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Oral History Interviews with
H. Graham Morison
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Assistant to the General Counsel of the War Production Board, 1941-43; Captain, United States Marine Corps, 1943-45; Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1945; Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, 1945-48; Assistant Attorney General and head of the Civil Division, 1948-50; Assigned to establish the Office of Economic Stabilization, 1950; Acting Deputy Attorney General, 1950; Assistant Attorney General and head of the Anti-Trust Division, 1950-52; and private law practice in Washington, D.C., 1952-76.
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See also H. Graham Morison Papers finding aid
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Notice
These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word.
Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the Morison oral history interview.
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These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library.
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1960 Political Speeches
Given by former President Harry S. Truman
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1-9-60
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Democratic Dinner, Phoenix, Arizona
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1-23-60
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Kick-off Dinner 1960 Presidential Campaign, Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC
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2-27-60
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Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Presidential Kick-off Dinner, Miami Beach, Florida
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3-19-60
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Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Louisville, Kentucky
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4-30-60
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Dinner, Washington, DC
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5-2-60
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Democratic Mock Convention, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
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5-13-60
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Press Conference, Chicago, Illinois, re: Symington
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6-23-60
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Stuart Symington Dinner, Muchlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
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7-2-60
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Press Conference, Auditorium Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri
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9-5-60
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Labor Day Speech, Marion, Indiana
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10-8-60
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Spencer, Iowa
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10-10-60
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Luncheon, Texarkana, Texas
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10-10-60
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San Antonio, Texas
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10-11-60
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Waco, Texas
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10-13-60
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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10-14-60
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Nashville, North Carolina
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10-14-60
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Wilson, North Carolina
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10-15-60
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Abingdon, Virginia
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10-20-60
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Trenton, Tennessee
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10-20-60
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Sikeston, Missouri
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10-21-60
