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FDR: No diplomatic or consular officer shall ask or accept for himself or any other person, any present, emolument, office…

On the recordMarch 16, 1937
No diplomatic or consular officer shall ask or accept for himself or any other person, any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign state.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 7577—Amending the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers and the Consular Regulations

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