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FDR: “I hereby appoint Benjamin W. Thoron, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the…”

On the recordDecember 3, 1942
I hereby appoint Benjamin W. Thoron, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, as Administrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9278—Appointment of Benjamin W. Thoron, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department...

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