130 Petrides, Basil
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Greece (Skinner)
Sir: There is enclosed a copy of a letter of November 6, 1931,61 from Mr. Samuel R. Schneider, attorney for Doctor Menelaus Petrides, concerning the action of the Greek authorities in requiring the registration of Dr. Petrides’ two sons as Greek subjects upon the occasion of their recent visit to Greece with their mother. The Department’s records show that passport No. 429132 was issued to Dr. Petrides on June 27, 1927, and that he presented at that time a certificate showing that he was naturalized as a citizen of the United States by the United States District Court at New York City on April 3, 1917. On June 11, 1930, passport No. 293075 was issued to [Page 444] Basil Petrides, the son of Doctor Menelaus Petrides, and the name of Theodore Petrides, brother of Basil, was included in the passport.
It is requested that the matter of the registration of Dr. Petrides’ sons as Greek subjects be taken up with the appropriate Greek authorities and that they be requested to remove the names of the children from the Greek records. When presenting the case it should be pointed out that Dr. Petrides contends that he was born a Turkish subject and never was a subject of Greece. In this connection it may be of interest to note that he emigrated to the United States in 1911. It should also be pointed out that the children mentioned were born in the United States; that their father acquired American citizenship prior to the dates of their birth; that Dr. Petrides and his entire family are permanently domiciled in the United States; that they have made only temporary visits to Greece; and that when in that country both Dr. Petrides and his sons have been the bearers of passports of this Government.
You will please inform the Department of the result of the representations made by you in the foregoing matter.
Very truly yours,
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