Word: visa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Andorra was reaping commercial benefit from a purely "illusory independence," France set about jamming the station, and sent in technicians to build a new one. The Andorrans promptly slapped a fat import tax on all radio parts. The French countered by charging 1,000 francs for an exit visa for any Frenchman who wished to visit Andorra. Andorrans protested that the French were ruining their tourist trade...
Feeling against foreigners was already strong in Germany in 1926, and Kistiakowsky, in the country on a student's visa, left for the US and a Rockefeller grant. He came to Harvard in 1930 and quickly moved up the academic ladder to a name chair and a stint as department chairman...
...followed by a reception at Clara's home. "There were gallons of vodka," Alf recalls, "and the British and Russians tearfully swore vows of eternal friendship." Less than a year later, Hall was sent back to London. Clara said goodbye at Moscow airport, expecting to get her London visa in a few days. Then & there the trouble began. The Soviet government, which does not like its women to marry foreigners and does not let them go abroad, refused to grant the visa...
...Being caught between two opposing sides in a cold war isn't fun," said Alf Hall. He pestered British officialdom with requests that he be reposted to Moscow, begged them to pressure the Russians to grant Clara's visa. This militancy was not appreciated by the Foreign Office, which believes its juniors should tend to their tasks and keep out of trouble. "For blotting my copybook," as he put it, Hall was transferred to the Commonwealth Relations Office. Later, he was posted to Ottawa as assistant to Novelist Nicholas (The Cruel Sea) Monsarrat in the Commonwealth press office...
...prove how peace-loving they intended to be, the Russian embassy in Ottawa got in touch with Alf Hall. They told him to swear to a declaration that he still wanted to live with Clara and that he could support her. Last week, after seven years, Clara got her visa. It was hailed by the British press as a "new Soviet conciliatory gesture to Britain," as the Russians meant that it should be. But Alf and Clara had no concern for such talk. Clara called him from Moscow before she boarded the plane for freedom. "What do you think about...