Now, in the Petrulli case you had a situation where he was incompetent, and you could throw the thing out on the ground he didn't know what he was doing. But in these other cases, maybe you can't.
Mr. Snyder. Well, in the specific instance and circumstances of the Soviet Union, you obviously have a major problem, there is a major state problem.
Mr. Dulles. That might arise in other cases. Isn't that true in any case—If an American citizen arrives with an American passport, the country where he arrives doesn't have to keep him, does it? Isn't it our responsibility to take him back?
Mr. Snyder. Well, this is a point——
Mr. Dulles. That is a question of law.
Mr. Snyder. This is a question of law which I really cannot answer.
And where we have an extradition treaty, I think there is no great problem, perhaps, or at least the problem is somewhat different from where we do not have an extradition treaty, as in the case of the Soviet Union.
And I just don't know whether we are in the last analysis required to take back a person who is no longer one of our citizens, and under circumstances where we do not have an extradition treaty with the nation, where that person now resides.
Representative Ford. Do we have an extradition treaty with the Soviet Union?
Mr. Snyder. No, sir.