138 U.S.S.R./602: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:12 p.m.]
953. My 914, July 26, 3 p.m. The Chief of the Consular Section of the Foreign Office today stated orally that he will endeavor to obtain permission for the travel to Moscow of those Americans in Soviet occupied Poland bearing expired passports and who possess the necessary funds and transportation for repatriation. A list of the three Americans meeting these qualifications is being sent to the Foreign Office. He added that there is no likelihood that permission for travel to Moscow will be granted to those American citizens in Soviet occupied Poland not in possession of either valid or expired American passports.