John Carter Vincent Cons

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Being the President, Harry Truman, means that I will have to make various difficult decisions while in office. The year being 1952 makes communism one of the most serious issues that I will encounter. Unfortunately John Carter Vincent, a State Department Employee, has been accused of being involved in communist activities. Although there is no such evidence of these actions, for the sake of my country, I must terminate him. The danger facing my country with a potential communist mole working for the government is unacceptable. Although I believe that at one time John Carter Vincent was a good man with good intentions, peer pressure from all the recent chaos has changed his stature. Good people do bad things, and there is a high possibility

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