearing a binding security arrangement with Israel."
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born: 1884-05-08
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died: 1972-12-26
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location: "Lamar, Missouri"
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the [[United States]], serving from 1945 to 1953. He declined [[David Ben-Gurion]]'s offer to send Israeli troops to fight alongside [[United Nations]] forces in South Korea, reportedly fearing it would back him into a security arrangement with [[Israel]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2.
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