REPUBLIC ACT NO. 439 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING AMBASSADOR CARLOS P. ROMULO TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES" CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. For the purpose of promoting international friendship and understanding, Ambassador Carlos P. Romulo, Chief of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations, is hereby authorized to accept the decoration known as the "Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes," conferred upon him by the National Government of the Republic of Cuba, and to wear the corresponding insignia of the Order.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 7, 1950.