14. Executive Order 8701-March 4, 1941: Amendment of Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as Amended

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as amended, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, so as to extend all the provisions thereof to, and with respect to, property in which Bulgaria or any national thereof has at any time on or since March 4, 1941, had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect; except that, in defining "Bulgaria" and "national" of Bulgaria the date "March 4, 1941" shall be substituted for the dates appearing in the definitions of countries and nationals thereof.

(481)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

15. Executive Order 8711-March 13, 1941: Amendment of Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as Amended

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as amended, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, so as to extend all the provisions thereof to, and with respect to, property in which Hungary or any national thereof has at any time on or since March 13, 1941, had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect; except that, in defining "Hungary" and "national" of Hungary the date "March 13, 1941" shall be substituted for the dates appearing in the definitions of countries and nationals thereof.

(482)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

16. Executive Order 8721-March 24, 1941: Amendment of Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as Amended

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as amended, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, so as to extend all the provisions thereof to, and with respect to, property in which Yugoslavia or any national thereof has at any time on or since March 24, 1941, had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect; except that, in defining "Yugoslavia" and "national" of Yugoslavia the date "March 24, 1941" shall be substituted for the dates appearing in the definitions of countries and nationals thereof.

(483)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

17. Executive Order 8746-April 28, 1941: Amendment of Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as Amended

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as amended, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, so as to extend all the provisions thereof to, and with respect to, property in which Greece or any national thereof has at any time on or since April 28, 1941, had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect; except that, in defining "Greece" and "national" of Greece, the date "April 28, 1941" shall be substituted for the dates appearing in the definitions of countries and nationals thereof.

(484)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

18. Executive Order 8785-June 14, 1941: Regulating Transactions

in Foreign Exchange and Foreign-Owned Property, Providing for the Reporting of all Foreign-Owned Property, and Related Matters

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 5 (b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 415), as amended, by virtue of all other authority vested in me, and by virtue of the existence of a period of unlimited national emergency, and finding that this order is in the public interest and is necessary in the interest of national defense and security, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do prescribe the following:

Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

SECTION 1. All of the following transactions are prohibited, except as specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury by means of regulations, rulings, instructions, licenses, or otherwise, if (i) such transactions are by, or on behalf of, or pursuant to the direction of any foreign country designated in this order, or any national thereof, or (ii) such transactions involve property in which any foreign country designated in this order, or any national thereof, has at any time on or since the effective date of this order had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect:

A. All transfers of credit between any banking institution within the United States; and all transfers of credit between any banking institution within the United States and any banking institution outside the United States (including any principal, agent, home office, branch, or correspondent outside the United States, of a banking institution within the United States);

B. All payments by or to any banking institution within the United States:

C. All transactions in foreign exchange by any person within the United States;

D. The export or withdrawal from the United States, or the earmarking of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency by any person within the United States:

E. All transfers, withdrawals or exportations of, or dealings in, any evidences of indebtedness or evidences of ownership of property by any person within the United States; and

F. Any transaction for the purpose or which has the effect of evading or avoiding the foregoing prohibitions.

SEC. 2. A. All of the following transactions are prohibited, except as specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury by means of regulations, rulings, instructions, licenses, or otherwise:

(1) The acquisition, disposition or transfer of, or other dealing in, or with respect to, any security or evidence thereof on which there is stamped or imprinted, or to which there is affixed or otherwise attached, a tax stamp or other stamp of a foreign country designated