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FDR: it is ordered that Executive Order No. 8356... be, and it is hereby, amended by the substitution of the word 'Foreign'…

On the recordMarch 17, 1940
it is ordered that Executive Order No. 8356... be, and it is hereby, amended by the substitution of the word 'Foreign' for the word 'Federal' in section 5 thereof.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 8377—Amending Executive Order No. 8356 Entitled 'Rules of Precedence Relating to Foreign Service...'

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