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This document relates to a gift shipment of dates from Sheikh Abdul Kadar Bashayan, a member of the Parliament of Iraq, to President Harry S. Truman. The Department of Agriculture inspected the shipment and found it to contain a plant disease and date stone beetles. The dates had to be destroyed, which the Department of Agriculture reported to the President's staff.
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Telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Hamrick to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett
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Telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Hamrick to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett
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This document relates to a gift shipment of dates from Sheikh Abdul Kadar Bashayan, a member of the Parliament of Iraq, to President Harry S. Truman. The Department of Agriculture inspected the shipment and found it to contain a plant disease and date stone beetles. The dates had to be destroyed, which the Department of Agriculture reported to the President's staff.
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President's Personal Files (Truman Administration)
President's Personal Files
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Christmas
Dogs
Presidential elections
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