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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “While on an artificial island (such as a Texas Tower) located on the outer Continental Shelf outside the territorial…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1962
While on an artificial island (such as a Texas Tower) located on the outer Continental Shelf outside the territorial waters of the United States pursuant to orders issued by competent authority although based or stationed ashore, but only when such duty is eight consecutive days or more in duration in each case.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 10989—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10168, of October 11, 1950, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations...

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