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FDR: “I do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts within the United States…”

On the recordOctober 16, 1940
I do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts within the United States are suspended and discontinued so far as respects the vessels of Peru and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in said vessels into the United States from Peru or from any other foreign country;
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Proclamation 2432—Peru—Suspension of Tonnage Duties

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