You have. no doubt. seen that considerable publicity has been given on the matter. which I shall be glad to submit should you desire. Mrs. Browder entered the United States on the visa granted her by the State Department. On April 12. 1946. she filed a petition for naturalization in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On March 31.1947. the Immigration and Naturalization Service filed a lengthy memorandum setting forth the history of the Raissa Browder case. her activities and affiliations. with the statement that she is ineligible for naturalization and the facts should be presented to the court. Thus the case of Raissa Browder lay quietly gathering dust until. in the dying days of the Fair Deal. she and her husband were indicted for perjury. If she committed perjury in 1940. why did it take 12 years to discover it? The Immigration and Naturalization Service. the Department of Justice and the State Department could have obtained sufficient information regarding Mrs. Browders activities to know that she was perjuring herself when she testified under oath. In fact. the record favors the conclusion that the several Government agencies and departments were aware of the fact.
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