POSSIBILITY OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ACCEPTING POSTS WITH ALGERIAN ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP60-00442R000100070004-3

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RIFPUB

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December 15, 2016

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June 12, 2001

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Publication Date:

June 26, 1956

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MEMO

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Approved For,,~elease 2003/03/25 :CIA-RDP60-004428000100070004-3 duns 26, 1956 1~10lR.I~II-i~S ~_ Tos ~~ - Kr. d4aea ]hro^~ c ~~ - 1~lr. Iingl.ing 9ub~ectt Possibility of ~erioaa Citisena Aco~ptiag Posts frith Algsrisn Air of lfational Llberatio~i' Tou state that the Departaent has rece-lvsd lnquiriss trcw ~xericana attraated by advertf se~aeants appearing fn lnerican n~wa- papers offering ,~oba to IIrdted States meteorologists, coaatral totirer operators and uschanica in connection with alrcrst't to be used in rro-called 'ti-ar+c7 acia~iana" bf the .Algerian tiatianal ~r tiglrtlag the F'rsnch in Algeria, Tou regneat sat' visi+s at the legal issw~es Yhich wind be invelved in such participatian by les~erican citisensg particularly xith regard to questions of ctissnahip and the issuance of pasaparta. It agprat~s frar the Mutt of the adverEi sas~e~nt a aecompa~i.r Tour eteaoraadr~n that this is net militarir ~i?1C,f~ and that I~stericac~s accepting the otters would nod be called man to bear ,-rins, gear a unito~n ar insignia, or to birWd themselves by at~gr oath, although they might be subject to oocasicrr+w] combat conditions. II this is the case, ;ILa-e~rics engaging in this activity vauld not love their American citisenship under section 31a9(a) 3 of the I.~ai.gration and rationality Act by "entering, or serving in, the arced farces of a foreign state". Dane of the other expatriation provisicar~s of tt~e+ Rct mould seem to have axaT af+plicability. ~hsther the Secretary at :Mate in the exsrcise st his discreticMn should refuse passports to Americans desiring to aaospt these pasi- tioana is a question of policy. It is difficult to predict at this time xhsther suah refusals weld, be su~staiaed it challenged is the Courts, in vies of the status of pending court caves involving pass- ports. >~o~revsr, it is probable that rstuaals of passports to such people could be core easily justified as card.ng rithin the nonaal. conduct of foreign relatiana than, nest of the other refusals rchich have been challenged thus tar. The on1T apecit'ia rsgulatio~a which would appear to authorise such refusal 1a the r~soeertl,7 prcwnlgatew3 one contained in 22 C.P.R. 51.136 which provides a: tollorrs: "Ia order to presrotc and safeguard the interests of the Usd`ted States, passport lscilitisa, ?~ocspt for direert and faseediate rertuna to the United States, will be rstased State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file Approved For Release 2003/03/25 :CIA-RDP60-004428000100070004-3 Approved For?release 2003/03/25 :CIA-RDP60-004428000100070004-3 xhen it arppears to the aatisfacticm of the 5eoratary of Stets that the psrsoa~~a actiritiea abroad san].dr . fib) be preJorLioial to the orderl,T oorndtu7t of forsig,~t relatioaQS ~ . a It dose not appear tr~aa the infora~atioo arrai3.able that ~erioataa acoeptins three offers of anploraaa~t.~,~ bs gelatins ~ of the oMninal lwrs of the IInitsd Statsa. ?he asttly aoss that ooald ha~re ~Y tearing are sections 959(a) ae~d 9+60 of ?itl? I8 st the U~tted States Cads prodding as tollonse "959. llblista~ant is forarign aerTie~s (a) i~hosrsr, xithin the Ut~tsd mates, ral,ists or enters hiasslt, ar hires or retaiess another to aa~],Z,st ar enter himself, or to so beTood the Jar~iadiotion o! the Uaitsd States rith l.ntent to be ~nl.istsd or entered ~ th,a ererTiae of ae~ torei~ pr'lnas, state, co1.o:IIr, district, or peopls as a aoldi?r ar as a aarine or seaaan, an board at~r ?eual of xar, letter of aargtie, ar pri~atssr, shall ~ 2'inad not agora than #1,000 or iaQr3see~sd net a~aty than three Tearer, ar bath. "9b0? B~editian asal.ASt !"riandl,T aaation irihoeTer, ~dthin the kited 3tatsa, lpaa~ri~asly btu ar sets oc foot ar proridea or prepares a arsam? ter ar tmraishes the aocrsT tar, or talrsa park lrl, +~T ^ilitarp or naTal e.~,editian or aa~tsrprias to be carried ,aaz tr+ow, tha?ce a6a~st the territory or dweinion of a~pr for+ai~ pr~? or slats, or of anT oalor~, district, or psoQle ~dtb xhraa the ihd.ted States is at pesos, shall bs tiered not a-ars thaw $3,000 or in