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FDR: “The airspace above the following-described portion of the District of Columbia is hereby reserved and set apart for…”

On the recordNovember 25, 1941
The airspace above the following-described portion of the District of Columbia is hereby reserved and set apart for national defense and other governmental purposes
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 8950—Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over a Portion of the District of Columbia

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