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Decatur, Alabama
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10-22-60
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Abbeyville, Louisiana
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10-21-60
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Tupelo, Mississippi
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10-27-6-
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University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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10-27-60
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Tacoma, Washington
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10-28-60
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Reno, Nevada
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10-28-60
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Oakland, California
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11-1-60
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Hunter College, New York, New York
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11-2-60
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Fishkill, New York
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11-2-60
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Haverstraw, New York
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11-3-60
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New York, New York (West Side)
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11-3-60
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Brooklyn, New York Street corner rally at 13th Ave. and 47th street
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11-3-60
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New York, New York (East side) Public School #12, Madison and Jackson Streets
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11-4-60
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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11-4-60
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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List of Subjects Discussed
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Y-Z
- 193, 264, 268, 272
Acheson, Dean, 14, 16, 154-155, 212, 234, 405-409, 438-440
Allen, Floyd, 32, 33
Almond, Lindsay, 240, 258
Antitrust suits, 20-21, 39, 134-135, 168-177, 191-195, 203-206, 339
Arnold, Thurman, 176-177
Aswell, James, 390
Atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 90, 92-96
Ayers, William A., 174
Ball, George, 389
Barker, J.M., 2
Barker, Margaret K., 2
Barkley, Alben W., 236-237, 374, 443
Baruch, Bernard, 276-277
Battle, John, 240
Battle, William, 257, 258
Berge, Wendell, 133, 134
Betancourt, Romulo, 152
Biddle, Francis, 12, 13, 21, 22, 24, 113
"Big Four," 286-287
Blough, Roger, 177
Bontecou, Eleanor, 106, 120
Bowers, Claude G., 238
Boyle, William M., Jr., 160-161
Bradley, Omar N., 440, 441-442
Broome, Eric, 48, 50, 55
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education, 116
Byrd machine, Virginia, 161-164, 254-256, 259, 386
Byrnes, James F., 429
Cahill, John, 134, 191
Carnegie, Andrew, 4
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad, 2
Carr, Robert, 112
Cates, Clifford B., 11, 153-154
Caudle, T. Lamar, 308-326
Chandler, Albert, 34
Chapman, Oscar L., 329-330, 335, 337-338
Ching, Cyrus, 78-79
Civil rights, 27-29, 106-125, 239-242
Clapp, Newell, 189, 193
Clark, Ramsey, 325, 326
Clark, Tom C., 12-13, 15, 16, 21-22, 25-31, 34-35, 37, 41-48, 57-58, 61-62, 67, 108, 111, 112-115, 120, 133, 135, 169, 195, 197, 199, 212-213
Clayton Act, amendment, to, 281-282
Clifford, Clark M., 294
Coal strikes, 66-90
Commerce, U.S. Department of, 145, 166-168
Connelly, Matthew J., 48-49, 54, 103-104, 188, 189, 202, 248, 315, 322
Cook, Donald, 63
Cotton and Franklin, Inc., 191
Daniel, Margaret Truman, 435, 436
Dawson, Donald S., 103, 104, 105, 208
Democratic National Committee, 157-161, 165
Democratic National Convention, 1948, 235-240
Democratic National Convention, 1952, 375-377, 379-380, 385-386
Democratic National Convention, 1956, 377-378
Dennis, Rose, 264
Dewey, Thomas E., 437, 445
DeWitt, John L., 28, 113-114
DiSalle, Michael V., 278-279
Displaced persons, World War II refugees, 17, 18, 19
Dixon, Paul R., 174
Dollar Steamship case, 178-179
Donohue, F. Joseph, 118
Douglas, Paul H., 375-376
Eaton, Frederick M., 300
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 387-389
