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OCR Page 1 of 3May 27, 1952
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE DONALD S. DAWSON:
Newsweek, Pathfinder and similar magazines carried
dope stories two or three weeks ago about the integration of
troops in the European Command. The change was attributed
to General Eisenhower, who, of course, had nothing to do
with it.
I checked with the Defense Department at the time
these rumors were circulated, but was told that the order was
classified and could not be released, and was being handled
by the European Troop Command.
As you can see by the attached clipping from the
Washington Post of last Saturday, the story has finally been
released from Heidelberg, but in such a way as to throw the
story away. The only possibility, at this late date, is to
see whether the order itself and the terms of it could be
declassified and made available to the interested press. When
the change was made in the Far East Command, the order was
made public with good effect.
PHILLEO NASH
HARRY is. u ***CNIVES TRUMAN "NATIONAL OVERNNENT AND LIBRARY
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