Proclamation 2678—Revoking Proclamation No. 2537 of January 14, 1942, Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Control of Alien Enemies

Whereas by Proclamation No. 2537 of January 14, 1942, (7 Fed. Reg. 329), the President prescribed and proclaimed certain regulations governing the issuance of certificates of identification to alien enemies; and

Whereas the interests of national defense and public safety no longer require that these regulations thus prescribed remain in force and effect:

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and by sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Title 50 of the United States Code, do proclaim that Proclamation No. 2537 of January 14, 1942, prescribing and proclaiming regulations governing the issuance of certificates of identification to alien enemies, is hereby revoked.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 29th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventieth.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

Acting Secretary of State.