He said we would authorize passports to 28 bona fide American reporters validated for travel to Communist China. They applied to Peking for visas. The Communists said. "We will not give you visas unless the United States will agree in advance to give 28 visas en bloc to Chinese reporters." Well. our Government cannot operate on that basis. We have laws that require consideration of individual applications. The State Department said that they should submit individual applications for visas. as every other alien has to do who wants to come to the United States. and then the Department would consider each application. Not a Chinese reporter has appliedat least up to last weekfor a visa for admission to the United States. What would happen if and when one did apply is a moot question. we do not know. None has asked to come.
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