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Harry Truman: “It shall be the duty of the Director to further proper preparations, arrangements, and methods for the orderly and…”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1946
It shall be the duty of the Director to further proper preparations, arrangements, and methods for the orderly and timely winding up of the affairs of the temporary Federal agencies created for the purposes of the war, hereinafter referred to as war agencies, particularly with respect to personnel, property, accounts, space, and records.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9674—Liquidation of War Agencies

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