Richard Nixon: “The operation of so much of the provisions of section 5707(c) of title 10 of the United States Code as restrict, to a…”

“The operation of so much of the provisions of section 5707(c) of title 10 of the United States Code as restrict, to a percentage of five percent of the total number of officers that a board is authorized to recommend for promotion, the number of Navy officers below the appropriate promotion zone who may be recommended as best fitted for promotion to the grade concerned, is hereby suspended for a period of two years from the date of this order.”