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Harry Truman: Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority…

On the recordDecember 11, 1951
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid title 17, do declare and proclaim:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2958—Copyright Extension: Italy

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