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Harry Truman: Citizens who receive military information for publication from responsible officials qualified to judge the relationship…

On the recordOctober 3, 1951
Citizens who receive military information for publication from responsible officials qualified to judge the relationship of such information to the national security may rightfully assume that it is safe to publish the information.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Statement by Direction of the President Clarifying His News Conference Remarks on Security Information.

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