PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 8, 1939 September 8, 1939 [No. 2354] Preamble. 60 Stat. 121. Post, p . 2672. 49 Stat. 1081, 1152. 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 8t h day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. EXPORT OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR TO IHE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 1 of the joint resolution of Congress approved May 1, 1937, amending the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the prohibition of the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to belligerent countries; the prohibition of the transportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war by vessels of the United States for the use of belligerent states; for the registra- tion and licensing of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing arms, ammunition, or implements of war; and restricting travel by American citizens on belligerent ships during war", approved August 31, 1935, as amended February 29, 1936, provides in part as follows: "Whenever the President shall find that there exists a state of war between, or among, two or more foreign states, the President shall proclaim such fact, and it shall thereafter be unlawful to export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place m the United States to any belligerent state named in such proclamation, or to any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, any such belligerent state." AND WHEREAS it is further provided by section 1 of the said joint resolution that "The President shall, from time to time, by proclamation, ex- tend such embargo upon the export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war to other states as and when they may become involved in such war." rovision ofa pre- NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President made applicable to of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the UnionofSouthAfrica. authority conferred upon me by the said joint resolution, do hereby Ante, p. 235. proclaim that all of the provisions of my proclamation of September 5, 1939, in regard to the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and New Zealand, henceforth apply to the Union of South Africa. ices to prevent And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in pre- enting violations of the said joint resolution, and this my proclama- tion issued thereunder, nd i bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. 2644 [54 STAT. e
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