The President's News Conference
05/25/1949
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We must not use bayonets to force these prisoners to return to slavery and almost certain death at the hands of the communists.
Such inspection shall be subject to the conditions stated in the related Treasury decision approved by me this date.
These people look to the free world as their only hope to achieve this goal.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code