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Harry Truman: It is my hope that the practical effect of these regulations will be to make more, rather than less, information about…

On the recordSeptember 24, 1951
It is my hope that the practical effect of these regulations will be to make more, rather than less, information about the Government available to the people.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Memorandum on the Executive Order Prescribing Regulations for Classifying and Protecting Security Information.

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