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May 6, 1947

Dear Sir:

I have just been informed that having applied for and received a visa to go to France in order to attend to business matters my request for a carte de touriste has been turned down on this ground.

I am rather at a loss to understand these drastic measures, for, while I do have such business matters to take care of, they will I expect be settled in a matter of a week or ten days and afterwards I intend remaining in France with the exception of a visit to Switzerland until the early days of September - in other words, spend at least five to six weeks in your country strictly as a tourist.

I am, therefore, appealing to you in the hope that by adopting a more lenient attitude, I may enjoy the same privileges of other tourist visitors.

If in order to obtain this carte de touriste it

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