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PROCLAMATIONS—JAN. 30, 1952

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IN W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this 17 th day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-sixth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: D E A N ACHESON

Secretary of State

INTER-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND TRADE CENTER BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

January 30, 1952 [No. 2962]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved September 27, 1950 (Public Law 853, 81st Congress), the Congress has expressed its endorsement of the establishment of the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in Miami, Florida, as a permanent, nonprofit, selfsustaining enterprise for the development of improved relations and increased trade with the republics of Latin America; and WHEREAS the joint resolution recites that Miami is suitable for the location of such a Center because it is a natural gateway of the United States to Latin America and possesses certain additional advantages; and WHEREAS the joint resolution also recites that the State of Florida and the city of Miami will donate lands and money for the construction of this Center; and WHEREAS the effective functioning of the Center will encourage the mutually beneficial exchange of goods and services between the nations of the Western Hemisphere, thereby fostering the solidarity of the American republics; and WHEREAS the aforesaid joint resolution authorizes and requests the President, by proclamation or in such other manner as he may deem proper, to grant recognition to the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in Miami: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution, do hereby call upon officials and agencies of the Government to assist and cooperate with the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in Miami, Florida, and I invite the participation of all the nations of the Western Hemisphere therein. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this 30th day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-sixth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: D E A N ACHESON

Secretary of State.

64 Stat. 1075.

Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center, Miami, Fla.

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