862.4016/1686: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Germany (Gilbert)
113. Your 252 October 25, 5 p.m. and 256 October 28, 5 p.m. Since it appears that German Jews who are considered by the German Government to have emigrated from Germany will be denied permission to return to that country you are requested to obtain information concerning the conditions or circumstances which are likely to be considered as establishing that such an alien has emigrated from Germany. In the cases of German Jews who proceed from Germany to the United States with non-immigrant visas as distinguished from immigration visas is there any danger that they will be considered as having emigrated before the expiration of their German passports? If so, what precautions may be undertaken to safeguard the return to Germany of German Jews visiting the United States? See last [Page 327] paragraph of Note 36, Supplement A, Consular Regulations,16 and consult Consul General.
- Instruction was that when an application was made for a visa as a temporary visitor to the United States, care should be taken to ascertain that alien intended to leave voluntarily at end of visit and that he would be able to proceed to some other country when he did depart. No visa was to be granted to a nonimmigrant, under section 3 (2) of Immigration Act of 1924, whose passport or other travel document was not valid for his entry into some country other than the United States.↩