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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 7, 11, 1940 or from any other foreign country; the suspension to take effect from the date of this proclamation, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes shall be continued, and no longer. 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 7 th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Inde- [SEAL] pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF WAR BETWEEN GERMANY, ON THE ONE HAND, AND BELGIUM, LUXEMBURG, AND THE NETHERLANDS, ON THE OTHER HAND BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 1 of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, provides in part as follows: "That whenever the President, or the Congress by concurrent resolution, shall find that there exists a state of war between foreign states, and that it is necessary to promote the security or preserve the peace of the United States or to protect the lives of citizens of the United States, the President shall issue a proc- lamation naming the states involved; and he shall, from time to time, by proclamation, name other states as and when they may become involved in the war." AND WHEREAS it is further provided by section 13 of the said joint resolution that "The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this joint reso- lution; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this joint resolution through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct." NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Germany, on the one hand, and Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands, on the other hand, and that it is necessary to promote the security and preserve the peace of the United States and to protect the lives of citizens of the United States. And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in pre- venting violations of the said joint resolution and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. Effective date; du- ration. May 11, M194 [No. 2404 Preamble. Ante,.. 4 . 22U. s. O., Snpp. V, 6 241. AntI,p. 11 . 22. . O., 8pp.V , 1246j-L Proclamation of state of war between desigated powers. Offirs to prxmet v haaK>& 54 STAT.] 2703

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