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2. Loss, destruction, or mutilation of 
passport. —A passport, whether valid or 
expired, is an important document. It 
should not be allowed to pass into the 
possession of an unauthorized person. 
3. The loss, destruction, or mutilation 
of a valid passport should be reported 
immediately to the Passport Division, 
Department of State, Washington, D. C., 
or to the nearest American consular 
officer. 
4. As a rule, new passports can be 
issued in such cases only after an ex¬ 
haustive inquiry. 
5. The application for a new passport 
to replace a valid passport which has 
been lost, destroyed, or mutilated must 
be accompanied by a detailed statement, 
in the form of an affidavit, of the circum¬ 
stances under which the passport was 
lost, destroyed, or mutilated. 
6. Passports may be amended to in¬ 
clude or to exclude the American wife 
and American minor children of the 
person to whom issued, upon the written 
request of the bearer. The passport 
agents in Boston, New York, Chicago, 
New Orleans, and San Francisco* have 
authority to amend passports. Passports 
may also be amended by American con¬ 
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sular officers and, in the absence thereof, 
by American diplomatic officers; and 
they may be amended by the chief execu¬ 
tives of the insular possessions of the 
United States. 
7. Passports, unless expressly limited 
to particular countries, are valid for all 
countries. Consequently no amendments 
to include specified countries will be nec¬ 
essary. 
8. Regulations of foreign govern¬ 
ments. —Passport and other travel regu¬ 
lations of foreign governments vary and 
are subject to changes. They also vary 
with respect to the outlying dominions, 
colonies, mandated territories, or depend¬ 
encies of foreign countries. For au¬ 
thentic information regarding such reg¬ 
ulations, inquiry should be made, before 
leaving the United States, of the diplo¬ 
matic or consular representatives of the 
countries to be visited with reference to 
the following subjects: visas; import and 
export regulations relating to money, 
jewelry, and other valuables; tobacco, 
cigarettes, and cigars; and baggage, 
photography tax, travel, residence, health, 
vaccination, and employment regulations. 
9. Passports for China. —The usual 
visa for entry into China should be 
