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Harry Truman: By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States particularly the Foreign…

On the recordDecember 25, 1947
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States particularly the Foreign Air Act of 1947, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows:
Said by
Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9914—Providing for the Administration of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947

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