Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Much the larger part of this order is still in the bill which is still in the Congress.

Excerpts from the Press Conference

08/26/1940

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The airspaces over the said territorial waters and islands are hereby set apart and reserved as naval airspace reservations for purposes of ...

the territorial waters between the extreme high-water marks in the three-mile marine boundaries surrounding the islands of Palmyra, Johnston...

the airspace over the said territorial waters and island is hereby set apart and reserved as a naval airspace reservation for purposes of na...

At no time shall any person, other than persons on public vessels of the United States, enter either of the naval defensive sea areas herein...