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On the recordDecember 31, 1947
Whereas, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, have found as a fact that certain existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States of America and that the purpose declared in said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, will be promoted by a trade agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Cuba;
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2764—Carrying Out Exclusive Trade Agreement with Cuba of October 30, 1947

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