Executive Order 9261—Amending Regulations Concerning Foreign Service Pay Adjustment

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of March 26, 1934, 48 Stat. 466 (U.S.C., Title 5, sec. 118c), the list of basic rates of exchange established by section 4 of Executive Order 7972 of September 15, 1938, as amended, prescribing regulations for the payment of losses sustained by officers, enlisted men, and employees of the United States in foreign countries on account of the appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, is hereby amended, effective as of April 1, 1942, by inserting therein, between the designation of the countries of Rumania and Spain, the following-designated country, monetary unit, and basic rate:

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FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 31, 1942.