Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 1 | U S Invalidates Coplon Visa

r USInvc!id:l:s Coplcn Visa T) NEW TORK, July 1 (A International Inter-national travel agendas and tranev portatioa companies were notified Saturday that Judith Cop Ion's passport has been lifted. Lincoln Whits, press officer for the state department, in Washington that the rescinding of the passport Is routine m ths ease of persons convicted of a crime Travel outlets are notified of the lifting, also as s routine matter. - Overs ss air Une officials hers had interpreted the advice as aa alert to make sure that Miss Cop-loo Cop-loo doss sot try te leave the United States. In Washington, Justlee department depart-ment officials deoci t bed as "unfounded"' "un-founded"' any report that orders for a special Cop Ion watch aad some from that department. The officials slso said they had no Indication that Gubllchev ml r tit have left the New Torn vicinity Nobody reechsble at the Russian embassy would oomment oa Gunu chsVs whereabouts or plana. Miss Coplon, convicted m Washington Wash-ington of serving as a spy for Russia, came here Friday night to rest and prepare for ber eeeond trial, set for July 11 In New York. Airlines officials said they had been told by their Washington offices to be ea the lookout for Miss Coplon. Miss Coplon' Is under 120,000 bail each m the Washington and New York eases Sne went to ber mother's Brooklyn home after her arrival Fndsy sight and said she would be In seclusion over the irsek end.