Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1942, General; the British Commonwealth; the Far East, Volume I

390.1115A/651: Telegram

The Consul at Bombay (Donovan) to the Secretary of State

Bombay, January 22, 1942—1 p.m.
[Received January 22—5:36 a.m.]

45. In arranging for passages to the United States for American citizens and families, steamship companies object to taking alien wives without reasonable assurance of their admissibility particularly when wives are enemy subjects. Would alien enemy wives be refused admission solely because of nationality status?

Donovan