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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9650


DISCONTINUING PORTLAND, MAINE; PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE; BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; NARRAGANSETT BAY; NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; NEW YORK HARBOR; DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER; CHESAPEAKE BAY-NORFOLK; CHARLESTON HARBOR; AND BUZZARDS BAY AND VINEYARD SOUND DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS (1)

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 44 of the Criminal Code, as amended (18 U.S.C. 96), the following-designated defensive sea areas are hereby discontinued:

1. Portland, Maine, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941. (2)

2. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

3. Boston, Massachusetts, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

4. Narragansett Bay Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8970 of December 11, 1941.

5. New London, Connecticut, Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941. (2)

6. New York Harbor Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

7. Delaware Bay and River Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

8. Chesapeake Bay-Norfolk Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 8978 of December 16, 1941.

9. Charleston Harbor Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No 8978 of December 16, 1941.

10. Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Defensive Sea Area, established by Executive Order No. 9266 of November 6, 1942.




HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 29, 1945.

(1) Noted in ยง 9.3 or title 34, infra.
(2) 3 CFR Cum. Supp.