Executive Order 10464—Delegation of Functions of the President Respecting the Transfer of Wheat to Pakistan

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 2 and 3 of this order, the Director for Mutual Security is hereby designated and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the functions vested in the President by the Act of June 25, 1953, entitled "An Act to provide for the transfer of price-support wheat to Pakistan."

SEC. 2. There are hereby excluded from the functions delegated by section 1 of this order the functions conferred upon the President by section 4 of the said Act of June 25, 1953, with respect to the termination of assistance.

SEC 3. The Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Pakistan under the said Act of June 25, 1953.

SEC. 4. The functions delegated to the Director for Mutual Security by this order shall be subject to the responsibilities of the Secretary of State with respect to the foreign policy of the United States as it relates to the said functions.

SEC. 5. The meaning of the terms "perform" and "functions" as used in this order shall be the same as the meaning of those terms as used in chapter 4 of title 3 of the United States Code.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 25, 1953.