"I have never taken an oath of allegiance to Germany. My wife...has never taken an oath of allegiance to Germany," Gödel wrote to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., requesting to amend their status under the Alien Registration Act. "Since we came to this country on German passports and were under the impression that Austrian citizenship was no longer recognized in this country, and were not advised to the contrary when we questioned the officials on this point, we felt that we had no choice but to register as Germans."

"The procedure for such amendment or correction has not, as yet, been set up but in all probability it will be soon," Earl G. Harrison, special assistant to the attorney general, answered. "In the meantime your letter will be filed appropriately with your record in the Alien Registration Division." Aydelotte stepped in to help. "When Dr. and Mrs. Gödel filed their declaration of intention they were put down as of German nationality, he being listed as born in Brünn, Germany, and she as being born in Vienna, Germany. These cities were, of course, not German at the time that Dr. and Mrs. Gödel were born and these statements on the declaration of intention should, it seems to me, be corrected," he wrote to the U.S. District Court. "I am at a loss to know just how to go about it to get this correction made."

"As Mr. Gödel is a naturalized Austrian citizen and Mrs. Gödel an Austrian Citizen through birth, their nationality, as far as the declaration of intention is concerned, will have to remain German due to the fact that this Country recognized Germany's conquest of Austria thereby making it a part of the German Reich," came the answer from the court. "This is borne out by the issuance of a German passport. However, when Mr. and Mrs. Gödel file their petitions for citizenship, this status will be changed in accordance with the modified rule regarding Austrians."