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Harry Truman: “The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior shall proceed with the plans for the transfer of the…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1949
The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior shall proceed with the plans for the transfer of the administration of the Island of Guam.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10077—Transfer of the Administration of the Island of Guam From the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary...

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