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...State Department notified the far east expert he could visit Japan early in August. The Department of the Army, which had charge of visas to that country while it was occupied by U. S. troops, had denied Fairbank permission to enter for a year's study last August. The professor was in California waiting to sail when the denial came through...
...Army said it denied Fairbank a passport because of "security reasons." Fairbank thought the "reasons" were his connection with the Institute of Pacific Relations, then under investigation by a Senate sub-committee...
...Fairbank appealed to the Army Board of Review, which promised to "take the matter under consideration" and notify the professor of its decision...
With the end of the U. S. occupation in June, the Army's jurisdiction in Japan ended. The files on the Fairbank case were turned over to the State Department...
...short telegram, the State Department advised Fairbank early in August he could get his passport by forwarding the regular...