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Executive Order 10413—Restoring Kure (Ocean) Island to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

November 17, 1952

WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 7299 of February 10, 1936, Kure (Ocean) Island, together with the surrounding reef, was placed under the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for naval purposes; and

WHEREAS the said island is no longer needed for naval purposes, except as hereinafter indicated; and

WHEREAS it is deemed advisable and in the public interest that the island be restored to the jurisdiction of the territory of Hawaii, with the reservation hereinafter provided:

NOW THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 191036 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

Kure (Ocean) Island, together with the surrounding reef, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii, there being reserved, however, unto the Secretary of the Navy the right to maintain a radar reflector on such island, including the right of access to such radar reflector.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 17, 1952

Harry S Truman, Executive Order 10413—Restoring Kure (Ocean) Island to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/278857

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