711.00111 Armament Control/828a
The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt
My Dear Mr. President: I am submitting herewith for your consideration and if you approve, your signature, a draft of a proclamation39 to supersede your Proclamation of September 25, 1935,40 enumerating the articles to be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of Section 2 of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved August 31, 1935.
[Page 193]The revised enumeration of the categories of arms, ammunition, and implements of war which has been embodied in this draft has been submitted to the members of the National Munitions Control Board and has been approved by them unanimously. The changes in the categories are of a minor sort and are intended solely for purposes of clarification or to obviate administrative difficulties. They have already been embodied in the Proclamation which you issued on February 29, 1936, pursuant to the terms of Section 1 of the Neutrality Act.
Faithfully yours,