On the recordMarch 2, 1949
I accept your resignation effective at the close of business on March thirty-first.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI accept your resignation effective at the close of business on March thirty-first.
Letter Accepting Resignation of James Forrestal as Secretary of Defense.
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