Elsey, George M., 294-295
Ennis, Edward, 27, 28
Espy, James, 151-152, 155
Fair Trade Laws Act, 1952, 304-305
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 30-31, 36, 38, 42-43, 47, 50, 52, 152
Federal employees, loyalty, probes of, 57-59
Federal Trade Commission, 168-176, 339
Feeney, Joseph G., 284-285
Folsom, Frederick G., 107
Fort Lincoln Association, 131-132
Freehill, Joseph, 268-269, 279
Friedman, Martin L., 208
Gardner, Max, 137
Goldsborough, Allan, 69, 72-73, 76
Graham, Hugh, 126-128
Graham, Philip L., 172-173
Greenspun, H.M., 190
Guggenheim, Richard, 264
Hannegan, Robert E., 145-147
Harriman, Averell, 145, 167
"Hillsboro massacre," 32-33
Hiss, Alger, 59, 60
Hodges, Luther, 419, 427
Hoffa, Jimmy, 323, 324
Holton, Linwood, 259
Holtzoff, Alexander, 27
Hooker, John, 318, 322, 325
Hoover, J. Edgar, 30-31, 33-35, 41-45, 57, 58, 61-63, 152-153, 183, 184, 186-187, 223-224, 359
Hopkins, Welly, 69-71, 72-73, 75-76, 86, 251
Hopkins, William J., 404
Hume, Paul, 435
IBM, antitrust suit against, 301-304
Independent Democrats of Virginia, 161-162
Isbrandtsen Steamship Line, 215-223
Jackson, Robert H., 6, 9
Japan, atomic bombing of, 90, 92-96
Japanese-Americans, relocation of, World War II, 27-29, 113-115
Japanese Claims Act, 115
Jennings, Pat, 424-426
Johnson, Lyndon B., 63
Johnston, Eric A., 279
Justice Department, U.S.:
- Antitrust Division, 20-21, 39, 134-135, 168-177, 191-211, 287-293, 297-307, 339
Civil Division, 16, 38, 66, 67, 178, 189, 215-223
Civil Rights Section, 106-111, 115, 120-121
legislation sponsored by, 281-284
Morris, Newbold, as special investigator in, 341-353
Tax Division, scandals in 1951, 308-317
White House, legislative liaison with the, 284-286
Kansas City, Missouri vote frauds, 1946, 39-54
Kansas City Star, 39, 43, 44, 51, 54
Keech, Richmond B., 81, 85
Kefauver, Estes, 165-166, 281-283, 375-379
Kennedy, John F., 164, 378, 391-392
Kennedy, Joseph, 177-180, 182-188
Kennedy, Robert F., 322-323, 325
King, Martin Luther, 121
Korean War, 14, 19, 101, 261, 263, 267, 439, 441
Kramer, Victor, 25
Kronheim, Milton S., Jr., 118
Labor unions, wage stablilization, 265-268
Las Vegas Times, 190
LeHand, Marguerite, 400, 409
Lewis, John L., 16, 66, 70-73, 76-80, 83, 84-90, 249-251
Littel, Norman, 24
"Little Cabinet," 146-157
Louage, M. Anton, 219-224
MacArthur, Douglas, 439-443
McCarran, Pat, 181, 189, 190, 203, 205-207, 211, 368
McDonough, Gordon, 101-102
McGranery, James P., 196-204, 210-211, 361-362, 364-368
McGrath, J. Howard, 173, 195, 198-199, 202, 252-253, 291-292, 328, 343, 346-347, 353-364
McGregor, Douglas, 157
McIntire, Marvin, 139
McKittrick, William L., 94
Malik, Charles H., 17, 226
Malone, Ross, 137
Marine Corps, U.S.:
- covert operations in Venezuela, 153-156
4th Division, World War II, 11, 91
tradition of, 100-101
Truman, Harry S., clash with, 102-105
Maritime Commission, U.S., 178-180
Marshall, George C., 2
Marshall Plan, 432-433
Marshall, Thurgood, 111
Mason, Lowell B., 168, 169-170
Mead, James M., 168
Medina, Harold, 306, 307
Miller, Francis Pickens, 161-162, 254-255
Miller, Nathan L., 4-5, 123-125
Miller, Owen, Otis and Bailey, 3-4
Milligan, Maurice, 47
Morison, A. Kyle, 3, 90
Morison, Charl, 129
Morison, Henry, 129
Morison, H. Graham, background, 1-12
Morison, H.S.K., 2, 129
Morison, Hugh G., 1-2, 129
Morison, Lucille Baker, 1-2
Morison, H. Ransom, 129
Morison, Warrick, 129-132
Morison, Willie, 129
Morison, Newbold, 198, 341-353, 357-358
Morris, Annis Kyle, 2
Murphy, Charles S., 103, 156, 158-159, 231-232, 271, 277, 278, 287, 288, 289, 290, 362, 363, 437-440
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 111, 119
National Lawyers Committee against the Third Term, 15, 139
Negroes, civil rights, 106-111, 116-125, 241
Nelson, Donald M., 7, 10
New York Stock Exchange, antitrust suit against, 306-307
Novikov, Kirill V., 404-406
O'Brian, John L., 5, 6, 7, 10, 264
Office of Economic Stabilization, 14, 19-20, 101, 261-280
Oil imports, limitation on, 328-340
Operation Paperclip, 147-148
Paisley, William, 48, 50
Pan American-TWA Airlines case, 1950, 297-299
Patman, Wright, 137
Patterson, Robert P., 150
Pearson, Drew, 24
Pendergast machine, 9, 40
Pendergast, Tom, 9, 40, 47
Perlman, Philip B., 189
Phelps, Richard, 47, 48
Potofsky, Jacob S., 266
Presidential campaign, 1948, 142, 235-240, 242-249, 252-256
Presidential campaign, 1952, 369, 371-377, 379-390
Presidential campaign, 1956, 377-378
Presidential campaign, 1960, 395-400, 414-428
President's Committee on Civil Rights, 111-112
