L/UNA files, “Privileges & Immunities; Entry, Transit, Travel—1946–”
The Assistant Attorney General of the United States (Duggan) to the Deputy Legal Adviser of the Department of State (Tate)
Dear Mr. Tate: This acknowledges receipt of your letter of March 7, 1952 in which you describe, for the Secretary of State, the travel documents that may be regarded as acceptable for officers and employees of the United Nations seeking to enter the United States in connection with their employment. As the representatives of the Department of State were previously advised, this Department recognizes that under Executive Order 8766 the responsibility for defining passports and other travel documents is reposed in the Secretary of State. The regulations issued by the Secretary of State and adopted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 22 C.F.R. 42.101 and 8 C.F.R. 176.101, have provided some guidance as to the travel documents that generally are deemed acceptable. Your letter furnishes further guidance as to additional types of travel documents that may be appropriate in relation to officers and employees of the U.N.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has instructed its officers to follow the formulations of the Secretary of State, expressed in your letter, regarding the travel documents that are to be regarded as acceptable for officers and employees of the U.N. I assume that those formulations are being communicated to the consular officers and other officials of the Department of State, so that the policies applied in these cases will be consistent.
Sincerely yours,