Revoking Executive Order No. 8168 of June 14, 1939, and Withdrawing the Land Released Thereby and Other Land for Use of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, as a Magnetic and Seismological Observatory Site; Alaska

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 16, 1941.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8854: Revoking Executive Order No. 8168 of June 14, 1939, and Withdrawing the Land Released Thereby and Other Land for Use of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, as a Magnetic and Seismological Observatory Site; Alaska}},
  year         = {2026},
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Revokes EO 8168, June 14, 1939

Amended by Public Law 98-63, July 30, 1983 (97 Stat. 323); Public Land Order 6458, August 25, 1983 (48 FR 40232)

Revoked by Proc. 2965, February 25, 1952 (in part)

See Public Land Order 1707, August 6, 1958 (23 FR 6182)

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