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 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 11, 19,1944 Finding and decla- ration. Ante, p. 43. courts of friendly foreign forces within the United States, and for other purposes", provides in part as follows: "SEC. 6. This Act shall be operative with respect to the mili- tary, naval, or air forces of any foreign state only after a finding and declaration by the President that the powers and privileges provided herein are necessary for the maintenance of discipline. The President may at any time revoke such finding and decla- ration." WHEREAS there are within the United States military, naval, or air forces of the United Kingdom and Canada, cobelligerents; WHEREAS the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Canada have made known to the Government of the United States their desire to exercise within the United States juris- diction over offenses committed by members of their respective mili- tary, naval, or air forces; WHEREAS the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Canada have recognized the right of the United States to jurisdiction over offenses committed by members of its armed forces in their respective territories and have made available appro- priate facilities for the effective exercise of such jurisdiction; 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 said act of June 30, 1944, do find and declare that the powers and privileges provided in that act to imple- ment the jurisdiction of courts martial or other military tribunals of friendly foreign forces within the United States are necessary for the maintenance of discipline of the military, naval, or air forces of the United Kingdom and Canada within the United States: 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 llth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty four and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT TERMINATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the armed forces of the Empire of Japan having attacked and invaded the Territory of Hawaii, and the public safety requiring it, the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, acting under the authority vested in him by section 67 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 153 (48 U. S . C . 532), did, by proclamation dated December 7, 1941, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus and did place the said Territory under martial law until communication could be had with the President and his decision thereon made known; and WHEREAS communication was had with the President and his decision approving the said action of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii was made known to the Governor on December 9, 1941; and October 19,1944 [No. 627] [58 STAT.

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