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CPC. March 20, 1948. c AECORDS the is COVERINED MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT K. CARR: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS Attached is a copy of the Manifest of Outward-Bound Passengers the Master of every American ship is required to fill out before he leaves port. As you will notice on the back, the instructions for recording answers make a di fference between white Americans and Negroes. This is in accordance with a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization regulation. It occurs to me that your staff may want to find out whether this is a purely administrative decision, or whether it is an a statutory basis. PHILLEO NASH Attachment. Subject