Proclamation 3602—United States International Avaition Month, 1964

Whereas a diplomatic conference was convened at the invitation of the United States of America in Chicago, Illinois, on November 1, 1944, at which was formulated the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature on December 7, 1944, and signed by plenipotentiaries of the fifty-two participating governments; and

Whereas the United States as well as one hundred and five other governments have ratified or adhered to the Convention; and

Whereas the Convention created the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); and

Whereas the Council of ICAO has decided to observe on December 7, 1964, the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Convention and to request all member governments to associate the anniversary with any special aviation event held during the year in their respective countries:

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of December 1964 as United States International Aviation Month; and I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and appropriate officials in other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations and to join in the observance of the event at all appropriate levels.

I also request interested agencies of the Government, United States international air carriers, the United States aeronautical manufacturing industry, and other interested organizations to cooperate in arranging such activities during the month of observance as may be appropriate.

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 28th day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President:

DEAN RUSK,

Secretary of State.