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In an effort to have his passport returned to him, popular singer Paul Robeson visits The State Department in Washington DC, USA, and asks to see Secretary of State Dean Acheson. He is offered the return of his passport, but only if he will sign statement that he will not make any speeches while abroad. Robeson refuses, maintaining that his freedom of speech is not negotiable, that it is his inalienable right, as an American citizen, to travel freely and speak as he wishes.
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