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Poor quality Oval Office recording from President Harry S. Truman's oval office. This is from Memovac disc 100X. These recordings are believed to be from 1945 to 1948, however the dates on the reel-to-reel tapes indicate September 21, 1946 to October 22, 1947. According to technical notes from the National Archives on the transcription of this recording, Disc 100X starts and stops often. Toward the end of the recording, several telephone conversations are related to the Marshall Plan, selective service, "Butler in Australia," and his transfer to South America. [This probably refers to Robert Butler, Ambassador to Australia, then to Cuba.] The microphone may have been near the telephone.