Pittsburgh Business Daily

During the Cold War, what would have happened if a KGB officer posted to the USA got his wife pregnant?

Would she be allowed to have the baby in the USA or would they have been recalled to the USSR as soon as it became known? Also, the US Constitution states that any child born on US soil is a citizen of the USA. Would the embassy's extraterritoriality override this? Would the USSR then require that she give birth at the embassy? Would she be allowed to have the baby in the USA or would they have been recalled to the USSR as soon as it became known? Also, the US Constitution states that any child born on US soil is a citizen of the USA. Would the embassy's extraterritoriality override this? Would the USSR then require that she give birth at the embassy? Note: Some Soviet agents WERE posted with their families. Read Spy Handler by Victor Cherkashin. His family accompanied him to Australia and the USA. His wife gave birth to both children in the USSR.

Public Comments

1. ummm cold war has been long over buddy..i dont think you have to worry about this any more.......
2. Soviet agents were not posted with their families. This kept them willing to return home.
3. Hypothetically, I'm sure the same thing would have happened to them that DID happen to my son who was born to U.S. citizens while stationed in Germany. He was born in a German hospital and received a German birth certificate but is completely a U.S. citizen. We had to get him a U.S. Department of State birth certificate and a U.S. passport prior to returning to the U.S. or he would have had to find a new mom and dad! ;) (Oh, and getting all that stuff took about six months and we left a year after he was born) True.