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PROCLAMATION 3885-J AN. 13, 1969

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Proclamation 3885 PROCLAMATION TERMINATING BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH SWITZERLAND By the President of the United States of America

January u, 1969

A Proclamation

1. WHEREAS, under the authority vested in him by Section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (48 Stat. (pt. 1) 943), the Presi- ^ J^at^. i6|. dent on January 9, 1936, entered into a trade agreement with the Swiss Federal Council, including a declaration annexed thereto (49 Stat, (pt. 2) 3918), and proclaimed such trade agreement, including such declaration, by proclamations of January 9, 1936 (id. 3917), and May 7, 1936 (id. 3959); 2. WHEREAS the trade agreement of January 9, 1936, identified in the first recital of this proclamation has been supplemented by subsequent agreements, of which the following have been proclaimed: (a) the exchange of notes of September 19, October 4, November 5, and November 14, 1940 (relating to handkerchiefs), (54 Stat. (pt. 2) 2464), which was proclaimed by a proclamation of November 28, 1940 (id. 2461), that terminated in part the proclamations of January 9, 1936, and May 7, 1936, identified in the first recital of this proclamation, (b) the exchange of notes of October 13, 1950 (adding to the trade agreement of January 9, 1936, a provision permitting relief to a domestic industry from injurious imports), (2 U S T (pt. 1) 453), which was proclaimed by part III of Proclamation 2954 of November 26, 1951 (66 Stat. C6, CIO), and (c) the supplementary agreement of June 8, 1955 (regarding concessions compensatory for the increase in United States duties on watches), (6 U S T (pt. 3) 2845), which was proclaimed by Proclamation 3099 of June 25, 1955 (69 Stat. C36); 3. WHEREAS, by an exchange of notes of October 28, 1968 ( T I A S 6574), the Government of the United States of America and of the Government of the Swiss Confederation have agreed to terminate, at the close of December 31, 1968, such trade agreement of.January 9, 1936, together with the agreements which supplement or otherwise affect i t; and 4. WHEREAS paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1351 (a)(6)), authorizes 7/|tft'^*675^^' the President to terminate, in whole or in part, any proclamation carrying out a trade agreement entered into under Section 350: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including Section 350(a)(6) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do hereby proclaim that the proclamations of January 9, 1936, and May 7, 1936, identified in the first recital of this proclamation (as modified by the Proclamation of November 28, 1940, identified in clause (a) of the second recital of this proclamation), part III of the proclamation of November 26, 1951, identified in clause (b) of the second recital, and the proclamation of June 25, 1955, identified in clause (c) of the second recital, shall terminate at the close of December 31, 1968.

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