Proclamation No. 2423, Signed by President Roosevelt, September 12, 194018
Whereas section 6 of the act of Congress entitled “An Act to expedite the strengthening of the national defense,” approved July 2, 1940, provides as follows:
[Here follows the text of the act as quoted in proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, printed on page 211.]
Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby proclaim that upon the recommendation of the Administrator of Export Control I have determined that it is necessary in the interest of the national defense that on and after this date the following-described articles and materials shall not be exported from the United States except when authorized in each case by a license as provided for in Proclamation No. 2413 of July 2, 1940, entitled “Administration of section 6 of the act entitled ‘An Act to expedite the strengthening of the national defense’ approved July 2, 1940,” and in the regulations issued pursuant thereto:
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- Equipment (excluding minor component parts) which can be used, or adapted to use, for the production of aviation motor fuel from petroleum, petroleum products, hydrocarbons, or hydrocarbon mixtures, by processes involving chemical change; and any plans, specifications, or other documents containing descriptive or technical information of any kind (other than that appearing in any form available to the general public) useful in the design, construction, or operation of any such equipment, or in connection with any such processes. Aviation motor fuel shall mean such fuel as is defined in the regulations issued pursuant to Proclamation No. 2417 of July 26, 1940, as may from time to time be amended.
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- Equipment (excluding minor component parts) which can be used, or adapted to use, for the production of tetraethyl lead; and any plans, specifications, or other documents containing descriptive or technical information of any kind (other than that appearing in any form available to the general public) useful in the design, construction, or operation of any such equipment, or in connection with any such processes. Tetraetnyl lead shall mean such tetraethyl lead as is defined in the regulations issued pursuant to Proclamation No. 2417 of July 26, 1940, as may from time to time be amended.
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- Plans, specifications, and other documents containing descriptive or technical information of any kind (other than that appearing in any form available to the general public) setting forth the design or construction of aircraft or aircraft engines.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
[seal] Done at the City of Washington this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth.
By the President:
Cordell Hull
Secretary of State
- Reprinted from Department of State, Bulletin, September 14, 1940 (vol. iii, No. 64), p. 213.↩