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On the recordFebruary 28, 1946
In order for the Council to carry out the functions assigned to it, it seems to me necessary that the Council should have a picture of the over-all program of financial transactions which it is proposed to carry out in the next period.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting a Statement on Foreign Loan Policy.

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