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Harry Truman: By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the Air Commerce Act, approved May 20, 1926 (44 Stat. 570; 49…

On the recordMay 7, 1946
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the Air Commerce Act, approved May 20, 1926 (44 Stat. 570; 49 U.S.C. 174), and by section 44 of the Criminal Code, as amended (18 U.S.C. 96), the following-designated naval air-space reservations and defensive sea areas are hereby discontinued
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9720—Discontinuing the Sitka and Subic Bay Naval Airspace Reservations and the Subic Bay, Manila Bay, Los...

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