Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume VIII, International Monetary and Trade Policy

307. Acceptance of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade by the United States¹

Washington, February 18, 1966.

ACCEPTANCE ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, acting pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do hereby accept, on behalf of the United States of America, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated at Geneva on October 30, 1947, as amended, with the reservation that Part II thereof will continue to be applied to the fullest extent not inconsistent with Federal legislation which existed on October 30, 1947.

Done at Washington this 18th day of February, 1966.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1. Source: Johnson Library, Bator Papers, Kennedy Round, CAH, May 4, 1964 [1 of 2], Box 11. No classification marking. The source text is attached to a February 18 note from Bator to Solomon, Greenwald, and Roth that reads: “The President approved the attached this morning. STR has the signed letter of acceptance.”