FDR: “The country should be, and will be, grateful to them for this disposition of what might have developed into a…”

I would say the United Nations.

It is not really of any great importance.

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.