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Harry Truman: “The Secretary of State is authorized to create and appoint such additional committees in special fields of activity as…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1950
The Secretary of State is authorized to create and appoint such additional committees in special fields of activity as he may find, after consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies, to be necessary and desirable.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10159—Providing for the Administration of the Act for International Development

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