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This document relates to a gift shipment of dates from Sheikh Abdul Kadar Bashayan, a member of the Parliament of Iraq, to President Harry S. Truman. The Department of Agriculture inspected the shipment and found it to contain a plant disease and date stone beetles. The dates had to be destroyed, which the Department of Agriculture reported to the President's staff.
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Letter from Joseph McGee to Harry S. Truman
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Letter from Joseph McGee to Harry S. Truman
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This document relates to a gift shipment of dates from Sheikh Abdul Kadar Bashayan, a member of the Parliament of Iraq, to President Harry S. Truman. The Department of Agriculture inspected the shipment and found it to contain a plant disease and date stone beetles. The dates had to be destroyed, which the Department of Agriculture reported to the President's staff.
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Bess W. Truman Papers
Financial Affairs Files
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Presidential libraries
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1955-06-14
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