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Executive Order 9723—Termination of the President's War Relief Control Board

May 14, 1946

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Executive Order No. 9205 of July 25, 1942, is revoked, and the President's War Relief Control Board established by that order is hereby terminated. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to liquidate all of the activities and obligations and wind up all of the affairs of the Board as rapidly as practicable, and to utilize therefor such of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended appropriations of the Board as may be necessary.

This order shall become effective at the close of business May 15, 1946.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 14, 1946

Harry S Truman, Executive Order 9723—Termination of the President's War Relief Control Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/231300

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