Memorandum from Secretary of War Robert Patterson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment
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OCR Page 1 of 2WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
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SEP 23 1946
Environment
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Since the enactment of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946,
the authority of the Manhattan Project to continue the exercise
of many of its important functions pertaining to the development
and utilization of atomic energy has been questioned by some of
the contractors' legal advisors. Pending the appointment and
organization of the Atomic Energy Commission, a reaffirmation of
the authority of the War Department and of the Manhattan Engineer
District is necessary. I am inclosing a. draft of a memorandum
under which you would authorize and direct the War Department and
the Manhattan Engineer District to continue the exercise of those
functions with which they were vested prior to enactment of the
Atomic Energy Act.
RLIPP#
Secretary of War.
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BUY
UNITED
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