O UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ae . . mere” Copy to: ; Report of: LDWARD J. O'PLYN:, Office: SAN FRANCISCO oon Date: 6/16/67 we oRield Office File #&: 157-459 Bureau File #: LOG-44ES303 Title: RAMPARTS, MAGAZINE, . INC. f, ep aot EN Character: She 654, NTERNAL SECURITY - C (SEYD REGISTRATION ACT Synopsis: your ‘od ~aeyet ae as Ramparts originated in 1962 as lithie Resse ine of liberal Catholic thought published by EDWARD M. KEATING. In 1965 it broadened its coverage and appeared as a monthly magazine and circulation increased from 7,500 to 228,730 as of Harch, 1967. In May, 1967, KEATING voted out as publisher and he filed suit for $134,822 oved to him in loans and claimed he invested $860,000 in magazine. WARREN HINCKLE, Editor, claimed that magazine operating at $400,000 yearly loss. Identity of some of principal contributors set forth. Speeches and press conferences of . z Ramparts staff in opposition to Vietnam war reported. Sub BSS versive affiliations of Ramparts Directors and employeessise a forth, Se - 2 O Contents of publication showing distortio representation in its political reporti CLASS bries td pripyes Ss oa is BU DETALLS 2-7 DATE GF OBS DECLASSIF LA n and ms- rye ng, set forth. || a Y 12-3-Y0 oO PREDICATION 7 This investigation was initiated to determine if Magazine, Inc. is in violation of the Foreign Agents Registra Act of 1938 in that it has not registered with the Attorney General and may currently be engaged in acts of distribution of propaganda, acting as a political agent, collecting information, forwarding information, etc., while acting as the agent of a foreign principal. . : eo from automatic ing and declassification * . It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside yourkagency. Docld:32200057 Page 8
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. oa fo Cot ‘ . ™ é ? ; re SF 157-459 EJO:kah Cr . lh bn tll ad ROBERT SCHEER was in London - on January 26, 1567, at which time he claimed that he was engaged in writing an article about the International Students Conference (ISC) for the American magazine Ramparts, of which he was the Editor. The article was intended to be an exposure.of the ISC and in order to obtain material for it SCHEER was planning to make a two day visit to the headquarters of the International Union of Students in Prague. One point on which he wished to obtain information was the passing of financial assistance from the ISC to student unions in Africa and Latin America. Source was under the ; impression that SCHEER' story was to be published about the first { of February, 1967 is ‘ ft o (S) mem berg i CM Enule While in Londdn, SCHEER met with FERGUS ‘NICHOLSON, who is the national student,organizer of the Communist Party of Great Britains-and with DAVIDXHOROWITZ, who is an American postgraduate < studént at the London School of Economics ana who has been closely connectéd with the Bertrand. Russell_Peace, Foundation. (4S. 4S, Enolang nombem oy. Eas) “SCHEER was due-to-léave~London for Amsterdam on January 27 and from there he intended to go to Paris, hefore traveling to Prague on the 29th of January, 1967. OX Yr t- 35 iva Wu) Ramparts Explanation of . iow Expose _on CIA Originated The April 3, 1967 issue of The National 1_Observer, a ! weekly newspaper of national distribution published in New York City, in an article captioned, "A New Magazine Rakes the Muck, 1 Finds Pay Dirt -- Ramparts’ Editors Uncloak The CIA, Blast Johnson, a and Gather Subscribers", reported that in interview with SOL STEPN, Assistant Managing Editor of Ramparts, it was explained how the 7 magazine! s CIA expose ori st The National Observer article da foll ’ is quoted in part as follows: Was / De, hi kK@ toc 4 "Ramparts got the story ~from a a disillusioned NSA officer named Michael Hood, who had known nothing of. the CIA involvement jintil taken into the confidence of . the NSA president. ‘ DoclId: 32200057 Page 10 FT pet bore