Word: passport
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time in history, the State Department refused a passport* to a Congressman...
...Paris to attend a conference on aid for the Greek guerrillas. He would go as an observer for the American Council for a Democratic Greece, a Communist-front organization. Since the council is opposed to the U.S. policy of aiding the established Greek government, said State, issuance of a passport would not be "in the interests...
...Isacson trip to Paris could hardly have "stirred up more commotion-and given Communist propagandists more anti-American ammunition-than the passport denial. Congressman Isacson promptly made the most of the situation. All he wanted to do, he cried, was to "learn the truth" about conditions in Greece. He said he would apply for another passport-this time to Palestine-and dared State to refuse him again...
Heller journeyed to Washington last night to secure a passport before sailing at noon today for Europe should the Queen Mary...
...Berlin, via Amsterdam, with a passport bought from an American sailor. For six months he managed to send a steady stream of dispatches to the Chronicle before the Germans identified and arrested him. After narrowly escaping execution as a spy, Pyke made a bold daylight escape from a prison camp and returned to Britain...