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 PROCLAMATIONS-JUNE 10, 11, 1940 Ante, p. 2672. Application of prior proclamation ex- tended. Officers to prevent violations. WHEREAS the United States of America is neutral in such war; WHEREAS by my proclamation of November 4, 1939, issued pur- suant to the provision of law quoted above, I placed special restric- tions on the use of ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 11 of the joint resolution approved November 4, 1939, do by this proc- lamation declare and proclaim that the provisions of my proclamation of November 4, 1939, in regard to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, shall also apply to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of Italy. AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution, and this my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punish- ment any offenders against the same. 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 June, 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 10.20p.m.E.S.T. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. DEFINITION OF A COMBAT AREA June 11, 1940 [No. 2410] Preamble. Ate, p.7. 22U. 8. C ., Supp. V, 245-2. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 3 of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, provides as follows: "(a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclama- tion under the authority of section 1 (a), and he shall thereafter find that the protection of citizens of the United States so requires, he shall, by proclamation, define combat areas, and thereafter it shall be unlawful, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed, for any. citizen of the United. States or any Ameri- can vessel to proceed into or through any such combat area. The combat areas so defined may be made to apply to surface vessels or aircraft, or both. "(b) In case of the violation of any of the provisions of this section by any American vessel, or any owner or officer thereof, such vessel, owner, or officer shal be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisned for not more than five years, or both. Should the owner of such vessel be a corporation, organization, or associa- 2708 [54 STAT.

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