January 1, 1970

Churchill’s decision to travel to Fulton and make a speech was triggered by an invitation from the president of Westminster College, with a footnote written by hand from the president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, promising to introduce him on stage. Churchill was being offered intimate access to the leader of the Western world on the eighteen-hour train journey, and therefore was fully motivated.

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