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Scientist Twice Denied U S Visa
Nobel prize winner Ernest J B Chain, a key penicillin co discoverer, was denied two U S visas at Rome consulate. The first sought permission to join a WHO mission across the U S England and the Netherlands to study antibiotic production and culture collections. The second sought funds for Weizmann Institute events in honor of Chaim Weizmann. Chain said actions were for nonpolitical purposes and cited security reasons.
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New York
Ernest J. B. Chain
United States
Rome
Weizmann Institute of Science
United Nations World Health Organization
England
Netherlands
Washington
Eome
Chain
World Health Organization
State Department
Thi
Dr. Chain
Meyer W. Weisgal
Weizmann Institute
Weisgal
Acheson
Czechoslovakia