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 2694 [54 STAT. PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 10, 1940 te Ante, p.2673. AND WHEREAS on November 4, 1939, I issued a proclamation in accordance with the provision of law quoted above defining a combat area. Combat ae ex-NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- nded dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by section 3 of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, do hereby find that the pro- tection of citizens of the United States requires that there be an extension of the combat area defined in my proclamation of November 4, 1939, through or into which extended combat area it shall be un- lawful, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed, for any citizen of the United States or any American vessel, whether a surface vessel or an aircraft, to proceed. AND I do hereby define the extended combat area as follows: Definition. All the navigable waters within the limits set forth hereafter. Beginning at the intersection of the North Coast of Spain with the meridian of 2°45 ' longitude west of Greenwich; Thence due north to a point in 43054' north latitude; Thence by a rhumb line to a point in 45° north latitude, 20° west longitude; Thence due north to 58° north latitude; Thence by a rhumb line to a point in 76030' north latitude, 16035 ' east longitude; Thence by a rhumb line to a point in 70° north latitude, 44 ° east longitude; Thence due south to the mainland of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Thence along the coastline of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Baltic Sea and depend- ent waters thereof, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Spain to the point of beginning. officers to prevent AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, lolatons, etc. charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. Enforcement. AND Ido hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the power to exercise any power or authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution as made effective by this my proclamation issued there- under, which is not specifically delegated by Executive order to some other officer or agency of this Government, and the power to promul- gate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of its provisions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. v

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