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PROCLAMATIONS-NOV. 15, 18, 1940 WHEREAS there exists a state of war between Italy and Greece; WHEREAS the United States of America is neutral in such war; WHEREAS by my proclamation of November 4, 1939, issued pur- A. 2 te, p. s6pp. suant to the provision of law quoted above, I placed special restric- v, 2s4j-0 (note). tions on the use of ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United King- dom, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President orovisaions of p of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the made applicable to authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of section 11 of the Greece. joint resolution approved November 4, 1939, do by this proclamation declare and proclaim that the provisions of my proclamation of No- vember 4, 1939, in regard to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Aus- tralia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, shall also apply to the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone, by the submarines of Greece. AND I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, o,,ies to prevent charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution, and this my proc- lamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. 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 fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PAN AMERICAN AVIATION DAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the past ten years have witnessed an amazing develop- ment of civil aviation in the American republics; and WHEREAS the easy and rapid intercourse made possible by this development has already contributed in a substantial manner to a better understanding and friendship among the peoples of the Ameri- can republics and brought regions heretofore considered commercially inaccessible within the radius of world markets; and WHEREAS by Public Resolution No. 105, approved October 10, 1940, the Congress of the United States, considering this progress and appreciating the important role which it is possible for civil aviation to play in fostering the development of closer cultural and economic relations between the peoples of the American republics, authorized the President of the United States to designate December 17 of each year as Pan American Aviation Day: November 18, 190 [No. 2446 Preamble. Ante, p. 103. 2765 54 STAT.]