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Executive Order 8566

Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Oct 15, 1940.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordOct 15, 1940

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Publication record5 FR 4107

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Later dispositionLater revoked or superseded

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Later record

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Revokes EO 7224-A, November 14, 1935
Revoked by EO 9507, December 20, 1944

National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.