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...been whisked from base to base like the VIP he is, and last week he went beyond that role, appearing at the North Vietnamese embassy in Laos, reportedly to seek permission to visit U.S. prisoners in Hanoi. Meanwhile, Fonda and company have continually encountered red tape ranging from visa problems to being virtually declared off-limits by American commanders...
...April 2, Mr. MacBride met with the South Vietnamese Ambassador in London. The Ambassador did not refer to the unsuitability of any particular date, and his embassy subsequently sent MacBride a visa application. However, the Ambassador did express doubt that a visa from the North Vietnamese would be forthcoming...
When they learned that North Vietnam had agreed to the visit, the South Vietnamese delayed issuing a visa. When Amnesty attempted to reroute the visit so that MacBride would first go to North Vietnam, the North Vietnamese ambassador in Paris stipulated that MacBride's visit to North Vietnam was contingent on prior issuance of a visa for a visit to the South...
...Republic of China. For the legions of journalists, scholars, politicos and adventurers (mostly Americans) eager to get to China, the box office is the top two floors of Ottawa's modern twelve-story Juliana apartments, where the 20-man Chinese embassy staff lives and works. Most visa-seeking visitors are lucky if they can get past the intercom in the foyer, where they are told by a polite English-speaking voice to write directly to the Chinese foreign ministry in Peking. Among those who have approached the Juliana embassy for those coveted tickets to China: Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern...
Cahill left Dublin by jetliner for the U.S., where he planned a five-week trip to raise money for guns and ammunition. But on arrival at New York's Kennedy Airport, he was held by U.S. immigration authorities, who canceled his visa and detained him pending a hearing this week...