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Harry Truman: “The United States High Commissioner for Germany, hereinafter referred to as the High Commissioner, shall be the supreme…”

On the recordJune 5, 1949
The United States High Commissioner for Germany, hereinafter referred to as the High Commissioner, shall be the supreme United States authority in Germany.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10062—Establishing the Position of United States High Commissioner for Germany

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