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Executive Order 11862

Amending Executive Order No. 11652 relating to classification and declassification of national security information

Signed by Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. on June 11, 1975.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordJune 11, 1975

The date the President signed it.

Publication record40 FR 25197

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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eo-11862
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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 11862: Amending Executive Order No. 11652 relating to classification and declassification of national security information [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11862

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 11862: Amending Executive Order No. 11652 relating to classification and declassification of national security information." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11862.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 11862: Amending Executive Order No. 11652 relating to classification and declassification of national security information}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11862}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-11862; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1975.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Amends EO 11652, March 8, 1972 (which was revoked by EO 12065, June 28, 1996)

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

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