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On the recordFebruary 5, 1917
Chinese persons, arriving from foreign ports, who desire to enter the Canal Zone in transit to other countries, may be permitted to do so upon such conditions as the Governor of The Panama Canal may prescribe by general or special authorization.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 2526—Relating to the Exclusion of Chinese from the Panama Canal Zone

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