Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Apr 18, 1940.

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@misc{votefiles_eo_8396,
  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8396: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8396}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-8396; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked 2026-09-28; accessed 2026-09-28}
}

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Revokes EO 171, April 25, 1902; EO 2406, June 23, 1916; EO 4879, May 8, 1928; EO 4892, May 26, 1928; EO 5642, June 8, 1931; EO 7497, November 17, 1936; EO 7577, March 19, 1937; EO 8078, April 4, 1939; EO 8177, June 21, 1939; EO 8185, June 29, 1939 (in part)

Amended by EO 9450, June 20, 1944; EO 9537, April 11, 1945

Superseded by Foreign Service Reg. S-4, October 23, 1945 (10 FR 13259)(in part); Foreign Service Reg. S-16, February 19, 1946 (11 FR 1849)(in part)

Revoked by EO 9521, February 13, 1945

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

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