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Harry Truman: “By virtue of the authority vested in me as the President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:”

On the recordMarch 3, 1946
By virtue of the authority vested in me as the President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9701—Providing for the Reservation of Rights to Fissionable Materials in Lands Owned By the United States

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