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Harry Truman: By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in further effectuation of the policies…

On the recordDecember 4, 1947
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in further effectuation of the policies declared by section 1 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 755), it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9908—Reservation of Source Material in Certain Lands Owned by the United States

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