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ELY THAT OF ONE GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 300 CERTIFIED
TO THE SECRETARY FOR DISCHARGE, HE ACTUALLY DISCHARGED ONLY
APPROXIMATELY 80. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS DONE AFTER
LENGTHY CONSULTATION WITH ALGER HISS. I WOULD SUGGEST
THE III S.
THEREFORE, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT YOU SIMPLY PICK UP YOUR
PHONE AND ASK MR. ACHESON HOW MANY OF THOSE WHOM YOUR
BOARD HAD LABELED AS DANGEROUS, HE FAILED TO DISCHARGE.
THE DAY THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE EXPOSED
ALGER HISS AS AN IMPORTANT LINK IN AN INTER-NATIONAL
COMMUNIST SPY RING, YOU SIGNED AN ORDER FORBIDDING THE
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