Evening star., 1952-03-10
u. 5. Restricts
Soviet Officials
On Travel Here
Moves Are Limited
To Is Miles in Step
Toward Retaliation

The United States today or,
dered all Soviet representative
accredited to the American Gov
|ernment to stay within IS mile
of the center of Washington O.
New York unless they give 48
hour notice of any intention t,
travel.
The United States will retain
the right to veto any travel plans
The State Department in an
|nouncing the restrictions, sal,
they were in retaliation agains
increasingly severe limitations OF
the travel of Americans in Russia
The American decision was an
nounced to Russia in a not,
delivered to the Soviet Embass,
here at 11:15 am. today.
News Agency Included.
'"The United States is con,
strained to regulate the travel O
Soviet personnel assigned to thu
Embassy in Washington, Sovier
representatives of other publicity
media who are assigned for duty
in Washington and Soviet offlcia
personnel assigned to Amtorf
(Soviet Purchasing Mission) ir
New York." the note said.
Effective Immediately Soviet
official personnel of the Embassy
in Washington. Tass representa-.
tives and others who are Soviet
citizens assigned for newspaper
work in Washington are required
not to travel to any point more
than Is miles distant from the
center Of Washington without
previous official notifications al
least 48 hours in advance.
Soviet official personnel as
signed to Amtorg shall not trayeI
to any point more than Is miles
distant from the center Of New
York without previous official no.
tification at least 48 hours in ad.
vance.
226 Persons Affected.
1.-THE United States Government
states that it is prepared to re.
examine the question of trave
regulations in the light of tn,
treatment accorded United State.
official representatives in the So
Wet Union"
The order affects 226 Sovie
citizens, including dependents, as.
signed to the embassy here. Nine
persons, including dependents, art
assigned to Amtorg. In addition
there are % employees or depend.
ents representing Tass in New
York or Washington.
In addition, la Soviet citizen:
are accredited to the United Ma
tions. All persons assigned there
regardless of nationality are sup
posed to be confined to the U. N
area.
State Department spokesman
Michael j. McDermott sale
American citizens working fo
Tass are not limited by today.
order.
Mr.. McDermott also explained
that any Soviet Representative,
who files a travel plan with th'
State Department or the Pentagor
may make the proposed trip un.
less it is vetoed. This is some
what more liberal than the pres
|ent restrictions on Hungarian
and RoumanianS.
They have to get positive ap'
proval before they can travel
Hungarians are limited to an ares
within 18 miles of the Whit.
House. Roumanians are limitet
to an area within IS miles Of thu
District city limits.
Russia has restricted foreign
travel there since 1941. On Jan
uary Is it frightened regulation!
Ito bar Americans from % addi.
tional cities and limit them gen.
|erally to an area within IS mile!
|of the center of Moscow.
Most other members of tn
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza,
ton are scheduled to impose SINH
Tor ,.ockrirfiov,c ~, Cor,Sok xa,axn
sentatives in their countries. TIL.
Netherlands announced such {
decision today. It was learned
however. that Norway and Den
mark will not restrict the Soviets
The United STATES note said thai
Soviet civilian officials should give
notice of their travel plans to the
State Department. and that So.
Wet military personnel should no.
tify the appropriate Army, Navy
l0r Air Force liaiS0n office