360H.117 Belan, John/13

The Minister in Yugoslavia (Prince) to the Secretary of State

No. 1445

Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Department’s Instruction 331 of January 26, 1932, File 360 H.117 Belan, John/8[9], concerning the case of John Belan, a naturalized American citizen of Hungarian origin, on whose account military taxes were being levied against his father by the Yugoslav Government, and enclose a translation of a note verbale just received from the Foreign Office which apparently disposes of this case.

Respectfully yours,

John Dyneley Prince
[Enclosure]

The Yugoslav Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the American Legation

No. 23846/7140/II

Note Verbale

With reference to the note verbale of the Legation of the United States of America No. 2511, dated June 29, 1932, the Royal Ministry [Page 620] for Foreign Affairs has the honor to communicate to it that, according to information received from the Ministry of the Interior, John Belan has been removed from the lists of persons resident in the Commune of Ribnik, and from the respective military registers as well.