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On the recordJune 2, 1947
It is not intended by this proclamation to give a national-forest status to any publicly-owned lands which have not hitherto had such a status, or to change the status of any publicly-owned lands which have hitherto had national-forest status.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2733—Six Rivers National Forest—California

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