Harry Truman: “That's what I propose to let them do.”

Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.

I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.

I wouldn't take any, now. It's a little late.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…