On the recordJuly 17, 1949
I am primarily interested in achieving some worthwhile results in improving the organization of the defense establishment at the earliest possible time.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “I am primarily interested in achieving some worthwhile results in improving the organization of the defense…”
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Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 8 of 1949: Department of Defense.
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