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Abe Fortas — Part 2
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and he requested that the necessary arrangements be made
concerning his passport, -He stated that appointee was issued
a special passport in April of 1943, in connection with a
trip to the Caribbean, but he did not have occasion to use
the passport.
The file contained a newspaper clipping from "Times
Herald", Washington, D. C,, dated November 3, 1943, entitled
"O41 Men Puzzled by Fortas! Mission to the Middle East". A
copy of this article is attached as Exhibit A,
The file shows that his Special Passport number
28485, reissued to him on October ih. 1943, for travel in the
Middle East, was returned to the Passport Office for filing
on or about November 16, 1943,
On December 19, 1945, his Special Passport number
28485 was renewed to expire December 19, 1946, for his travel
abroad to serve as an Adviser on the American Delegation to
the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization,
On January 11, 1946, his Special Passport number
28485 was validated, at the American Embassy, London, England,
to expire January 11, 1947, for the British Isles and return
to the United States direct or via Eire, Newfoundland, and
Canada,
He was issued Passport number 333324 on August 2,
1950, for three weeks! travel to England, Holland, and France
for business conferences with Unilever and Lever, Limited, He
had this passport renewed on June 10, 1953, for a two or three-
week trip to England and the Netherlands for conferences with
officials of Unilever, Limited, relating primarily to various
legal proceedings involving the Lever Brothers Company,
He was issued Passport number 906572 on April 4, 1956,
for about two to three weeks! travel to England, Netherlands,
France, and Italy for purpose of business in England, Netherlands,
and France, and holiday in Italy.
On April 3, 1958, he had his Passport number 906572
renewed for travel to Engtand, Holland, and possibly France
and European countries, for purpose of business, In his letter
dated March 28, 1958, to the Passport Office, he pointed out
that the "Travel Data" blanks in his application were only
partially filled in, as his travel plans at the moment were
incomplete. He stated that it was necessary that his passport
be kept active, as he was the legal representative in the United
States for Unilever, and trips to England on short notice were
probable, He stated that he expected to make such a trip in
the spring or summer, and therefore requested renewal at this time,
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