Executive Order 9720—Discontinuing the Sitka and Subic Bay Naval Airspace Reservations and the Subic Bay, Manila Bay, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, San Diego, San Francisco, Columbia River Entrance, and Strait of Juan De Fuca and Puget Sound Defensive Sea Areas

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the Air Commerce Act, approved May 20, 1926 (44 Stat. 570; 49 U.S.C. 174), and by section 44 of the Criminal Code, as amended (18 U.S.C. 96), the following-designated naval air-space reservations and defensive sea areas are hereby discontinued:

1. Sitka Naval Airspace Reservation established by Executive Order No. 8597 of November 18, 1940.

2. Subic Bay Naval Airspace Reservation, established by Executive Order No. 8718 of March 22, 1941.

3. Subic Bay Naval Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8718 of March 22, 1941.

4. Manila Bay Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8853 of August 16, 1941.

5. Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor Naval Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8953 of November 27, 1941.

6. San Diego, California, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

7. San Francisco, California, Defensive Sea area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

8. Columbia River Entrance Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

9. Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 8, 1946