Harry Truman actually said...

Under present conditions the essential need of the Federal Government in the area of civil defense is peacetime planning and preparation for civil defense in the event of war, rather than operation of a full-scale civil defense program.

Context

Memorandum on Civil Defense Planning.

03/03/1949

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