Callaghan. his immediate supervisor. he replied to Mrs. Browders attorney saying that Mrs. Browder might come to Montreal to make formal applicatiob if she wished. but that she might be found ineligible under the immigration law to receive a visa. Mr. Pinkerton further testified that several days later Mr. Callaghan told him he had just received a call from Mr. Traves. Chief of the Visa D:vision of the State Department in Washington. who said that the letter to Mrs. Browders attorney had caused concern among her friends and advisers and that the Montreal office should have known better than to send a letter to Mrs. Browders attorney that was practically a refusal of the visa. that Mr. Travers said he had fought the issuance of a visa to Mrs. Browder but that his chief told him that refusal of a visa at that time would be very embarrassing. Mr. Pinkerton further testified that Mr. Callaghan made it very clear that when Mrs. Browder made an application at Montreal she was to be issued a visa. He said he was given orders not to ask Mrs. Browder any embarrassing questions and that he did ask her a few innocuous questions and issued the visa which was signed by Mr. Callaghan. On March 15. 1948. Mr. Travers. Chief of the Visa Division of the State Department. testified before the same committee. He stated he did not tell Mr. Pinkerton that a visa to Mrs. Browder must be granted. He said he was approached by Consul General Byington with the question: What Is the big idea of sending an instruction up here to grant a visa to Mrs. Browder? You know very well that she is a Communist.
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