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Ronald Reagan: I am proclaiming today an Exclusive Economic Zone in which the United States will exercise sovereign rights in living…

On the recordMarch 9, 1983
I am proclaiming today an Exclusive Economic Zone in which the United States will exercise sovereign rights in living and nonliving resources within 200 nautical miles of its coast.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on United States Oceans Policy

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