Harry Truman: “I cannot comment on it until I have had an interview with Dean Acheson.”

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…

I believe that the report is of great value.