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On the recordFebruary 25, 1963
These plans and programs shall be designed to develop a state of readiness in these areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States, and will take into account the possibility of Government preference or priority with common carriers or of exclusive Government use or control of communications services or facilities, when authorized by law
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11092—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Federal Communications Commission

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