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10-1630 Baltimore mir, OWEN B. LATTINORE, Director of the “alter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, has recently been appointed personal political adviser to Ganeralissimo CHIANG KAI-SHEK.».-." Mr. CIIEH requested that necessary papers be issued to r. LATTINORS so that he might leave for China without delay. LATTIMORE's passport was anended on July 2, 1941, to exclude his wife, ELZANOR HOLGAT? LATTIMORE, and his son, DAVID LATTIMORE. His passport was renewed on that same date, This passport, No. 644858, was marked not valid for travel in any country outside the ‘Jestern Hemisphere exceot China, the Philippice Islands, and yongkong at that time. Jt was subsequently amended on January 12, 1942, to include travel in India, Rurms, Africae, Igypt, and other ccuntries en route to the United States. A notation appeared in LATTI'OR2's passnort file that on September 17, 1942, he submitted a pemnit showing his Selsctive Service Grder “0. 12875, Serial Mo. T1273, classification 3-1, authorizing his aosence from the country from September 23, 1942, to November 23, 1942. The number or location of his Selective Service 3oard was not shovn, This memorandum indicated thet he expected to visit Chungking, China, wner2 he would represent the Chinese Government as a pditical adviser. On January 1, 194k, a permit from Local foard ve, 3, Baltimor: county, Baltimore, Haryland, was given to OTSN LATTIHORE to be absent from the United States in the South Pacific area for 2 griod of six months where he would represent the Of ice of ‘ar informa@ntion. LATTIMORS's passport application dated May Lh, 19bh, indicated that hs: planned to travel to China and the Sevist Union and countries en route, including Ecypt, Iran and Iraq, in tho capacity of Special Assistant te the Henorable HEPRY A. ,WALLACS, Vice-President of ths Tnited States. In addition to the above, the “ashington Fivld Office py letter dated June 15, 1949, in the instant case, advised that LATTINORE wos issued passport No. 69026 on May 12, 19L7. In connection with his applicetion f this passport, LATTIFOrE statcd he wished to go to England to attend an International Conference of the Royal Institutes of Intor-Czechos lovakic aS a s¢ecial correspondent for the Overseas Sows Agency, and as a reprusontative of the Amarican Institute of ai YO ee ve ye PassPoRT —|