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Executive Order 8400
Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States
Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Apr 29, 1940.
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Vote Files. (2026, September 27). Executive Order 8400: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8400
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Vote Files. "Executive Order 8400: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States." Last modified September 27, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8400.
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@misc{votefiles_eo_8400,
author = {{Vote Files}},
title = {{Executive Order 8400: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8400}},
note = {Citation ID eo-8400; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked 2026-09-27; accessed 2026-09-27}
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Amended by
EO 9507, December 20, 1944
Superseded by
Foreign Service Reg. S-12, October 5, 1945 (10 FR 12626)(in part)
Revoked by
EO 9521, February 13, 1945
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.