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On the recordMarch 18, 1962
The executive power of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands shall be vested in a Chief Executive, who shall be a Ryukyuan.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 11010—Amending Executive Order No. 10713, Relating to the Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

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