Executive Order 7261-A—Amendment to the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers of the United States
December 31, 1935
The following section is added to Chapter XVI of the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers of the United States:
XVI-21. Hostesses in missions
In the absence of the wife of the head of a diplomatic mission, only the daughter, mother, or sister of the head of the mission or the wife of the counselor or highest ranking secretary (Foreign Service officer), having a wife present at the post may act as hostess for the head of the mission.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
December 31, 1935.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7261-A—Amendment to the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers of the United States Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362757