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    "title": "Telegram, General Dwight D. Eisenhower to President Harry S. Truman",
    "description": "This telegram constitutes Dwight D. Eisenhower's first, brief response to President Harry S. Truman's August 31, 1945, letter about the report of Earl G. Harrison, U.S. Representative on the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees. The Harrison Report alleged that Jewish displaced persons were ill-treated in ways comparable to the Nazi regime.",
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    "ocrText": "HQ US FO. CES EUROPEAN THEATER\nSTAFF MESSAGE CONTROL\nOUTGOING CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE\nOONDIDENTIAL I\n14 Sept 45\nDECLASSIFIED\nDOD DIR. 5200.10, June 29, 1960\nURGENT\nNE by WGL date 11/2/66\nTO\n: AGWAR PERSONAL FOR PRESIDENT TRUMAN\nFROM\n: US FORCES EUROPEAN THEATER MAIN, FROM EISENHOWER\nREF NO\n: S-23374\nout Eisonhowe LISTED\nTOO: 141715B\nDear Mr. PRESIDENT:\nI am very much concerned by your letter of August\n31st on the HARRISON Report, and I am today starting a. personal\ntour of inspection of Jewish Displaced Persons installations.\nGeneral officers of my staff have also been so engaged for several\ndays. It is possible, as you say, that some of my subordinates\nin the field are not carrying out my policies, and any instances\nfound will be promptly corrected.\nHowever, on the brighter side of the picture, I\nhave just received very good reports from our senior Rabbi who\nacts as liaison officer on Hebrew matters, and the American Jewish\nJoint Distribution Committee which represents Jewish interests in\nthe UNITED STATES Zone states that it has made no official com-\nplaints as it has recognized that all matters mentioned in HARR-\nISON's Report are being remedied with the utmost speed consistent\nSGS\nCOPY\nDirt\nwith the difficulties of the situation.\nNo.\nCG\nI will give you a detailed report after we complete\nC/S\nour current inspections, but in the meantime you can be sure that\nD/CS\nin the UNITED STATES Zone in GERMANY no possible effort is being\nACS\nspared to give these people every consideration toward better\nliving conditions, better morale and a visible goal.\nDISG\nSGS\nSTAFF\nSTUDY\n2\nSTAFF\nDUTY\nSMC OUT 3772\nGONF\nH\nFILE\n3/6\nSee ltr to President Refer 18\n- 1 -\n10000 1\nOff file # 9 them 989\nCONFIDENTIAL\nCOPY NO\nTHE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN\n846.\nЯЗТАЗНТ\nCONFIDENTIAL\nREF NO: S-23374\n14 SEPTEMBER 1945\n(CONTINUED)\nservice 100T\nORIGINATOR\n: CHIEF OF STAFF\nINFORMATION\n: SGS\nAUTHENTICATION: THOMAS M. McGRAIL,\nG-1\nLT. COLONEL.\nG-3\nG-4\nLibrary\nG-5\n**\nAG RECORDS\nSMC OUT 3772 14 SEPT 1945 1719B AGD/wm1 REF NO: S-23374\nTOO: 141715B\nC\n- 2 -"
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