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Executive Order 8540

Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940, and Reserving Public Land for Use as an Air Navigation Site; Alaska

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 14, 1940.

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 28). Executive Order 8540: Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940, and Reserving Public Land for Use as an Air Navigation Site; Alaska [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8540

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8540: Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940, and Reserving Public Land for Use as an Air Navigation Site; Alaska." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8540.

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@misc{votefiles_eo_8540,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8540: Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940, and Reserving Public Land for Use as an Air Navigation Site; Alaska}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8540}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8540; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Revokes EO 8344, February 10, 1940 (in part)
Superseded by Public Land Order 17, July 21, 1942 (12 FR 494)

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

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