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On the recordDecember 27, 1945
The Coast Guard shall operate under the Department of the Treasury.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9666—Directing the Return of the Coast Guard to the Treasury Department

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I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.

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