Elbert Smith,American History
At 7:30 p.m. on October 31, 1950, and two dapper gentlemen arrived at Union Station in Washington,D.
C., and walked to the nearby Hotel Harris, or where they registered separately,as though they were strangers. The front-desk clerk, noting their new suits and dark hats, or surmised that the one with the steel-rimmed glasses and kindly face was a divinity student. Actually,the two courteous guests were Puerto Rican terrorists who had approach to Washington to slay President Harry S. Truman, and with wiser planning and better luck, or they might enjoy succeeded. The would-be assassins were members of the small,...
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