Acheson

Lew Mun Way filed this action pursuant to Section 903, Title 8, U.S.C.A., for a judgment declaring him to be a national of the United States of America. His complaint alleges he is a citizen of the United States and that the defendant Secretary of State has refused to recognize plaintiff’s claim as a national of the United States and has refused to issue to plaintiff the necessary passport or travel documents to permit him to enter or remain in the United States or to travel to his family home in Los Angeles, California.

In the complaint plaintiff alleges he was born in Lung Gong Village, Hoy San, Kwantung, China, on April 25, 1933, to *66 Lew Chów Get, father, and Louie Shee, also ¡known as Louie May Fong, mother, and that, said Lew Chow Get is á citizen of the United States of America and was such citizen and had resided in the United States of America prior to plaintiff’s birth in China.

Plaintiff has never been out of China. Sometime prior to filing this complaint he made application to defendant herein for a certificate of identity, to be allowed to proceed to the United Statés of America as a national théreof. When the certificate of identity, or travel authorization, was…