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Correspondence between Harry S. Truman and President Lyndon B. Johnson

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In this letter to former President Harry S. Truman, President Lyndon Johnson includes a press release from Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, commemorating President Truman's Executive Order that desegregated the armed services twenty years before. President Johnson congratulates former President Truman on his leadership regarding civil rights.
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  1. Armed Forces
  2. Segregation

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