Harry Truman: “Surely you are not afraid to have your side of this dispute examined in the public interest.”

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…

No, there's no reason for me to see him.

The course of action you recommend has my approval.

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.