Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8672—Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

February 04, 1941

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. S 132), it is ordered that the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States be, and they are hereby, amended by prescribing the following as Chapter XVI thereof:

CHAPTER XVI

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO NAVIGATION

XVI-1. General instructions relating to vessels and aircraft. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue such general instructions relating to civil vessels and aircraft as may be necessary for the guidance of officers of the Foreign Service when performing the services prescribed by the terms of these Regulations in connection therewith.

XVI-2. General instructions relating to seamen. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue such general instructions relating to seamen as may be necessary for the guidance of officers of the Foreign Service when performing the services prescribed by the terms of these Regulations in connection therewith.

XVI-3. General instructions relating to documents carried by vessels, aircraft, and seamen. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue such general instructions relating to the documents carried by civil vessels and aircraft, and by seamen as may be necessary for the guidance of officers of the Foreign Service when performing the services prescribed by the terms of these Regulations in connection therewith.

CANCELLATION OF REGULATIONS

The following provisions of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States are hereby canceled:

PART I

Sections XVI-15 and XVI-16.

PART II

Sections XI-176, XII-193, XIII-199, XIV-250, XV-261, XV-264 to XV-267, inclusive, XVIII-307, XVIII-310, XVIII-311, and XXI-356.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 4, 1941.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8672—Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210471

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