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publics, New York, N.Y., or other Soviet con¬ 
sular offices in the United States. 
According to the Department’s information, 
persons formerly Russian nationals who have 
not obtained permission of the Soviet Govern¬ 
ment to renounce Russian allegiance are ordi¬ 
narily considered by the Soviet authorities as 
Soviet nationals upon their return to the Soviet 
Union, even though such persons may have been 
naturalized as citizens of the United States. 
While the Government of the United States 
does not admit in principle the right of a for¬ 
eign country to claim the continued allegiance 
of a former national who has been naturalized 
as a citizen of the United States, the Depart¬ 
ment, in the absence of a treaty of naturaliza¬ 
tion with the Soviet Union, can give no assur¬ 
ance that such a person would not be treated 
as a citizen of the Soviet Union should he place 
himself within the jurisdiction of that country. 
In connection with the above it should be noted, 
however, that the Department is in receipt of 
information to the effect that, according to a 
recent Soviet decree, former Russian nationals 
who left Russia before November 7, 1917, and 
who have acquired or applied for foreign citi¬ 
zenship, are not considered citizens of the 
Soviet Union. 
Naturalized American citizens of Russian 
origin who intend to visit the Soviet Union may 
find it advisable to inquire of a representative 
of the Soviet Union mentioned above as to the 
status they would have should they enter the 
Soviet Union. 
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Uacli American national entering the Soviet 
Union should immediately, in person or by mail, 
notify the American Consulate General in Mos¬ 
cow, or other American consular office in the 
Soviet Union, of his arrival, the number of his 
passport, and his address. Subsequent changes 
ot address should also be promptly communi¬ 
cated to the same consular office. 
56. YUGOSLAVIA. The laws of Yugoslavia 
are understood to require compulsory military 
service on the part of all male Yugoslav sub¬ 
jects and to prescribe that Yugoslav nationals 
cannot relinquish their citizenship without the 
consent of the Yugoslav Government. 
It is suggested that all naturalized Ameri¬ 
can citizens of Yugoslav origin and all indi¬ 
viduals born in the United States of Yugoslav 
parents communicate with the nearest Yugo¬ 
slav consular representative in this country 
before undertaking a visit to Yugoslavia. It 
is also suggested that such individuals submit 
to the Yugoslav consular representative a de¬ 
tailed statement regarding their place of birth, 
age, naturalization, date of departure from 
Yugoslavia, etc., and that they request the 
consul to inform them in writing of the precise 
circumstances under which they may visit Yu¬ 
goslavia without running the risk of incurring 
military obligations. 
Department of State, 
March 7 ,103 1^. 
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