Executive Order 7261-A

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.

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December 31, 1935.

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