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Truman Library: Documents, spanning January and February 1947, regarding an offer of an $8.5 million gift by John D. Rockefeller to the United Nations to purchase a headquarters site in New York City, contingent on the federal government exempting the gift from federal gift taxes. Documents focus on language for amending the Internal Revenue Service Code to exempt gifts to the United Nations. Included is a proposed joint resolution for Congress to enact the exemption. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.

    Documents, spanning January and February 1947, regarding an offer of an $8.5 million gift by John D. Rockefeller to the United Nations to purchase a headquarters site in New York City, contingent on the federal government exempting the gift from federal gift taxes. Documents focus on language for amending the Internal Revenue Service Code to exempt gifts to the United Nations. Included is a proposed joint resolution for Congress to enact the exemption. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.



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