Joint resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia
PL 88-408 (H.J.Res.1145), enacted 08/10/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-408~AUG. 10, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-408 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
August 10, 1964 
[H. J. Res. 1145] rj^j promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. 
Southeast Asia. 
59 Stat. 1031. 
6 UST 81. 
Whereas naval units of the Communist regime in Vietnam, in viola-
tion of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of 
international law, have deliberately and repeatedly attacked United 
States naval vessels lawfully present in international waters, and 
have thereby created a serious threat to international peace; and 
Whereas these attacks are part of a deliberate and systematic cam-
paign of aggression that the Communist regime in North Vietnam 
has been waging against its neighbors and the nations joined with 
them in the collective defense of their freedom; and 
Whereas the United States is assisting the peoples of southeast Asia 
to protect their freedom and has no territorial, military or political 
ambitions in that area, but desires only that these peoples should be 
left in peace to work out their own destinies in their own way : Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Congress approves 
and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in 
(^hief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against 
the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. 
SEC. 2. The United States regards as vital to its national interest 
and to world peace the maintenance of international peace and security 
in southeast Asia. 
Consonant with the Constitution of the United 
States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with 
its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the 
United States is, therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to 
take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any 
member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense 
Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. 
SEC. 3. This resolution shall expire when the President shall de-
termine that the peace and security of the area is reasonably assured 
by international conditions created by action of the United Nations or 
otherwise, except that it may be terminated earlier by concurrent reso-
lution of the Congress. 
Approved August 10, 1964. 
Public Law 88-409 
August 10, 1964 
[H. R. 8654] 
Fairbanks, 
Alaska. 
Conveyance. 
AN A C T 
To terminate a restriction on use with respect to certain land previously con-
veyed to the city of Fairbanks, Alaslia, and to convey to said city the mineral 
rights in such land. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the restriction 
on use for other than school purposes and the reservation of mineral 
rights with respect to lot 1, block 115, in the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, 
under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to transfer lot 1 in 
block 115, city of Fairbanks, Alaska, to the city of Fairbanks, Alaska", 
approved June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 283), are he'reby respectively termi-
nated and conveyed to said city. 
Approved August 10, 1964.