Executive Order 11300—Relating to the Implementation of the Convention Between the United States and Greece

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, particularly with respect to the conduct of the foreign relations of this Nation, and in order to ensure that Article XIII of the Convention between the United States and Greece (33 Stat. 2122, 2131) can be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States, I hereby designate the Attorney General of the United States, and such other officers and employees of the Executive Branch of the Government as he may from time to time specify, to be the "local authorities" and "competent officers" on the part of the United States within the meaning of Article XIII of the Convention. The Attorney General, and the designees specified by him, shall fulfill the obligations assumed by the United States pursuant to Article XIII of the Convention in the manner and form therein prescribed.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House

August 17, 1966