No major reorganization of this character can be accomplished quickly and to attempt to do so could jeopardize the implementation of existing programs which are so important to our relations with other nations.
Letter to Secretary Dulles Regarding Transfer of the Affairs of the Foreign Operations Administration to the Department of State
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