Excerpts from the Press Conference
05/24/1934
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It is ordered as follows: The Executive Order of December 31, 1896 and Executive Orders No. 2262 of October 21, 1915, No...
I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to terminate and relinquish, on or before the fifteenth day following the date...
The jurisdiction granted by this order shall cease at the expiration of the six months' period following the termination...
It is fruitless to try to place the blame for this situation on one particular Nation or on another.