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Jimmy Carter: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including…

On the recordDecember 15, 1979
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and in order to terminate current limitations relating to trade and other transactions involving Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, it is hereby ordered as follows.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Executive Order 12183—Revoking Rhodesian Sanctions

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