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Treasury Department
FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL
March 17, 1945

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 89
UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8389, AS AMENDED, EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.
9193, SECTION 5(b) OF THE TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT, AS AMENDED
BY THE FIRST WAR POWERS ACT, 1941, RELATING TO FOREIGN FUNDS
CONTROL.*

(1)
Exportation of powers of attorney or instructions relating to certain types of
transactions authorized. A general license is hereby granted authorizing the exporta­
tion to any foreign country of powers of attorney or other instruments executed or
issued by any person within the United States who is not a national of a blocked coun­
try which are limited to authorizations or instructions to effect transactions incident to
the following:
(a) The representation of the interest of such person in a decedent’s estate
which is being administered yi any blocked country and the collection of
the distributive share of such person in such estate;
(b) The maintenance, preservation, supervision or management of any real
estate or tangible personal property located in any blocked country in
which such person has an interest; and
(c) The conveyance, transfer, release, sale or other* disposition of any prop­
erty specified in (a) or (b) above, provided that if such property is located
within any country not included in the United Nations, the value thereof
does not exceed the sum of $5,000 or its equivalent in foreign currency.
(2)

Conditions. This general license shall be subject to the following con­

ditions :

*Part 131:— Sec. 5 (b ), 40 Stat. 415 and 966; Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1; 54 Stat. 179; 55 Stat. 838; E:c. Order
8389, April 10, 1940, as amended by Ex. Order 8785, June 14, 1941, Ex. Order 8'832, July 26, 1941, Ex.
Order 8963, Dec. 9, 1941, and Ex. Order 8998, Dec. 26, 1941; Ex. Order 9193, July 6, 1942; Regulations,
April 10, 1940, as amended June 14, 1941, and July 26, 1941.

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(a) No instrument may be exported under this general license unless it con­
tains an express stipulation that the person authorized to act thereunder
is not empowered to engage in any transactions which involve, directly or
indirectly, any trade or communication with an enemy national as defined
in General Ruling No. 11, other than transactions which are exempted
from the provisions of such general ruling; and
(b) No instrument which authorizes the conveyance, transfer, release, sale
or other disposition of any property located within a country not included
in the United Nations may be exported under this general license unless
it contains an express stipulation that such authority may not be exer­
cised if the value of such property exceeds the sum of $5,000 or the equiv­
alent thereof in foreign currency.
(3)
Definition. As used herein, the term “ tangible personal property” shall not
include cash, bullion, deposits, credits, securities, patents, or copyrights.

HERBERT E. GASTON
Acting Secretary of the Treasury