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Harry Truman: This Government must continue its control over the export of products in critically short supply here and abroad, in…

On the recordMarch 18, 1947
This Government must continue its control over the export of products in critically short supply here and abroad, in order to protect the economy of the United States as well as to discharge our international responsibilities.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Export Controls.

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