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Executive Order 9606—Adopting and Ratifying the Capture of the German Motor Vessel "Caribia"

August 29, 1945

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4613 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, and by the act of August 18, 1942, 56 Stat. 746, as amended by the act of July 1, 1944, 58 Stat. 678, and for the purposes of such statutes, I hereby adopt and ratify the capture made as prize by Captain J.F. Devlin of the War Shipping Administration in July 1945 of the German Motor Vessel "CARIBIA", her engines, boilers, furniture, tackle, apparel, spare parts, equipment, and contents, and of property on board.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 29, 1945

Harry S Truman, Executive Order 9606—Adopting and Ratifying the Capture of the German Motor Vessel "Caribia" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/278142

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