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On the recordDecember 14, 1915
All persons leaving the United States for foreign countries should be provided with passports of the Governments of which they are citizens.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 2285—Requiring American Citizens Traveling Abroad to Procure Passports

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