Memorandum from Harry S. Truman to the Secretary of State and Others
12/22/1945
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President Truman sent this memo to the Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Attorney General, War Shipping Administrator, Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). In it he stated that the U.S. Government should accommodate the dislocation of populations in Europe resulting from World War II by taking "every possible measure to facilitate full immigration to the United states under existing quota laws."
This primary source comes from the Collection HST-OFF: Official Files (Truman Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 169048912
Full Citation: Memorandum from Harry S. Truman to the Secretary of State and Others; 12/22/1945; Political, Racial and Religious Refugees, 1945, OF 127; Official Files , 1945 - 1953; Collection HST-OFF: Official Files (Truman Administration); Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/truman-secretary-of-state, April 1, 2023]Activities that use this document
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