The White House                       
 
                         Washington                         
 
                      October 31, 1944                      
 
                MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT                
 
                                                            
 
 
I spoke to Secretary Stettinius about this and he believes under the   
constitution you cannot accept honorary citizenship in any other country   
without the consent of Congress.  However, he is checking with his experts   
      and will let us know definitely sometime today.       
 
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