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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible for the civil administration of Wake Island.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1962
The Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible for the civil administration of Wake Island.
Said by
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 11048—Administration of Wake Island and Midway Island

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