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The Federal Government's 1943 Acquisition of Land at Harris Neck, Georgia

RCED-85-76 Published: May 29, 1985. Publicly Released: May 29, 1985.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed various issues raised about the federal government's 1943 Harris Neck land acquisition which, in 1962, became the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in McIntosh County, Georgia.

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