George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi leader, and a number of other American anti-Semites have applied for passports to attend an international anti-Semitic, white supremacist conference to be held in London, England, beginning August 15.
U.S. officials said that Rockwell was entitled to a passport, like any other citizen, but that it was up to England whether to admit a troublemaker convicted of offenses by various courts.
The international anti-Semitic conference will end on August 19 with a mass rally in Travalgar Square to generate anti-Jewish emotions. The conference of international anti-Semites will include ex-Nazis from West Germany, among them S.S. troopers, and reportedly a delegation from Argentina.
(Colin Jordan, head of the British National Socialist Party, announced in London today that Rockwell had confirmed that he was coming as a guest of the British Nazis. Jordan said the conference would be held secretly “somewhere in England,” and that the press would be barred.)
British Embassy sources here pointed out today that England was not obligated to admit persons like Rockwell, a Nazi agitator. However, they pointed out that Rockwell, as an American citizen, does not need any visa to enter England. The final decision about his admission thus is left to British immigration officials, who examine the passports of visitors on their arrival at the port of landing.
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