Designating the Secretary of State and the Attorney General as
 10244    the Officers To Perform Certain Functions With Respect to the
          Settlement of Intercustodial Conflicts Relating to Enemy
          Property
          Signed: May 17, 1951
          Federal Register page and date: 16 FR 4639, May 18, 1951

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        EX. ORD. NO. 10244. AUTHORIZATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND
               ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS


      Ex. Ord. No. 10244, May 17, 1951, 16 F.R. 4639, provided:

      1. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General are hereby
    jointly designated as the officers authorized to conclude and give
    effect to agreements relating to the settlement of intercustodial
    conflicts involving enemy property made pursuant to the said act of
    September 28, 1950 (this section), and to exercise all powers
    incident thereto which are conferred by such act, including,
    without limitation, the powers to receive, transfer, release or
    return property, interests therein, or proceeds thereof.

      2. It is the policy of this order that the Secretary of State,
    with the concurrence of the Attorney General, shall perform all
    functions necessary or appropriate to give effect to any agreement
    made pursuant to the said act of September 28, 1950 (this section),
    with relation to the protection of American interests in property
    outside the United States, and that the Attorney General, with the
    concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall perform all functions
    necessary or appropriate to give effect to any such agreement with
    relation to property subject to the jurisdiction of the United
    States, and that all other functions relating to the effectuation
    of any such agreement shall be performed as may be agreed by the
    Secretary of State and the Attorney General. However, no action
    taken hereunder by either the Secretary of State or the Attorney
    General shall be considered to be invalid on the ground that under
    the provisions of this order such action was within the
    jurisdiction of the Secretary of State rather than the Attorney
    General, or vice versa, or that concurrence was not obtained, or
    that such action was not joint.

      3. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General may each
    delegate to the other or to any other officer, person, or agency
    within his respective department such of his functions under this
    order as he may deem necessary.

      4. Any money, property, or interest received as reimbursement by
    the United States by virtue of any agreement made pursuant to the
    said act of September 28, 1950 (this section), shall be
    administered and disposed of by the Attorney General as vested
    property pursuant to the said Trading With the Enemy Act, as
    amended (sections 1 to 6, 7 to 39, and 41 to 44 of this Appendix).
    Any other money, property, or interest received by the Secretary of
    State or the Attorney General pursuant to any such agreement shall
    be administered and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of such
    agreement.


    Harry S. Truman.