Memorandum from Matthew Connelly to Joseph Short

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This memo refers to President Harry S. Truman's speech at the Opening of the San Francisco Peace Conference, where the United States and Japan signed the treaty that formally ended World War II. This marked the first nationally televised broadcast of a presidential speech. Tru...

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 21, 1951.
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. SHORT:
Copy to Mr. Rowley
Mr. Long
Mr. Dawson
Wayne Coy will accompany the Presi-
dent to San Francisco. As you know, the
President's speech will be first coast
to coast television net work opening, and
while the President will not mention the
F. C. C. in his speech, it is felt that
Mr. Coy's arrival with the President will
4136-13
give the Commission recognition for its
part in this accomplishment.
Mark
M. J. C.
xto--4-6
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Coy, A. Wayne (Albert Wayne), 1903-1957 Peace conferences Speeches, addresses, etc. World War, 1939-1945

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