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REGISTER
VOLUME 13

NUMBER 23

Washington, Tuesday, February 3, 1948

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2769
S upplementing P roclamations of D e
cember 16, 1947 and J anuary 1, 1948, C arrying O u t G eneral A greement on T ariffs and T rade and E xclusive T rade A greement W it h Cuba , R espectively BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS 1, pursuant to the au thority conferred by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1934, by the Joint Resolution Approved June 7, 1943, and by section 2 of the Act of July 5, 1945 48 Stat. 943 and 944, ch. 474, 57
Stat. 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. 410 and 411, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. 1940 1351 a, 19 U. S. C. 1940 Supp. V, 1351 a 2
and b, the period within which said authority may be exercised having been extended bjr section 1 of said Act of July 5,1945 until the expiration of three years from June 12,1945 48 Stat. 944, ch. 474, 59 Stat. 410, ch. 269; 19 U. S. C. 1940
Supp. V, 1352 c, on October 30, 1947
the President entered into a trade agree ment with the Governments of the Com monwealth of Australia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the United States of Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, the Republic of Chile, the Republic of China, the Repub lic of Cuba, the Czechoslovak Republic, the French Republic, India, Lebanon, the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg, the King dom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Norway, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia, Syria, the Union of South Africa, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which trade agreement consists of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the related Protocol of Provisional Application thereof, together with the Final Act adopted at the conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Con ference on Trade and Employment which authenticated the texts of said general agreement and said protocol;
WHEREAS 2 on December 16, 1947
by Proclamation 2761A the President pro claimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise
treatment of articles imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said trade agreement on and after January 1,1948 12 F. R. 8863 ;
WHEREAS 3, pursuant to the au thority conferred by said section 350, the period within which said authority may be exercised having been so extended, on October 30, 1947 the President entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba T. D. 51819 Customs , which exclusive trade agreement includes certain portions of other documents made a part thereof and provides for the customs treatment in respect of ordinary customs duties of products of the Republic of Cuba im ported into the United States of America;
WHEREAS 4 on December 17, 1947
the Protocol of Provisional Application of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was signed by the Government of the Republic of Cuba, and by an exchange of notes signed December 19 and 22,1947
the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba agreed to make provisionally effective on January 1,1948 tariff concessions and on that date generally to apply the provi sions of said exclusive trade agreement;
WHEREAS 5 on January 1, 1948 by Proclamation 2764 the President pro claimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America in respect of products of the Republic of Cuba and such continuance of existing customs and excise treatment of products of the Re public of Cuba imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement on arid after January 1,1948 13 F. R. 21 ;
WHEREAS 6 paragraph 3 of article I
of said general agreement provides in part as follows:
3 The margin of preference on any prod u ct in respect of which a preference is per m itted w ider paragraph 2 of this Article but is not specifically set forth as a maximum margin of preference in the appropriate Schedule annexed to this Agreement shall n ot exceed a in respect of duties or charges on any product described in such Schedule, the dif ference between the m ost-favoured-nation and preferential rates provided for therein;
If no preferential rate is provided for, the preferential rate shall for the purposes of this Continued on next page
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
General agreement on tariffs and trade and exclusive trade agree ment with Cuba; supplementing Proclamations of Dec. 16, 1947, and Jan. 1, 1948------------------

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Forest Service.
Rules and regulations:
Corn____________ ._______ ,_
Cotton for paper program, 1948.

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471

Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders; etc.:
Bohling, Ida___ _______ ,1 485
Eckert, Betty, and Louise Popp__________________
488
Endo, Tokutaro___________
486
Falk, Gottlieb H__________
486
Higashi, Satoshi____._____
486
Hillebrand, Anton_________
487
Kahl, Peter__ ___
488
Kratzel, Josephine, and Josef Kienast________________ 487
Onoda, Torataro__________
488
Osaki, Yuki, and Shigejiro Osaki________
489
Otake, Hiroshi_________
487
Reuter, Mathilda Zimmer man 1_____._______ ____
490
Roos, Anna________
486
Ujimori, Tomeki_____________ 489
Watanabe, M. 2 documents - 489, 490
Army Department
Rules and regulations:
Prisoners; clemency and mail Reserve Officers Training Corps; appointment________

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Civil Aeronautics Board
Rules and regulations:
Air-traffic control-tower oper ator with junior rating; addi tional privileges__________ _ 473
Air traffic:
Aircraft lights, display ber> tween sunset and sunrise__
475
Clearance from air traffic con trol____ ;______________
474
General operation:
Aircraft and engine records_ 474
Airplane flight manual and operating limitations_____
474
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