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EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING A FOREIGN
ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD
Signed by the President Jan. 19, 1945,
but dated March 1, 1945
93
EXECUTIVE ORDER
ESTABLISHING & FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD
By virtue of the authority vested in me, as President
of the United States, by the Constitution and statutes of
the United States, and in order to provide for the more
effective coordination of the functions and activities of
the Government in relation to foreign economic problems, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
1. There is hereby established the Foreign Economic
Policy Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board).
The Board shall consist of the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior. The
Secretary of State shall be Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board shall request the heads
of other agencies and departments to be represented
in the Board's deliberations whenever matters
specially affecting such agencies or departments
are under consideration.
2. It shall be the function of the Board, acting
subject to the direction and control of the
President:
(a) To develop unified programs and to establish
policies with respect to the economic
relationships between this Government and
foreign governments.
Regraded Unclassified
94
- 2 -
(b) To arrange for the unification and
coordination of the activities of this
Government relating to foreign economic affairs.
(c) To report to the President at frequent intervals
concerning its activities and to make such
recommendations to him as the Board may deem
appropriate.
All action of the Board shall be in conformity with
the foreign policy of the United States as determined
by the Secretary of State.
3. It shall be the duty of all agencies and departments
to supply or obtain for the Board such information
and to extend to the Board such assistance and
facilities as the Board may require in carrying out
the provisions of this order. Nothing contained in
this order shall remove the responsibility or
authority of each executive department or agency for
carrying out its own functions and operations but
such functions and operations shall be carried out
in accordance with the foreign economic policies
formulated by the Board.
4. All prior executive orders and instructions insofar
as they are in conflict herewith are amended
accordingly.
Lanklin North
THE WHITE HOUSE
Horch 11th
1945
Regraded Unclassified
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