Memorandum from President Harry S. Truman to Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, with Attachments and Related Material

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August 15, 1949 Memorandum for: Secretary of Defense Ask From: The President I have your note on the South Pole expedition. I can't see any sense in going forward with that no matter if it costs less than nothing. Since we couldn't meet the request of Boston University to Greenland I think the whole business ought to be shut-off, Two million dollars is two million dollars. H.S.T. ARCHIVES 'NATIONALI SERVICE RECORDS AND it, / the