DS as president, one page, 10.25 x 14, May 11, 1949. President Truman appoints Warren R. Austin, US representative to the United Nations, to “sign a convention on the freedom of information, the said convention to be transmitted to the President of the United States of America for his ratification by and with the advice and consent thereto of the Senate.” Signed at the conclusion by Truman and countersigned by Secretary of State Dean Acheson. In fine condition. Originates from the estate of a gentleman who drafted official documents and treaties for the government and couriered them to the president himself. In the course of his career he was able to retain several examples and duplicates of these documents. The agreement concerning freedom of information—initially drawn up to deal with propaganda and distorted reports—got lost in a battle of ideology and was ultimately never enacted. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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