Harry Truman: “No persons, other than persons on public vessels of the United States, shall enter the Whittier Defensive Sea Area, and…”

“No persons, other than persons on public vessels of the United States, shall enter the Whittier Defensive Sea Area, and no vessels or other craft, other than public vessels of the United States, shall be navigated into that area, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, or such officer as he may designate.”