Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 02 1131-02-p212

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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 24, 1947. MEMORANDUM POR THE SECRETARY OP DEFENSE Dear Secretary Forrestal: As per our recent conversation on this matter, you are hereby authorized to proceed with all due speed and caution upon your undertaking. Hereafter this matter shall be referred to only as Operation Majestic Twelve. It continues to be my feeling that any future considerations relative to the ultimate disposition of this matter should rest solely with the Office of the President...