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Executive Order 11886—Abolishing the Culebra Island Naval Defensice Sea Area Established by Executive Order No. 8684

October 17, 1975

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2152 of Title 18 of the United States Code., and as President of the United States of America, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, in order to abolish the Culebra Island Naval Defensive Sea Area, since the United States Navy ceased using targets on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico on July 1, 1975, and terminated all weapons training activities in the vicinity of Culebra on September 30, 1975, and since the Culebra Island Naval Airspace Reservation has, at the request of the United States Navy, been revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration (14 CFR Part 73.71; 40 FR 45804), Executive Order No. 8684 of February 14, 1941, as amended, is hereby revoked.

GERALD R. FORD

The White House,

October 17, 1975.

Gerald R. Ford, Executive Order 11886—Abolishing the Culebra Island Naval Defensice Sea Area Established by Executive Order No. 8684 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/269797

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