TEXTS OF REAGAN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

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• Document Release Date: September 13, 2010
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1 ,.. xec,uuv uruerand Me a e toConpisse
WAS
HINGTON, May 1 ?-- ,Following are
the text$ of an executive order and a mess s
to Congress- signed by President Reagan to
day on his embargo against Nicaragua:
Executive Order
By the authority vested in me as President
by the Constitution and laws of the United'
States of America, including the Interna=
tonal Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergen-
ties Act (50 U.S. C.1601 et seq. ), Chapter 12 of
Title 50 of the United States Code (50 U.S.C.
191 et seq.); and Section 301 of Title 3 of the
United Sat Code,
1, Ronald Reagan, President of the United
States otAmerica, find that the policies and
actions of the Government of Nicaragua con-
stitute an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of
the United States and hereby declare a na-
tional emergency to deal with that threat.
I hereby prohibit all' imports into the;
United States of goods and services of Nica.
raguan origin; all exports from the United
..States of goods to or destined for Nicaragua,
except those destined for the orgghixiz d
democratic resistance, and transactions re-
lating thereto,
I hereby prohibit Nicaraguan air carver's
aLates, anq transact States p(*s. a _--- ",,, ,vAuu ueoate on u.s. policy towardpro
trons relating thereto. Nicaragua, many Members of Congress,
In addition, I hereby prohibitions will become effective as both supporters and opponents of my -
s prohibit vessels of of 12:01 A.rS ., Eastern daylight time, May 7, posals, called for the early application of eco-
Nicaraguan registry from entering into 1985.
United States ports, andtransactions relat- I am enclosing,a copy of the executive or- n 3. I haveclong made clear that changes in
ing thereto.
The Secretary of the Treasury is delegated ttii'on and exert sing these authoritiesrlara- be achieved in Cenral America. At this peace is to
time
and authorized to employ all powers granted 1.1 have authorized these steps in response I again call on the Government of Nicaragua:
to me by the International Emergency Eco- to the emergency situation created. by the qTo halt its export of aimed insurrection,
nomic Powers Act to carry out the purposes Nicaraguan Government's aggressive actfvi- terrorism, and subversion in neighboring
of this order. ties in Central America. Nicaragua's contin. countries;
The prohibitions set forth in this order, ?hall urns efforts to subvert its neighbors, its rapid To end its exectsive military relationship
be effective as of 12:01 A.M., Easternday. and destabilizing military buildup, its close with Cuba and the Soviet bloc and remove
light time, May 7,1983, and shall be transmit- military, apd security ties to Cuba and the their military and security personnel;
ted to the Congress and published in the Fed. Soviet Union and its imposition of Commu- 9To stop its massive arms buildup and help
eral Register, nist totalitarian internal rule have been de- restore the regional military balance; and
Me33a a to Co>i eSg scribed i*uily.in the past several weeks, The To respect, in law and in practice, demo-
~' gr current visit by Nicaraguan President cratic pluralism and observance of full politi-
Ortega to ?Moscow, underscores this disturb. cal and human rights in Nicaragua.
Pursuant to section ?04(b) of the Interna, ing trend, The recent rejection by Nicaragua 4.. U.S. application of these sanctions
tional Emergency Ecgnomlc Powers Act (50 of my peace initiative, viewed in the light of should be seen by the Government of Nicara
U.S.C. 1703), I hereby report to the Congress the constantly rising pressure that Nicara, gua, and by those who abet it, as unmistak-
that I have exercised my statutory authority gua's military buildup places on the demo= able evidence tha we$,ake seriously the obli-
to declare a national emergency and 'to pro- cratic nations of tpe region, makes clear the gation to protect our pgcurity interests and
hibit: (1) all imports into the United States of urgent threat that Nicaragua's activities rep- those of our friends. I a$k the Government of
goods and services of Nicaraguan origin; (2) resent to the security of the region and, there- Nicaragua to address seriously the concerns
all exports from the United States of goods to fore, to the security and foreign policy of the of its neighbors and it1 own opposition and to
or destined for Nfccaragua except those de United States The activities of Nicaragua, honor its solemn commitments to noninter-
tined for the organized democratic resist. supprtedy ttie oviet Un
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its allie3a> ference, nonalignment, respect for democra,
te; (3) Nicaraguan air carriers from eft are %, compatibte with normal commercial cy, and peace. Failure to do so will only di-
gaging in air transportation to or from points relations minish the prospects for a peaceful settle.
the United States; (4 vessels of Nicara..
m 2. In taldrl these'steps,_I note that during !,Pent in Central America.
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