Lyndon Johnson: “I know that ugliness will yield to such a force, if it is supported by millions of our people, in public and private…”

Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-third.

This program, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, constitutes one of the largest and most complex scientific and technological undertakings ever attempted as an international effort.

We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.