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Executive Order 10477

Authorizing the Director of the United States Information Agency To Exercise Certain Authority Available by Law to the Secretary of State and the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration

Signed by Dwight David Eisenhower on August 1, 1953.

Later amended
Signed recordAugust 1, 1953

The date the President signed it.

Publication record18 FR 4540

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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Amended by EO 10822, May 20, 1959

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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