Foreign physicians as interns and residents in the United States.

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To the Editor: —The Health Resources Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization has requested me to furnish you with the following notice to hospitals and to foreign physicians planning to take internships or residencies in the United States. We hope this notice may prevent some of the difficulties that have occurred in the past. The Health Resources Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization has been concerned with the past confusion and uncertainty in connection with the possible obligation of foreign physicians under the Universal Military Training Service Act when such physicians enter the United States for the purpose of taking an internship or residency. The Director of the Visa Office of the State Department has furnished the following information which should be helpful to all concerned. Arrangements for the admission of foreign medical students (physicians) for hospital training as interns and resident physicians may currently be