Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1950 January 24

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Identifier: A2019-001-004

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Scope and Contents

In this letter, Truman references the “Italian situation” or the state of Freemasonry in Italy after World War II. The war had destroyed the official records of many Masonic bodies and made it difficult for the Northern and Southern Masonic Jurisdictions to ascertain which Masonic bodies were legitimate in the years after the war.

Dates

Creation: 1950 January 24

Creator

From the File: United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman) (Organization)

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