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HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
June 15, 1946
CONFIDENTIAL: The following documents relating to proposed Army-Navy
unification MUST BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE until released.
CAUTION: Release is for all regular editions of newspapers appearing on
the street NOT EARLIER THAN 6:00 'clock P.M., EASTERN STANDARD TIME, today,
Saturday, June 15, 1946. The same hour of release applies to radio com-
mentators and news broadcasters.
NOTE: This release covers all of the documents, i.e., 1, letter of the
President to the chairmen of the Senate and House committees on military
affairs and naval affairs; 2, joint report to the President by the Secretary
of ar and Secretary of the Navy; 3, the reply of the President to this
report.
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE PUBLICATION.
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
The President today sent indentical letters, as follows, to Senator
Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, chairman of the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs; Senator David I. Walsh of Wassachusetts, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs; Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky, chair-
man of the House Committee on Military Affairs, and Representative Carl
Vinson of Georgia, chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs:
My dear
One of the most important problems confronting our
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country today is the establishment of a definite military
policy.
In the solution of this problem, I consider it vital
that we have a unified armed force for our national defense.
At my request the Secretary of "ar and the Secretary of
the Navy have made a sincere effort to settle the differences exist-
ing between the services on this question. They have made splendid
progress.
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They have reached an agreement on eight important elements
of unification, and with reference to the four upon which there was
not full agreement, their differences are not inrreconcilable
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