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FDR: Jurisdiction over the above-mentioned 35-acre tract of land is hereby transferred to the Navy Department for the…

On the recordMay 18, 1943
Jurisdiction over the above-mentioned 35-acre tract of land is hereby transferred to the Navy Department for the duration of the emergency proclaimed by me on May 27, 1941.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9343—Transferring Jurisdiction and Control Over Certain Lands on Government Island, California, to the Navy...

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