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Executive Order 11446—Authorizing the Acceptance of Service Medals and Ribbons From Multilateral Organizations Other Than the United Nations

January 16, 1969

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense, with respect to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to members of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to prescribe regulations for the acceptance of medals and ribbons which are offered by multilateral organizations, other than the United Nations, to members of the Armed Forces of the United States in recognition of service conducted under the auspices of those organizations. A determination that service for a multilateral organization in a particular geographical area or for a particular purpose constitutes a justifiable basis for authorizing acceptance of the medal or ribbon offered to eligible members of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House

January 16, 1969

NOTE: Executive Order 11446 was not made public in the form of a White House press release.

Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Order 11446—Authorizing the Acceptance of Service Medals and Ribbons From Multilateral Organizations Other Than the United Nations Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239338

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