You know all throughout the cold war the USA was famous for no exit visas, no exit immigration controls. Just get on a plane and go, if you want to leave. It was a distinct contrast from the USSR that not only tightly controlled emigration; they also ran an internal passport system.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck… maybe even a “recreational vehicle.” And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
You know all throughout the cold war the USA was famous for no exit visas, no exit immigration controls. Just get on a plane and go, if you want to leave. It was a distinct contrast from the USSR that not only tightly controlled emigration; they also ran an internal passport system.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck… maybe even a “recreational vehicle.” And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
Captain Ramius: I suppose.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: No papers?
Captain Ramius: No papers, state to state.