authorities, and a record of their cases is kept. They are thereafter duly deprived of their Turkish citizenship and required to leave the country. The formality of declaring such persons deprived of their Turkish citizenship may take several months, and during that time they are not permitted to travel.

The fact that a person has obtained a Turkish visa does not exempt him from the liabilities above described.

62. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russia).-A visa is required for entry into the Soviet Union. Inquiries for information regarding regulations governing the issuance of such visas should be addressed to the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Washington, D. C., the consulate general of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, New York, N. Y., or other Soviet consular offices in the United States.

According to the Department's information, persons formerly Russian nationals who have not obtained permission of the Soviet Government to renounce Russian allegiance are ordinarily 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 foreign 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 naturalization with the Soviet Union, can give no assurance 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 Soviet decree, former Russian nationals who left Russia before November 7, 1917, and who have acquired or applied for foreign citizenship, are not considered citizens of the Soviet Union.

Naturalized American citizens of Russian origin and persons born in the United States of Russian parents who have never been naturalized as American citizens 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.

Each American national entering the Soviet Union should immediately, in person or by mail, notify the American Embassy at Moscow of his arrival, the number of his passport, and his address. Subsequent changes of address should also be promptly communicated to that office.

63. Yugoslavia.-The laws of Yugoslavia are understood to require compulsory military service on the part of male Yugoslav subjects and to prescribe that Yugoslav nationals cannot relinquish their citizenship without the consent of the Yugoslav Government.

Under article 45 of the Yugoslav law of September 6, 1929, concerning the organization of the Army and Navy, as amended by article 28 of the Yugoslav law of October 28, 1931, it is understood that persons born in Yugoslavia who departed from the Kingdom 5 years or more prior to recruitment and have been naturalized as citizens of the United States in their own right or through their parents, and who have passed the age of 25 years and have not been released from Yugoslav citizenship, will be permitted to visit Yugoslavia every 3 years for a period not exceeding 6 months without being compelled to perform military service in Yugoslavia, if they have regularized their status as provided in article 45. That article is understood to provide that such persons may report to a Yugoslav diplomatic or consular officer in the United States when the military obligation falls due, or not later than the attainment of 25 years of age, and settle their obligations. Naturalized American citizens of Yugoslav origin are urgently advised to endeavor to regularize their status under Yugoslav law before beginning their journey to Yugoslavia and for that purpose to submit to the nearest Yugoslav diplomatic or consular officer in this country the following information: their own name and the surname of their father; birthplace, communal domicile, and military district to which they belong; day, month, and year of birth; date of departure from Yugoslavia; date of naturalization in the United States; and exact address in this country. They should be careful to request the

diplomatic or consular officer to advise them in writing as to their status under article 45 of the law and whether they may visit Yugoslavia for the 6-months' period without danger of molestation.

It is also understood that under article 31 of the Yugoslav Nationality Law of September 21, 1928, subjects of the Kingdom born in a foreign country and permanently residing there have the right to declare within 3 years after they have reached the age of 21 years that they decline nationality of the Kingdom if they prove that the foreign country in which they were born considers them as its citizens in accordance with its laws. Persons born in the United States of Yugoslav parents may make such declaration of renunciation of Yugoslav nationality before a Yugoslav diplomatic or consular officer in the United States. After thus divesting themselves of Yugoslav nationality such persons would not, of course, be subject to military liabilities in Yugoslavia but are subject thereto until released from Yugoslav nationality. It is understood that persons in this category who have not made such declaration of renunciation of Yugoslav nationality will, nevertheless, under the provisions of article 45 of the Yugoslav law of September 6, 1929, as amended by article 28 of the law of October 28, 1931, be permitted to visit that country every 3 years for a period not exceeding 6 months without being compelled to perform military service in Yugoslavia if they have passed the age of 25 years and if before reaching that age they have regularized their

status as provided in article 45; but before leaving the United States they should be careful to present their cases to a Yugoslav diplomatic or consular officer in this country and to obtain from him a statement in writing as to their status under article 45 of the Yugoslav law and whether they may reside in Yugoslavia for 6 months without danger of molestation.

Persons of the categories indicated above are advised to begin the regularization of their status under article 45 or to take steps toward renunciation of Yugoslav nationality under article 31 well in advance of their departure for Yugoslavia, so that the competent Yugoslav diplomatic or consular officials in the United States may communicate, if the circumstances so require, with the authorities in Yugoslavia. DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

February 1, 1937.

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