<—— are my comments. “ “is brown deer’s.
To: Brown Deer
The U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual was first published in 1973.
I did not know the Foreign Affairs Manual did not exist in 1968. You are correct and I am wrong.
It also means the issuance of CLNs was open to interpretation as to who is eligible and who is not eligible. No CLN is issued without the written consent of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is guided by the foreign policy pronouncements of POTUS at that time.
<——Not open to interpretation, there WAS a manual called by a different name, as noted in post #276, so the remainder of the paragraph is irrelevant.
So,instead of looking at the post-1973 FAM,or its predecessor policy and procedures manual (if any),we should be asking ourselves would the President of the United States in 1968 put forth a policy to allow a 7-year-old living with an Indonesian father and American mother in Indonesia to renounce his U.S. Citizenship.
<—— there was a manual to be followed; see post #276. Presidential edicts are a matter of record and can be checked.
What would LBJ do? Im pretty sure he told SoS Rusk to issue the kid his CLN with the caveat he could move back to the U.S. and recapture his U.S. Citizenship with a written request and an oath of allegiance anytime up to 6 months past his 18th birthday.
<-——the phrase —could move back..... past his 18th birthday—. is standard boilerplate, but —LBJ telling Rusk to issue a CLN— would have to be researched; again, everything a president does is archived someplace.
Im thinking about writting an article about this on my blog http://svenmagnussen.blogspot.com .
<——The sixth blogpimp on just THIS thread!
275 posted on Thu Mar 28 2013 12:38:38 GMT-0500 (CDT) by SvenMagnussen (1983 ... the year Obama became a naturalized U.S. citizen.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 268 | View Replies | Report Abuse]
I reposted Sven’s #275 reply to you.
But with dead blog link, my comments with <—, and yours (Brown+ Deer’s) in “ “.