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Hoveraber 16th, 1959
PHIVATB AND
COHPIDBHTIAL
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Dear Mr, Under Secretary,
Ab I promised you at our meeting
on November 14th, I enclose herein a copy
of the orders which have been issued to
the Commanding Officers of His Majesty's
Ships regarding the removal of enemy aliens
from neutral ships*
As I explained at our interview I
have been instructed to show you these
orders privately and in strict confidence
and I should therefore be grateful if this
communication could be treated as entirely
unofficial.
Believe me.
Dear Mr. Under Secretary,
Very sincerely yours,
/     (SOD) LOTHIAN
The Honourable ^
.Sumner Welles, (f^tl
Under Secretary of State of the United States,
Washington, D. C. FRHM:DH

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It has now bean decided that enemy aliens
of the following categories travelling as passengers
may be removed from neutral ships subject to
restrictions described in paragraph 4 below:
(a) Officers and non-commissioned officers
on active or reserve lists of enemy army and
corresponding ranks and rating of enemy naval and
air forces provided they are capable of useful
service,
(b) Enemy agents of either sex or any age.
(e)   Technicians who can be shown to be
taking part in enemy war effort or Intending to do
60.   This category includes scientists, engineers,
skilled workers, mercantile marine officers and
trained civil service or police staff whose
activities can be reasonably shown to be of
importance'to the enemy war effort but excludes
diplomatic and consular officers.
8* Enemy aliens who are bona fide members of
crews of neutral ships should not be removed but
aliens belonging to above categories as to whom
there is reason to suppose they have signed on for
the purpose of returning to enemy territory to aid
in prosecution of war may be removed.
3. Examining officers should bear in mind
importance of avoiding offence to neutrals and
should not decide on removal except where there
are definite grounds for suspicion.
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4. Until farther orders practical application
of this policy le limited as follows:
(a) In general removal from neutral ships
should only take place in contraband control bases
and then only from neutral vessels inward bound to
European ports.   Where however there are good grounds
for believing a particular individual or particular
individuals are enemy secret agents they may be
removed at sea or from vessels outward bound*
(b) ships of American states should not be
stopped for any reason in western half of Atlantic
or in eastern Pacific without special instructions*
5*           Persons proved to belong to categories
described in (1) and (8) should be handed over to
military as prisoners of war*   Persons who after
questioning on board while ship is in contraband
control base are reasonably free of suspicion by
time ship sails should be allowed to proceed in
her.   Persons who remain subject to considerable
suspicion when ships sails should be handed over
to local military for further investigation.