Executive Order 10985

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, and as President of the United States, and deeming such action necessary in the best interest of the national security, it is ordered that section 2 of Executive Order No. 10501 of November 5, 1953, as amended by Executive Order No. 10901 of January 9, 1961, be, and it is hereby, further amended as follows:

Subsection (a) of section 2 is amended (1) by deleting from the list of departments and agencies thereunder the Operations Coordinating Board, the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, the International Cooperation Administration, the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, the Development Loan Fund, and the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities, and (2) by adding thereto the following-named agencies:

Agency for International Development Office of Emergency Planning Peace Corps President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Subsection (b) of section 2 is amended by deleting from the list of departments and agencies thereunder the Government Patents Board, and by adding thereto the following-named agency: Federal Maritime Commission

John F. Kennedy The White House, January 12, 1962.