President's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty, 57-59
Progressive Party, 1948, 245-247
Queen Mary, RMS, 186
Refugees: See displaced persons
Reuther, Walter P., 379
Roberts, Roy, 39
Rodman, Richard, 107
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 6, 12, 15, 91-92, 136-139, 178, 197, 442
Rosen, Abe, 107
Rosenman, Samuel I., 437
Sachs, Irving, 314-315
Saipan, World War II, 11
Sawyer, Charles, 167-168, 169-170, 329, 331, 338
Shaughnessy,Edward J., 186-187
Slade, Samuel D., 264
Smith, Holland M., 94
Smith, Howard, 122
Smith, Turner L., 107-109, 116-117, 118, 119, 120
Snyder, John W., 317
Sonnett, John F., 66-67, 134-135, 191
Soviet Union, UN Economic/Social Council re refugees, 17-19
Sparkman, John J., 380
Spingarn, Stephen J., 175-176
Staggers, Harley, 253
States Rights Party (Dixiecrats), 1948, 242-244
Steelman, John R., 77, 295-296
Stevens, Harold, 85, 86-87, 88
Stevenson, Adlai E., 164, 373, 380-384, 386-389, 391-394
Stewart, Grace, 26
Stone, Harlan F., 35
Stowe, David H., 295, 296, 419, 427
Sullivan, Gael, 146-147, 149, 157-159, 165-166, 375, 377
Supreme Court of New York, 4
Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2
Taft-Hartley Act, 66, 67-68, 73, 74, 78, 82
Taft, Robert A., 82-85
Tamm, Edward A., 31, 35, 41, 43, 44, 45-46
Tamm, Quinn, 46
Taylor, Alfred, 420-422
Taylor, Robert L., 421-422, 427
Teamsters Union, 323-324
Telford, Horton, 214, 219, 221-222
Temporary National Economic Committee, 176-177
"The Buck Stops Here," 96-97
Thurmond, J. Strom, 242, 244
Tolson, Clyde, 35, 41, 44, 45
Truitt, Max O., 178-180
Truman, Bess Wallace, 373, 407-409
Truman Committee, 6-8
Truman, Harry S.:
- antitrust policy, 292-294, 298
character and stature, 143-144, 446-448
civil righs legislation, support of, 122
Clark, Tom C., relationship with, 22-23
coal strike of 1949, and, 77-78, 88-90
Congressional liaison, and, 286-287
contributions as President, 428-434
fires J. Howard McGrath as Attorney General, 202-203
MacArthur, Douglas, dismissal of, 439-443
McCarran, Pat, dislike of, 207
Marine Corps, clash with, 102-105
Morison, H.G., appoints head of Justice Department Antitrust Division, 287-290
Morison, H.G., congratulates on 1948 election victory, 248-249
Morison, H.G., first acquaintance with, 6-7
Morison, H.G., meeting with re Joseph Kennedy, 188
Morison, H.G., requested to establish office of Economic stabilization, 14, 19-20, 101, 261-262
oil imports, policy re, 331-336
Presidential campaign, 1960, speeches for John F. Kennedy, 418-428
Presidential nomination, 1948, opposition to, 142-143, 235
President's Committee on Civil Rights, appoints, 111
Russian Ambassador to U.S., threatens to recall, 401-409
Sign on White House desk, "The Buck Stops Here," explains, 96-97
Stevenson, Adlai, relationship with, 1952 campaign, 380-383
subpoenaed by Velde Committee, 1952, 436-438, 445-446
temper of, 434-435
third term, decision not to seek, 369, 371-372
Truman Committee, as chairman of, 6-10
Washington and Lee University, 1960 address, 395, 397-400, 411-417
United Auto Workers, 379
United Mine Workers, 16, 66-67, 69, 71, 75-87, 90
United Nations Economic and Social Council, 14, 16-19, 213, 225-233
United Nations, U.S. Ambassador to, 393
U.S. Steel Corporation, 4-5, 177, 274-278
Valentine, Alan, 273-278
Vanderbilt, Arthur, 139-140
Vanech, A. Devitt, 58-59
Velde, Harold A., 435-436, 445
Venezuela, oil and politics, 151-156
Virginia Military Institute, 2
Virginia:
- Presidential campaign, 1948, 254-256
Presidential campaign, 1952, 385-387
Presidential campaign, 1960, 257-259
Wake Island Conference, 1950, 440
Wallace, Henry A., 245-247
War Production Board, U.S., 5-7, 268-270
Warren, Earl, 116
Washington and Lee University, 3, 29, 395, 397-398, 411-417
Washington Post, 44
Washington Star, 44
Watson, Thomas J., Jr., 303-304
Watson, Thomas J., Sr., 301-303
Wear, Sam, 54-56
Webb, James E., 230-231
White, Walter, 119
Whitehair, Francis, 271-272, 274
Whitehead, Robert, 162, 255
White House staff, 294-297
Wilkie, Wendell, 370-371
Wilson, Woodrow, 171, 172
Wiretapping, FBI requests for, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37
Wirtz, W. Willard, 392-393
Woodward, Stanley, 398-399, 401-409
World government, 430-431
World War II, Pacific campaigns of U.S. Marine Corps, 11
Young Democrats, 137
Young, Gordon, 118
Young, John F., 119
Young, Whitney, 119
Zetphew-Adler, Baron Heinrich, 226
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