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    "title": "Longhand Note of President Harry S. Truman",
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        "Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998",
        "Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963",
        "Murphy, Charles S. (Charles Springs), 1909-1983",
        "Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953",
        "Hassett, William D. (William David), 1880-1965",
        "Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965",
        "Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999",
        "Rosenman, Samuel I. (Samuel Irving), 1896-1973",
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        "Presidential campaign, 1952"
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