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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Direct the Secretary of Commerce, under the provisions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, to continue to…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 1962
Direct the Secretary of Commerce, under the provisions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, to continue to carry out the prohibition of all exports from the United States to Cuba.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3447—Embargo on All Trade with Cuba

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