Executive Order 9687—Revoking Executive Orders Concerning Foreign Service Pay Adjustment

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Act of March 26, 1934, 48 Stat. 466, as amended by the Act of August 14, 1937, ch. 627, 50 Stat. 641 (5 U.S.C. 118c), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Executive Order No. 7972 of September 15, 1938, prescribing regulations governing payment of losses sustained by officers, enlisted men, and employees of the United States while serving in foreign countries on account of appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, and Executive Orders Nos. 8018 of December 2, 1938, 8261 of September 21, 1939, 8269 of October 11, 1939, 8800 of June 22, 1941, 9057 of February 11, 1942, 9261 of October 31, 1942, and 9449 of June 15, 1944, amendatory thereof, are hereby revoked.

This order shall become effective with respect to any agency concerned as of the close of its pay period terminating or current on January 31, 1946.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 26, 1946