Harry Truman: “We are indeed glad to have him in the United States, and I should like to propose a toast to the President-elect of our…”

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.

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.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…