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Harry Truman: “The Alien Property Custodian shall not exercise any power and authority conferred upon him by any other Executive order…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1946
The Alien Property Custodian shall not exercise any power and authority conferred upon him by any other Executive order with respect to diplomatic and consular property within the Untied States owned or controlled by Germany or Japan except so far as the Secretary of State releases his authority over such diplomatic and consular property under this order and so notifies the Alien Property Custodian in writing.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9760—Conferring Certain Authority Upon the Secretary of State With Regard to Diplomatic and Consular...

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