811.111 Vessels/5163a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul General at London (Frazer)
Repeat following by mail to supervisory consular officers in European countries for information officers under their supervision:
“Executive Order No. 6722 dated May 26, 1934, entitled Documents Required of Bona Fide Alien Seamen Entering the United States’ provides for issuance passport visas, transit certificates, or group transit certificates to cover alien seamen sent forward by ship owners to American ports for the purpose of transferring to foreign vessels as members of the crew regardless of the destination of the foreign vessel. The Executive Order referred to also embodies provisions of Executive Order No. 4648 of May 13, 1927 and the provisions of Section II (5) relating to crew list visas contained in Executive Order No. 5869 of June 30, 1932. The provisions of the Department’s telegram of December 14, 1933, to American Consul at Hamburg repeated to your office prohibits the issuance of visas or transit certificates to seamen coming to the United States as passengers for transfer to another vessel as members of crew are hereby canceled in so far as such provisions relate to seamen sent forward by ship owners as passengers to transfer to foreign vessels as members of the crew. The provisions of the Department’s telegram of December 14th referred to continue in effect in so far as they prohibit the issuance of passport visas or transit certificates to alien seamen being brought by ship owners to United States as passengers to join American vessels as members of the crew. Text of Executive Order being forwarded by circular instruction.”