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Harry Truman: The term 'fissionable materials' as used in this order means (a) all deposits from which the substances known as…

On the recordMarch 3, 1946
The term 'fissionable materials' as used in this order means (a) all deposits from which the substances known as thorium, uranium (including uranium enriched as to one of its isotopes), and elements higher than uranium in the periodic table, can be refined or produced...
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9701—Providing for the Reservation of Rights to Fissionable Materials in Lands Owned By the United States

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