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.
Harry Truman: “It is my hope that the practical effect of these regulations will be to make more, rather than less, information about…”
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Memorandum on the Executive Order Prescribing Regulations for Classifying and Protecting Security Information.
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