Considers. S. 2095, Passport Reorganization Act of 1959, to establish U.S. Passport Service in State Dept. S. 2287 and similar bills, to provide standards for issuance of passports. S. 2315, to deny passports to supporters of international communist movements. S. 1303, to amend Immigration and Nationality Act wartime travel limitations and passport procedures. Appendix includes judicial opinions involving denial of or requests for passports.

Considers State Department security clearance procedures in case of William A. Wieland, State Department officer accused of being pro-Castro; pt. 2: Examines State Dept Security Office personnel cutbacks. Focuses on removal of Otto F. Otepka from job of Deputy Director of Office of Security; pt. 3:Examines new State Dept regulations on issuance of passports to suspected communists; pt. 4: Focuses on certain cases in which security clearance was waived; pt. 5: Considers integrity and pro-Castro sympathies of William A. Wieland, former Director, Office of Caribbean-Mexican Affairs, State Dept.