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 PROCLAMATIONS-JUNE 12, 25, 1948 Ante, pp. 1500, 1505, 1515. Union of South Africa a contracting party. 61 Stat. , Pt. 6, p. A2051. 61 Stat., Pt. pp. A1157, A70. 61 Stat., Pt. p. 1103. 5, 2, Proclamation of modifications of desig- nated duties. 48 Stat. 943. 19U. .C. §1351. Effective date. 61 Stat., Pt. 5, p. A1157. 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1105. 61 Stat., Pt. 5, pp. A1157, A12, A18, A66. 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1110. 2782 of April 22, 1948 (13 F. R. 2211), Proclamation 2784 of May 4, 1948, and a Proclamation of June 11, 1948; WHEREAS (3) said protocol of provisional application has been signed by the Government of the Union of South Africa on May 14, 1948, and said Government will be a contracting party to said general agreement on June 14, 1948; WHEREAS (4) I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, determine that the application of such of the concessions provided for in part I of schedule XX of said general agreement which were withheld from application in accordance with article XXVII of said general agreement by said proclamation of December 16, 1947 as are identified in the following list is required or appropriate to carry out, on and after June 14, 1948, said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation: Item Rates of duty (paragraph) 209 [first] ............. .8¢ per lb. 742 .................... 6340 per cu. ft. of such bulk or the capacity of the packages, according as imported 1102 (b) [second] ........ All rates; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that, acting under the authority of said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to the end that said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclama- tion may be carried out, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do proclaim that, effective on and after June 14, 1948, the concessions provided for in part I of said schedule XX which are identified in the 4th recital of this proclamation shall no longer be identified in the 8th recital of said proclamation of December 16, 1947, and the rates of duty representing such concessions identified in said 4th recital of this proclamation shall be applied, subject to the appli- cable terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth in said schedule XX, and parts I, II, and III, of said general agreement, and in sub- division (a), other than exception (I) thereof, of said proclamation of December 16, 1947, including any amendments and rectifications of said agreement and said proclamation which have been proclaimed by the President, to articles of the kinds provided for in the descriptions of products in the column at the left of said rates. 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 1 2 tb day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATIONS OF DECEMBER 16, 1947 AND JAN- UARY 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 1520 [62 STAT. lune 25, 1W98 INo. 27921

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