Creating the Defense Communications Board and Defining Its Functions and Duties

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 24, 1940.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8546: Creating the Defense Communications Board and Defining Its Functions and Duties}},
  year         = {2026},
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Amended by EO 8960, December 6, 1941; EO 9183, June 15, 1942

Revoked by EO 9831, February 24, 1947

See EO 8839, July 30, 1941; EO 8964, December 10, 1941; EO 9089, March 6, 1942

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