THE PRESIDENT. Well, I was over here, as you can see, doing a little work, and this rumor got started. I had a call from San Francisco, and the State Department called me. I just got in touch with Admiral Leahy and had him call our Headquarters Commander in Chief in Europe, and there is no foundation for the rumor. That's all I have to say.
Q. May we quote you?
THE PRESIDENT. Yes.
Q. Are you going to stand by?
THE PRESIDENT. I'm going to finish this work.
Note: President Truman's fourth news conference was held in his office at the White House at 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 1945.
Harry S Truman, The President's News Conference on the Rumor of German Surrender Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/230576
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