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DISCONTINUING THE CASCO BAY, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BOSTON, CAPE HATTERAS, AND KEY WEST MARITIME CONTROL AREAS (1)

WHEREAS the continuance of the maritime control areas hereinafter designated is no longer necessary in the interests of national defense:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Harry S. Truman, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, do hereby discontinue the following designated maritime control areas:

1. Boston Maritime Control Area, established by Proclamation No. 2540 of February 10, 1942.

2. Casco Bay Maritime Control Area, established by Proclamation No. 2569 of October 21, 1942.

3. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Maritime Control Area, established by Proclamation No. 2569 of October 21, 1942.

4. Cape Hatteras Maritime Control Area, established by Proclamation No. 2569 of October 21, 1942.

5. Key West Maritime Control Area, established by Proclamation No. 2569 of October 21, 1942.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 11th day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth. [SEAL]

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,
Acting Secretary of State.

(1) Noted in § 9.4 of Title 34, infra.