Proclamation 2863—Termination of Colombian Trade Agreement Proclamation

Whereas under the authority vested in him by section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the act of June 12, 1934, entitled "An Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930" (48 Stat. 943), the President of the United States of America entered into a trade agreement with the President of the Republic of Colombia on September 13, 1935 (49 Stat. 3876), and proclaimed such trade agreement by proclamation dated April 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 3875); and

Whereas the Government of the United States of America has agreed with the Government of the Republic of Colombia that the said trade agreement shall cease to be in force on and after December 1, 1949; and

Whereas the said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 authorizes the President to terminate in whole or in part any proclamation carrying out a trade agreement entered into under such section:

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended do hereby proclaim that the said proclamation dated April 20, 1936, shall terminate and cease to have effect at the close of November 30, 1949.

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 5th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fourth.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

Secretary of State.