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On the recordFebruary 1, 1951
Advance payments shall be made hereunder only after careful scrutiny to determine that such payments will promote the national defense
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10210—Authorizing the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce to Exercise the Functions and...

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