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TRUMAN, HARRY S., President . Address of the President at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty, September 4, 1951. Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, Christmas 1951. Tall 8vo, original quarter brown morocco, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, very slight wear at extremities. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, no. 24 of 60 copies "printed for President Harry S. Truman," PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FLYLEAF IN INK: "To Hon. Thomas K. Finletter, with best wishes for a Merry Christmas. Harry Truman Dec. 25, 1951." A special edition of the speech delivered in San Francisco in connection with the peace treaty which restored Japan's sovereignty and defined a new U.S. policy towards Japan and Asia in general.