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    "ocrText": "Shortly after the INDEPENDENCE left St. Louis the\nPresident went forward and took over the second pilot's\nposition, spread out a flight map, and directed the plane's\ncourse from a point immediately east of Kansas City to a\npoint near Fort Riley, Kansas. The flight to Fairfield-\nSuisun was made at an average altitude of 20,000 feet, on\na course via Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City and Reno.\nThe INDEPENDENICE arrived at the Fairfield-Suisun\nAir Force Base at 7:15 PM (PST) The 1720-mile flight was\nmade in six hours and forty-five minutes, with clear weather\nand head winds prevailing over the entire route. Dinner was\nserved prior to landing.\nThe President was met at Fairfield-Suisun by Brigadier\nGeneral Henry C. Kristofferson, USAF (Commander West Coast\nDivision, Military Air Transport Service) and Colonel Joe\nW. Kelly, USAF, Commander, Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base.\nNo honors were rendered. After an exchange of greetings,\nthe President and members of his party entered assigned\nautomobiles and departed for Colonel Kelly's quarters, where\nthey made their headquarters while at Fairfield-Suisun.\nColonel Kelly rode with the President. While at Colonel\nKelly's quarters, the President talked by telephone with\nMrs. Truman at the Blair House.\nThe U. S. Air Force CONSTELLATION (C-121 aircraft,\n#48608) arrived at Fairfield-Suisun at 9:30 PM (PST) bearing\nthe Honorable Frank Pace Jr., Secretary of the Army, and a\ngroup of military and diplomatic advisers, who joined the\nPresident's party for the trip to Wake Island. The CONSTELLA-\nTION had departed Washington, D. C. at 2:05 PM (EST).\nAccompanying Secretary Pace were:\nGeneral of the Army Omar N. Bradley, USA, Chairman\nof the Joint Chiefs of Staff\nHonorable W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to\nthe President\nHonorable Charles S. Murphy, Special Counsel to the\nPresident\nHonorable Philip C. Jessup, Ambassador at Large\nHonorable Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State\nfor Far Eastern Affairs\nColonel Archelous L. Hamblen, USA, Deputy Special\nAssistant to the Secretary of the Army for\nOccupied Areas\n19"
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