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Harry S. Truman

33rd U.S. President who declined Israeli military offers during the Korean War, reportedly fearing a binding security arrangement with Israel.

Lifespan 1884–1972 Location Lamar, Missouri Mentions 28 Tags PersonPoliticianIsrael

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

Sources

  1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2. ↩

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World War II
World War II (1939-1945) is the global conflict from which the modern American intelligence community was born: the OSS became the CIA, Nazi scientists and intelligence officers were recruited through Operation Paperclip and other stay-behind programs, and the organizational networks, personnel, and covert operational culture of the Cold War era were all shaped by wartime arrangements.
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