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Harry Truman: The provision of an immigration quota for any quota area is designed solely for the purposes of the Immigration and…

On the recordJune 29, 1952
The provision of an immigration quota for any quota area is designed solely for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act and shall not constitute recognition by the United States of the political transfer of territory from one country to another, or recognition of a government not recognized by the United States.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2980—Immigration Quotas

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