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Signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act into law

President Truman signed the Mutual Defense Assistance Act, authorizing U.S. military aid to foreign governments and allies.

Established the first peacetime U.S. military-assistance program to bolster allied defenses against communist expansion and became a key instrument of early Cold War foreign policy.

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