On the recordMay 31, 1945
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Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of August 18, 1941, as amended, do proclaim and declare that, subject to all…
My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.
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.