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On the recordOctober 13, 1905
for good and sufficient reasons unto me appearing, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby declare and proclaim that the export of arms, ammunition and munitions of war of every kind, from any port in the United States or in Porto Rico to any port in the Dominican Republic, is prohibited, without limitation or exception, from and after the date of this my proclamation until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 604—Prohibiting the Export of Arms, Ammunition and Munitions of War to the Dominican Republic

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