Generally speaking. they have succeeded in this attempt and. to a large extent. rendered this statute useless as a means for enforcing area travel bans. What do they do? They will secure a passport before leaving the United States. so that their departure from this country will be lawful and not a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1185). about which I will say more later. En route to their final destinationa country to which travel is bannedthey will use this passport to travel to or through England. France. and/or other countries in the world where travel Is permitted. When they actually reach their final destination. however--the country to or in which travel by U.S. citizens is forbiddenthey will not show or utilize their passport. Through Communist Party channels of one kind or another. they make arrangements with officials of the Communist country they are to enter and are provided. In advance. with an entry pass. permit. or "visa." which is not stamped in their passports as It should be. but on a separate slip of paper. This "slip visa." as it is called. is produced for the appropriate officials upon their arrival in the country In which travel is banned. and they are granted entry without the officials even seeing their passports. In the case of the group of 59 socalled students who traveled to Cuba last summer. they were provided with "slip visas" by the Cuban consulate In Czechoslovakia when they arrived in that country en route to Cuba. For many years. hearings of the Committee on UnAmerican Activities reveal. Communists have been resorting to this device to avoid a technical violation of the act of June 25. 1948. requiring lawful "use" of passports.
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