15 September 1953
Dear Peter:
I am sorry to report that I have had some trouble with the State Department. They have refused to take action on my request that the passport be validated for our trip to India. When no action had been taken yesterday, I changed the reservations from this morning to this evening, which would not allow us to stay over night in New York, but would permit our schedule to be adhered to otherwise. Today, however, I was told that action would not be taken in time to permit us to leave this evening, and I have had to cancel my two lectures in Greece, at the University of Athens and at the National Technical University of Athens. I trust that you are not on our [sic] way to Greece now, or planning to go to meet us there, because we shall not be there.
There is still a possibility that the passport will be issued in a few days, in which case we shall fly to Israel, and continue with our trip from there.
There isn't much sense to this action -- delaying in issuing the passport.
Love from
Daddy
September
15, 1953
