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On the recordMay 7, 1946
I, Harry S. Truman, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, do hereby discontinue the following-designated maritime control areas
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2691—Discontinuing the Hawaiian, Cristobal, Gulf of Panama, San Francisco, Columbia River, Puget Sound,...

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