Mr. McVickar. And then applied for a visa there? This may be.
Mr. Coleman. Did you have any discussions when you were in the Embassy as to whether if the sanctions imposed by section 243(g) were not waived, that you should send her to Brussels and let her get a visa there?
Mr. McVickar. I think that the record shows that there were such discussions, but they did not take place during the time I was there.
Mr. Coleman. When did you leave?
Mr. McVickar. I left on September the 1st of 1961.
Mr. Coleman. In this memorandum which is Commission Exhibit No. 944, you indicated that you thought a favorable advisory opinion and approval of the petition is recommended, together with a waiver of the sanctions.
Mr. McVickar. Imposed by section 243(g) of the act, yes. This was a routine request which would have been made in any similar case using almost exactly that type of language.
In short, this was the two actions that we had to receive from Washington in order to be in a position to issue this visa.
Mr. Coleman. The first action to get the petition granted, that depended upon whether she was ineligible, because she belonged to a Communist organization, didn't it?
Mr. McVickar. Yes; that is exactly right.