The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Chief Commander to The Right Honorable Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1941 to 1944 and from December 1949 to July 1950.