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SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL

PART 1-INSIGNIA OF RANK

1.1 Office of the Secretary of State.

1.2 Office of the Deputy Secretary of State.

1.3 Office of the Under Secretaries of State.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 111, as amended; 22 U.S.C. 2658.

SOURCE: 22 FR 10788, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted.

§ 1.1 Office of the Secretary of State.

The official flag indicative of the office of Secretary of State shall be as follows: On a blue rectangular field a white disk bearing the official coat of arms of the United States adopted by the act of June 20, 1782, in proper colors. In each of the four corners a white five-pointed star with one point upward. The colors and automobile flag to be the same design, adding a white fringe. For the colors a cord and tassel of blue and white to be added. The sizes to be in accordance with military and naval customs.

§ 1.2 Office of the Deputy Secretary of State.

The official flag indicative of the office of the Deputy Secretary of State shall be as follows: On a white rectangular field a blue disk bearing the official coat of arms of the United States adopted by act of June 20, 1782, in proper colors. In each of the four corners a five-pointed star with one point upward. The colors and automobile flag to be the same design, adding a blue fringe. For the colors a cord and tassel of white in accordance with military and naval customs.

[38 FR 30258, Nov. 2, 1973]

$1.3 Office of the Under Secretaries of **State.

The official flag indicative of the office of the Under Secretaries of State shall be as follows: On a red rectangular field a white disk bearing the official coat of arms of the United States adopted by act of June 20, 1782,

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§ 2.1 Designation of personnel to carry firearms and exercise appropriate power of arrest.

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Security is authorized to designate certain employees of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, as well as employees of other departments and agencies detailed to and under the supervision and control of the Department of State, as Security Officers, as follows.

(a) Persons so designated shall be authorized to carry firearms when engaged in the performance of the duties prescribed in section (1) of the Act of June 28, 1955, 69 Stat. 188, as amended. No person shall be so designated unless he has either qualified in the use of firearms in accordance with standards established by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Security, or in accordance with standards established by the department agency from which he is detailed.

or

(b) Persons so designated shall also be authorized, when engaged in the performance of duties prescribed in section (1) of the Act of June 28, 1955, 69 Stat. 188, as amended, to arrest without warrant and deliver into custody any person violating the provi

sions of Section 111 or 112 of Title 18, United States Code, in their presence or if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.

(Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 111, as amended, sec. 1, 69 Stat. 188; 22 U.S.C. 2658, 2666)

[Dept. Reg. 108.514, 29 FR 15571, Nov. 20, 1964]

§ 2.2 Purpose.

Section 1116(b)(2) of title 18 of the United States Code, as added by Pub. L. 92-539, An Act for the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official Guests of the United States (86 Stat. 1071), defines the term "foreign official" for purposes of that Act as "any person of a foreign nationality who is duly notified to the United States as an officer or employee of a foreign government or international organization, and who is in the United States on official business, and any member of his family whose presence in the United States is in connection with the presence of such officer or employee." Section 1116(c)(4) of the same Act defines the term "official guest" for the purposes of that Act as "a citizen or national of a foreign country present in the United States as an official guest of the Government of the United States pursuant to designation as such by the Secretary of State." It is the purpose of this regulation to specify the officer of the Department of State who shall be responsible for receiving notification of foreign officials under the Act and determining whether persons are "duly notified" to the United States and who shall be responsible for processing official guest designations by the Secretary of State.

(18 U.S.C. 1116(b)(2), 1116(c)(4); sec. 4 of the Act of May 26, 1949, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2658))

[Dept. Reg. 108.679, 37 FR 24817, Nov. 22, 1972]

§ 2.3 Notification of foreign officials.

(a) Any notification of a foreign official for purposes of section 1116(b)(2) of title 18 of the United States Code shall be directed by the foreign government or international organization concerned to the Chief of Protocol,

Department of State, Washin D.C. 20520. For persons normal credited to the United States in matic or consular capacities and for persons normally accredited t United Nations and other interna al organizations and in turn notifi the Department of State, the p dure for placing a person in the s tory category of being “duly no to the United States" shall be the rent procedure for accreditation, notification in turn when applic The Chief of the Office of Pro will place on the roster of per "duly notified to the United Sta the names of all persons currently credited and, when applicable, not in turn, and will maintain the rost part of the official files of the Dep ment of State adding to and dele therefrom as changes in accreditat

occur.

(b) For those persons not norm accredited, the Chief of Protocol s determine upon receipt of notifica by letter from the foreign govern or international organization cerned, whether any person who is subject of such a notification has duly notified under the Act. Any quiries by law enforcement office other persons as to whether a pe has been duly notified shall be di ed to the Chief of Protocol. The d mination of the Chief of Protocol a person has been duly notifie final.

(18 U.S.C. 1116(b)(2), 1116(c)(4); sec. the Act of May 26, 1949, as amende U.S.C. 2658))

[Dept. Reg. 108.679, 37 FR 24818, No 1972]

§ 2.4 Designation of official guests.

The Chief of Protocol shall maintain a roster of persons desig ed by the Secretary of State as off guests. Any inquiries by law enf ment officers or other persons a whether a person has been so d nated shall be directed to the Chi Protocol. The designation of a pe as an official guest is final. Purs to section 2658 of title 22 of United States Code, the authorit the Secretary of State to perform function of designation of of

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