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Memorandum from Brigadier General Robert Landry to President Harry S. Truman
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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28 December 1950
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii
Briefly, this is the Air Force position regarding the above subject.
Insofar as the Air Force part of the Military Establishment is
concerned, statehood for Alaska and Hawaii at this time would have no effect
on Air Force commitments and responsibilities in those two areas.
The Air Force is on record in statements made by General Nathan
Twining, presently Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and formerly Commanding
General of the Alaskan Air Command, as believing statehood desirabde for
Alaska. I am sure the Air Force position is the same for Hawaii for the
reason that both places occupy a prominent part in our strategic plans for the
defense of the United States. Former Secretafy of Defense Johnson, testified
before Congress some time ago that the Department of Defense was firmly
behind statehood for both Alaska and Hawaii.
From a long-range viewpoint, statehood for Alaska would certainly
pay dividends from the standpoint of National security. It would make possible
the social and economic development of this country to a much greater extent,
it would seem, than as a territory.
/s/ R. B. Landry
R. B. LANDRY
Brigadier General, U.S.A.F.