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71659-4-48 September 3, 1948 1285-0 miscel. My dear Mr. Higgs: Your letter of August twenty-seventh has been received and I am enclosing, for your information, a copy of the Executive Order which was signed by the President on July twenty-sixth establishing the President's Committee on Equal- ity of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. Please be assured that the confidence in the President's leadership which your words imply is deoply appreciated. Very sincerely yours, MATTHEW J. CONNELLY Secretary to the President WATTOWN Mr. Leo C. Higgs, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE 2842 Sacramento Street, Rs WILERSE Berkeley 2, California. elb Enclosure