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Executive Order 8379

Amending the Foreign Service Regulations

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 19, 1940.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordMarch 19, 1940

The date the President signed it.

Publication record5 FR 1114

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-8379
Official source
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 8379: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8379

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 8379: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8379

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8379: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8379.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8379: Amending the Foreign Service Regulations}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8379}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8379; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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The order itself

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Later record

What happened to this order

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

Revokes EO 4463, June 26, 1926; EO 5290, March 5, 1930; EO 6017, February 7, 1933
Revoked by EO 9521, February 13, 1945

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

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