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Executive Order 8251

Regulations Governing the Entrance of Foreign and Domestic Aircraft Into the Canal Zone, and Navigation Therein

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 12, 1939.

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Signed recordSeptember 12, 1939

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Publication record4 FR 3899

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 26). Executive Order 8251: Regulations Governing the Entrance of Foreign and Domestic Aircraft Into the Canal Zone, and Navigation Therein [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8251

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8251: Regulations Governing the Entrance of Foreign and Domestic Aircraft Into the Canal Zone, and Navigation Therein." Last modified October 26, 2026. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8251.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8251: Regulations Governing the Entrance of Foreign and Domestic Aircraft Into the Canal Zone, and Navigation Therein}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8251}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8251; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1939.html; last checked October 26, 2026; accessed October 26, 2026}
}
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Revokes EO 4971, September 28, 1928
Amended by EO 8271, October 16, 1939
Superseded by Canal Zone Order 3, January 21, 1947 (12 FR 898)
See EO 8232, September 5, 1939; Proc. 2350, September 5, 1939

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

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