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Ronald Reagan: “Any provision of the Constitution or laws of the United States which prohibits the issuance of a license or authority or…”

On the recordMay 2, 1982
Any provision of the Constitution or laws of the United States which prohibits the issuance of a license or authority or the grant of a privilege under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to foreign governments, aliens, corporations organized or existing under the laws of the Northern Mariana Islands or to domestic corporations which have alien officers, directors, or stockholders, or which are otherwise directly or indirectly controlled by foreign interests would be inconsistent with the Trusteeship Agreement if applied to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Proclamation 4938—Application of Certain United States Laws to the Northern Mariana Islands

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