Richard Nixon actually said...

OEP's work as a coordinating and supervisory authority in this field has in fact been so effective... that the line departments and agencies which in the past have shared in the performance of the various preparedness functions now possess the capability to assume full responsibility for those functions.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 1 of 1973 Restructuring the Executive Office of the President.

01/25/1973

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