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Executive Order 8557
Prescribing Regulations Governing the Payment of Expenses Incurred in Connection With the Death of Certain Civilian Officers and Employees of the United States
Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Sep 30, 1940.
Later amendedThe Federal Register edition of the order.
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