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On the recordAugust 28, 1950
It is clear that we could not possibly make available the installations and trained military manpower to put a universal training program into operation at this time or in the immediately foreseeable future.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to Committee Chairmen on Universal Military Training.

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