‘like in the event of another world war. Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, which are worthy of note. | letter dated 3 Dec 52, and mailed care of, The Chinese People's Committee for World Peace, MEE PSquested his wife to join him in his "work in the fight for world peace". After reiterating the need for world peace, the POW asked his wife "to sit down and write 5 letters supporting or requesting support of world peace. Address them to Senator Tom Connally, President Eisenhower, Paul Robeson, John Gates (publisher of the New York Daily Workér), and Howard Fast. You may address Robeson and Fast care of Masses and Mainstream, 832 Broadway, New York, 3, N.Y¥., of which magazine they are contributing editors". TE en: on to say "I know that merely as my wife a more than sufficient body of material will present itself. Express your doubts of the so-called 'benefits' of the Korean war. Think of how the Korean veople are being systematically destroyed. Think of your | personal suffering in an international light, as the suffering of all the wives of men in Korea, Indonesia, Malaya, etc. And remember who is behind it all. Think _and write from the viewooint of the working class _and Iam sure that you will_ “y bring this project to a successful conclusion as,goon as possible." In cloditg his letter, po presented a rather sordid” picture of what. ‘the “world night be reece a“ te On 17 May 53, cp) iG Ward 9, Percy Jones Army Hospital, Battle Creek, Mich., wrote to Mrs in answer to questions she had asked about her husband. a. POW returneée » wrote, 1 AT. rine him fF for some time but I i AGINE ele SN i never got to know or understand him, mainiynbecause he attains a much higher cepmervene mer cee oo Namen HW 45907
| CONFIDES IAL Qu 1s formation @ re intellectual plane than I do and he doesn't come down to earth much. So because of that I cannot tell you hardly how he has adapted himself of course, I believe to be only fair I should not say anything that he might not want to have said." GEE nent ioned TE ion Cal," with vhon [Tad been comvosing music when ne, was not "olaying cards and reading." According to po letter, Mrs. a --: received about 6 letters from her husband, whic [RAM considdred about average. The hospitalized POW returnee added, in closing, "as for him writing articles, I could not say about that. But I'm sure if he wrote any they were of his own free will", (RO Dallas) (B-2) (Fourth Army) G2 Comment: (Confidential) It appears thot ey have been subjected to an intensive Communist indoctrination program as a POW. As his letter contains elements of the CP line, it is possible he may have fallen victim to the Indoctrination program. It is also possible that ae... have found it expedient to cooperate with the Chinese authorities while not actually believing in their principles. Whatever the case » Lhe Chinese People's Committee for World Peage is probably using for propaganda purposes. :...), a... all well know American CP members. The Daily Worker is the official organ of the American CP and the Masses and Mainstream (now the New Masses) has been cited by the House Un-Américan Activities Committee as a CP front publication. (B~2) HW 45907 Docl