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PROCLAMATIONS—FEB. 27, 1959

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WHEREAS this treaty has resulted in collaboration for the common defense and in political cooperation among the fifteen members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to a degree unprecedented in history, and has thereby significantly contributed to economic, social, and cultural progress among the peoples of the North Atlantic area; and WHEREAS this association of free nations is a mainstay of peace and a shield of freedom; and WHEREAS the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has requested its member governments to arrange and encourage, in their respective countries, appropriate observances and celebrations on the occasion of this anniversary: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby direct the attention of the Nation to Saturday, April 4, 1959, as the tenth anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty; and I call upon all agencies and officials of the Federal Government, upon the Governors of the States, and upon the officers of local governments to encourage and facilitate the suitable observance of this occasion. I also urge all citizens to participate in appropriate activities and ceremonies, in cooperation with the American Council on NATO, in recognition of the objectives and achievements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m y hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this twenty-fifth day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-third. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A. H E R T E R,

Acting Secretary of State.

SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATION N O. 3040 OF DECEMBER 24, 1953, BY FULLY PROCLAIMING CONCESSIONS ON CERTAIN M E A T PRODUCTS, AND C O R R E C T I N G CERTAIN E R R O R S BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

February 27, 1959 [No. 3278]

A PROCLAMATION 1. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as then amended (19 U.S.C. 1351), the President entered into 72stat.673. a trade agreement providing for the accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pts. 5 and 6) A7, A l l and A2051) of the Governments of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Greece, the Republic of Haiti, the Republic of Italy, the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, which trade agreement for accession consists of the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 10, 1949, including the annexes thereto (64 Stat. (pt. 3) B139); 32716 O-60—58

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