CFR > Title 22 - Foreign Relations > CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE > SUBCHAPTER H—PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF AMERICANS, THEIR PROPERTY AND ESTATES (parts 71 to 72) > PART 71—PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS AND THEIR PROPERTY > SUBPART A—General Activities (§71.1 to §71.9) > 71.2—Requests for naval force in foreign port.

71.2—Requests for naval force in foreign port.

Diplomatic representatives and consular officers shall not request the presence of a naval force in a foreign port unless a public emergency so necessitates. The request may be addressed to the officers in command of the naval force, in which event responsibility of action rests with them, or it may be addressed to the Department of State. In either case, the request should contain detailed reasons for its submission.