By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to terminate the Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments established on February 5, 1977, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 11970, as amended, and Section 1 - 101(f) of Executive Order No. 12258, as amended, are revoked.

Ronald Reagan

The White House,

March 17, 1981.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:16 p.m., March 18, 1981]

Note: The text of the Executive order was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on March 18.