Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 18150/3.

The Secretary of State to Chargé Einstein.

[Extract.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 14, 1909.

No. 532.]

Sir: Referring to your despatch No. 925 of April 3, 1909, reporting that the formerly stringent regulations in regard to entering or traveling in Turkey have been greatly relaxed, and stating that “any naturalized citizen of Ottoman origin can freely reenter Turkey without fearing arrest as before,” you will please inform the department if, under the existing system, foreigners, whether of Ottoman or other origin, are permitted to enter Turkey without previously having their passports viséed by a diplomatic or consular representative of that country.

I am, etc.,

P. C. Knox.