104-10063-10019] oy eluncassieep = )) WA conF,satiak SSL): Secrer | ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET | SUBJECT: (Optioncl} FROM: EXTENSION | . ° B-2219 Chief, CI/SO Richard Ober (5847 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building} - OFFICER'S . an INITIALS ce 4/U COMMENTS (Number each comment te ‘show fram whom : [Rare ome) SB . Draw @ line across.  colume after each comment.) § | ~ ope jglorsel Usa Day. is memo . is “not to be disseminated outside CI/SO without prior: permission. tron| Chief ,.CI/SO. o.8e> - Originated by: CI St ) Source: (AESACTS unilateral . Dissem to FBI . (Mr. ‘Wannall) - via cT/SO_ courier ace B se 6) Ae TN Os 0 ~— a SECRET C7) caurinrerra as rv INTERNAL f . OREM Beer eee
14-00000 SECRET Oca Biicncrh ni biaekt neRe80 > SUBJECT: Sigmund EISENSCHER (NL)/°) 00.5 1. A sensitive source has reported that one © —-: S.: -EISENCHER of the Communist Party of the United States. . -- of America (CPUSA) / his wife, and one Leon LNU/were | _. Vacationing | in Sochi, U.S.S. Res during August-September  __ “. 1970.. (Comment: “-EJSENCHER fis _probably identical . with 7 Sigmund EISENSCHER/ (see your Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ° co -memorandum of § October 1970, Subject: Sigmund Gustav: :. 4.° EISENSCHER) ..: Leon -LNU is probably identical with Leon, “LOVE E fBureau file number i01- ~5412). . Of, Soe. According. to EISENSCHER ‘the CPUSA has. ‘close to ° 14 “000 members,“ the: majority of whom are laborers. . Over 25 percent of the members are blacks who function - basically in the North American black movement. The ~Party has recently organized a young Communist movement. «=: - (Comment: This is probably the Young Workers Liberation _ League.) - The CPUSA participates heavily in the labor movement. At a recent (unnamed) labor meeting of repre-|— sentatives from various regions of the United States, the - CPUSA: had direct influence in 26 of the 50 unions repre- —~ _. sented. The-magazine Labor Party’plays an important role. _..,in-ceordinating movements within the labor ranks. Despite - -" mumerous barriers (sic), the CPUSA is concentrating its . efforts in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, as well as. other regions of importance. The CPUSA has recently . .adopted a common strategy towards the peace movement. oi (Comment: . The indication here is’ that the Party did not » vos ._ Previously have a unified approach. - _ EISENSCHER stated that criticisms of the Soviet oO, Union By the radical left Maoists, Fidelists, and Trot- . .skyites cause problems, but they appear to have abated somewhat. There has been a warming in the relations between the CPUSA and the Communist Party of Cuba as a- 15) PTEMeE PT ties pee 7 RO FREQSD TLS BSS, ABROAD
14-00000 result of CPUSA National ‘Chairman: Henry, " winston% ‘¢ trip” to Cuba following the June 1969° World. ‘Conference of | Communist Parties, . While’ in Cuba,: WINSTON conversed » with Fidel ( CASTR and other Cuban leaders... “individual. .for. future. contact.in. the. United ‘States, if: such contact: should .become. necessary :.*In- New York. city, . the individual ‘should telephone Leon at-work (368-9913). -or-at: home (368-5955) and arrange’ for’.a meeting which. would :take’ place: -behind a telephone. ‘booth’ on. the, street: cat. the -New York Public. Library. :: (Comment :” Our records: - indicate. that 368-5955~is' listed to Leon. LOVE, 742° ‘St. Nicholas “Avenue,” New York,- New York, “and 368- 9913 | “is. the phone number of.-the Benjamin Davis Bookshop” 2529, 8th. ee New. York.) : _ Please transmit te veal via. GG us channel Originated. by: “CL/so - ta eee FP “Based on: ry “Oct. 10, fied Gl)sac/s sons. _Distribution: Joe eB Dee is a aan Original -- FBI. (Mr. Wannall) via°CI/SO’courier=: “Jee Bememo chrono 2.000 8. oom “1l-“extra ‘copy file. yee RUSAC/S 5 sens kj -