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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 4, 1948 SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATIONS OF DECEMBER 16, 1947 AND JANUARY 1, 1948, CARRYING OUT GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND EXCLUSIVE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CUBA, RESPECTIVELY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS (1), pursuant to the authority conferred by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1934, by the Joint Resolution approved June 7, 1943, and by sections 2 and 3 of the Act of July 5, 1945 (48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474, 57 Stat. 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. 410 and 411, ch. 269; 19 U. S . C. (1946) 1351), the period within which said authority may be exercised having been extended by section 1 of said Act of July 5, 1945 until the expiration of three years from June 12, 1945 (48 Stat. 944, ch. 474, 59 Stat. 410, ch. 269; 19 U. S . C . (1946) 1352 (c)), on October 30, 1947 the President entered into a trade agreement with the Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the United States of Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, the Republic of Chile, the Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Czecho- slovak Republic, the French Republic, India, Lebanon, the Grand- Duchy of Luxemburg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Norway, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia, Syria, the Union of South Africa, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which trade agreement consists of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the related Protocol of Pro- visional Application thereof, together with the Final Act Adopted at the Conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment which authenticated the texts of said general agreement and said protocol; WHEREAS (2) on December 16, 1947 by Proclamation 2761A the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles im- ported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948 (12 F. R. 8866), which proclamation has been supple- mented by Proclamation 2769 of January 30, 1948 (13 F. R. 467) and Proclamation 2782 of April 22, 1948 (13 F. R. 2211); WHEREAS (3), pursuant to the authority conferred by said section 350, the period within which said authority may be exercised having been so extended, on October 30, 1947 the President entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba (T. D . 51819 (Customs)), which exclusive trade agreement includes certain portions of other documents made a part thereof and provides for the customs treatment in respect of ordinary customs duties of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America; WHEREAS (4) on January 1, 1948 by Proclamation 2764 the Presi- dent proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other im- port restrictions of the United States of America in respect of products of the Republic of Cuba and such continuance of existing customs and excise treatment of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or ap- propriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948 (13 F. R. 25 and 26), which proclamation has been supplemented by said proclamations of January 30, 1948 and April 22, 1948; May 4, 1948 [No. 2784] 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p.All. 61 Stat. , Pt. 6, p. A2051. 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p. A5. 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1103. Ante, pp. 1479, 1500. 48 Stat. 943. 19U.S. C. 1351. 61 Stat. , Pt. 4, p. 3699. Ante, p. 1465. Ante, pp. 1479, 1500. 62 STAT.] 1505

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