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On the recordApril 4, 1968
The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to take all appropriate steps to disperse all persons engaged in the acts of violence described in the proclamation, to restore law and order, and to see that the property, personnel and functions of the Federal Government, of embassies of foreign governments, and of international organizations in the Washington metropolitan area are protected against violence or other interference.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Executive Order 11403—Providing for the Restoration of Law and Order in the Washington Metropolitan Area

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I plan to leave here after the press conference this morning to go to Kansas City to meet with President Truman later in the day.

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