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Executive Order 8616
Placing Palmyra Island, Territory of Hawaii, Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy
Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Dec 19, 1940.
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Revoked by
EO 10388, August 27, 1952
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.