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PROCLAMATION 3793-JULY 12, 1967

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(2) That, in view of the reciprocal treatment accorded to citizens of the United States by the Federal Republic of Germany, the time within which persons who are presently German citizens may comply with such conditions and formalities with respect to such works is hereby extended for one year after the date of this proclamation. I t shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation. I t shall also be understood that, as provided by Section 9(b) of Title 17, United States Code, no liability shall attach under that title for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of this proclamation in connection with the above-described works, or with respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enterprise lawfully undertaken prior to such date involving expenditure or contractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, production, reproduction, circulation or performance of any such works. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second.

Proclamation 3793 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1967 July 12, 1967

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS the joint resolution approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212), authorizes and requests the President of the United States of America to issue a proclamation each year designating the third week in July as "Captive Nations Week" until such time as freedom and independence shall have been achieved for all the captive nations of the world; and WHEREAS freedom and justice are basic human rights to which all men are entitled; and WHEREAS the independence of peoples requires their exercise of the elemental right of free choice; and WHEREAS these inalienable rights have been circumscribed or denied in many areas of the world; and WHEREAS the United States of America, from its founding as a nation has had an abiding commitment to the principles of national independence and human freedom: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 16, 1967 as Captive Nations Week. I invite the people of the United States of America to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I urge them to give renewed devotion to the just aspirations of all peoples for national independence and human liberty.

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