361.1121/41: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

639. Department’s 263, April 28, 7 p.m.18 and 269, April 30,19 re Isaiah Oggins. Embassy has been refused permission to see Oggins again and is informed that the competent Soviet authorities find it impossible to reconsider his case. Funds released for, refund depositor.20

Standley
  1. Not printed. Mrs. Nerma Oggins of New York City bad deposited the sum of $400 towards the expense of the return of her husband. The Department of State had authorized on April 20, 1943, the issuance of a passport valid only for return to the United States. (361.1121/40a)
  2. Not printed.
  3. The deposited money was returned to Mrs. Oggins on June 22, 1943.