Difficulties in obtaining exit visas for Soviet spouses of American citizens and detained American citizens in the Soviet Union 1

1. For earlier documentation on the enduring difficulties concerned with efforts to assist Soviet spouses of American citizens and detained American citizens to leave the Soviet Union, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. vi, pp. 713810 passim, and footnote 50, p. 713.


[497] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

340.1115/2–147: Telegram


[498] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

123 Wallace, William: Telegram


[499] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

340.1115/2–1247: Telegram


[500] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

361.1121/2–2747: Telegram


[501] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

361.1121/2–2747: Telegram


[502] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

861.4054/4–547: Telegram


[504] The Embassy of the Soviet Union to the Department of State

860J.111/4–2147


[506] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

861.111/4–2447: Telegram


[508] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Durbrow) to the Secretary of State

861.4054/5–2147: Telegram


[509] The Department of State to the Embassy of the Soviet Union

860J.111/4–2147


[510] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Durbrow) to the Secretary of State

361.1121/6–347: Telegram


[513] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

361.1121/7–2547: Telegram


[514] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

361.1121/6–947: Telegram