Executive Order 8484

Executive Order 8484, issued on July 10, 1940, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was one of a series of amendments to Executive Order 8389.[1][2]

Order 8389, issued on April 10, 1940, had frozen Norwegian and Danish financial assets held in the U.S., following their occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. Order 8484 extended the same protection to the assets of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after their occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union.[3]

  1. ^ John Hiden, Vahur Made, David J. Smith, editors (2008). The Baltic question during the Cold War. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-37100-1. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1940". Federal Register. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  3. ^ "Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the United States nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and calling for positive steps to promote a peaceful and democratic future for the Baltic region". Embassy of the United States - Estonia. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-11. Whereas on July 15, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 8484, which froze Baltic assets in the United States to prevent them from falling into Soviet hands