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Treasury Department FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL October 16,1944 PUBLIC INTERPRETATION NO. 18 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 8389, AS AMENDED, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 9193, SECTIONS 3(a) AND 5(b) OF THE TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT, AS AMENDED BY THE FIRST WAR POWERS ACT, 1941, RELATING TO FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL. Subject: Application of General License No. 5 to transactions incident to the pay ment of customs duties, taxes and fees. ________ Inquiry has been made as to whether General License No. 5 authorizes transactions incident to the payment of customs duties, taxes, and fees from blocked accounts, such as the levying of assessments, the creation and enforcement of liens, and the sale of blocked property in satisfaction of liens for customs duties, taxes and fees. The Treasury Department has replied in the affirmative. In this connection the Treasury Department stated that payments of amounts vested by the Alien Property Custodian pursuant to Section 5 of Executive Order No. 9193 may be effected under this general license. ORVIS A. SCHMIDT, Acting Director. This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)
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