Remarks to a Group of Bishops of the Church of England.
09/08/1949
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I made a 14,400-mile trip to get a lot of misinformation.
This order shall supersede Executive Order No. 9277 of December 3, 1941, entitled 'Award of the Purple Heart to Persons ...
It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time...
I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.