Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Department of State. Hearings Before the SubcommitteeU.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 |
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... functions of these agencies have ceased ; however , some of their functions should con- tinue to be performed during the immediate postwar period on a liquidation basis and others have a permanent long - range value in the conduct of ...
... functions of these agencies have ceased ; however , some of their functions should con- tinue to be performed during the immediate postwar period on a liquidation basis and others have a permanent long - range value in the conduct of ...
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... functions of these agencies , will show that a drastic reduction has been effected . Moreover , I think another comparison should be made . In times peace the Department and the foreign service are our first line of national defense ...
... functions of these agencies , will show that a drastic reduction has been effected . Moreover , I think another comparison should be made . In times peace the Department and the foreign service are our first line of national defense ...
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... functions transferred to the Office of International Trade Policy and to the Office of Economic Security Policy . ( 3 ) The former Office of Economic Affairs has been redesignated as the Office of International Trade Policy . ( 4 ) An ...
... functions transferred to the Office of International Trade Policy and to the Office of Economic Security Policy . ( 3 ) The former Office of Economic Affairs has been redesignated as the Office of International Trade Policy . ( 4 ) An ...
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... function will gain in importance and expand . The cessation of hostilities has resulted in a tremendous increase in the volume of consular functions , such as the handling of visa appli- cations , immigration , and citizenship problems ...
... function will gain in importance and expand . The cessation of hostilities has resulted in a tremendous increase in the volume of consular functions , such as the handling of visa appli- cations , immigration , and citizenship problems ...
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... function of our foreign service is to give us expert reports on other countries , a major task of our missions abroad has always been to transmit accurate information about American policy to foreign governments . What is new is that we ...
... function of our foreign service is to give us expert reports on other countries , a major task of our missions abroad has always been to transmit accurate information about American policy to foreign governments . What is new is that we ...
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Page 414 - India, to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other, or to inhabitants of the other along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Page 669 - Senate or otherwise. (c) That nothing contained in the treaty or protocol shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary of State of the United States, the Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission...
Page 420 - Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937". SEC. 2. When used in this Act— (a) Convention: The word "Convention" means the Convention between the United States and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Ottawa on the 29th day of January 1937, and shall include the regulations of the International Fisheries Commission promulgated thereunder. (b) Commission: The word "Commission...
Page 402 - ... amount necessary for construction, operation, and maintenance, and payment of interest. Upon receipt of each such certificate the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to charge the fund with the amount so certified as repayment of the advances made under subdivision (b), which amount shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
Page 348 - Affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President of the United States...
Page 345 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Asian Development Bank Act.
Page 420 - ... shall have power to fill and shall fill from time to time vacancies which may occur in its representation on the Commission in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
Page 648 - Council's military requirements for the maintenance of international peace and security, the employment and command of forces placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments, and possible disarmament. 2. The Military Staff Committee shall consist of the Chiefs of Staff of the permanent members of the Security Council or their representatives.
Page 663 - Wherever, by virtue of the provisions of the Treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed in Washington on February 3, 1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande...
Page 648 - Plans for the application of armed force shall be made by the Security Council with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee. Article 47 1. There shall be established a Military Staff Committee to advise and assist the Security Council on all questions relating to the Security Council's military requirements for the maintenance of international peace and security, the employment and command of forces placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments and possible disarmament.