Delegating to Certain Officers of the Government the Authority
 10661    Vested in the President To Designate Persons From Foreign
          Countries Who May Be Permitted To Receive Instruction at the
          Military, Naval,
          Signed: February 27, 1956
          Federal Register page and date: 21 FR 1315, February 29, 1956

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    EX. ORD. NO. 10661. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
                         AND SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

      Ex. Ord. No. 10661, Feb. 27, 1956, 21 F.R. 1315, provided:

      Section 1. The Secretary of Defense, and, when designated by the
    Secretary of Defense for such purpose, the Secretary of the Army
    are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the
    approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the
    authority vested in the President by the first section of the act
    of June 26, 1946, ch. 493, 60 Stat. 311, as amended (10 U.S.C.
    4344, 9344), to designate persons from the American Republics
    (other than the United States) and Canada who may be permitted to
    receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West
    Point, New York.

      Sec. 2. The Secretary of Defense, and, when designated by the
    Secretary of Defense for such purpose, the Secretary of the Navy
    are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the
    approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the
    following-described authority to designate persons who may be
    permitted to receive instruction at the United States Naval Academy
    at Annapolis, Maryland:

      (a) The authority vested in the President by the act of July 14,
    1941, ch. 292, 55 Stat. 589, as amended (10 U.S.C. 6957), with
    respect to persons from the American Republics (other than the
    United States) and Canada.

      (b) The authority vested in the President by the act of June 24,
    1948, ch. 616, 62 Stat. 583 (10 U.S.C. 6957), with respect to
    Filipinos.

      Sec. 3. The Secretary of Defense, and, when designated by the
    Secretary of Defense for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air
    Force are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the
    approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the
    authority vested in the President by the first section of the said
    act of June 26, 1946, as made applicable to the United States Air
    Force Academy by section 5 of the act of April 1, 1954, ch. 127, 68
    Stat. 48 (10 U.S.C. 9344), to designate persons from the American
    Republics (other than the United States) and Canada who may be
    permitted to receive instruction at the United States Air Force
    Academy.
 
 
      Sec. 4. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby designated and
    empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other
    action of the President, the authority vested in the President by
    the act of August 9, 1946, ch. 928, 60 Stat. 961 (former 46 U.S.C.
    1126b), to designate persons from the American Republics (other
    than the United States) who may be permitted to receive instruction
    in the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps and at the United
    States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York.

      Sec. 5. No person shall be designated under the authority of this
    order to receive instruction except after consultation by the
    designating officer with the Secretary of State.


    Dwight D. Eisenhower.