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The accomplishment of this objective will be furthered by the transfer of these territories to civilian administration and the enactment of organic legislation at the earliest practicable date.

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Letter to the Secretary of the Interior on the Transfer of the Pacific Islands to Civilian Administration.

05/17/1949

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