2 t l t [ [ [ a! {b. SECTICIS7. SOCURITY INVSSTLICATIONS , 87C . 5 attend party educationz! classes and schools within : @ictates of discretion and without jeopardizing their x security... ee (23) Communist Party attempts to infiltrate mass organizations (Bureau ; file -100~3-106) . Information regarding Commun wares yy te ist Party programs and attempts to infiltrate mass organizaticns, such as parent-teacher associa- tio:s, church groups, and civics grouyss (24) Public appearances of party leaders (Bureau file 100-3-114) . . : (2) Identity of national and abrict functionaries, openly rep- resenting the Communist Party, USA, who inake public appear- ances on radio and television and who appear before groups, such as youth, Negro, sabe ehurch, farn, and minority groups (bo) Date and place of appea identity of groups sponsoring speaker and succinct suns of subject matter diccussed {(25)] Strategy in industry (Bureat 00-3- 89 ) . [Matters should be reported rornmunist Party, USA, quarterly » report. under a separate sec ~tiongd "Strategy in Industry.’ If an office has no activity S field, set out this fact in the cover pages of the Com Party, USA, quarterly report or in the letter submitted in of such report. ] Be aa te Se FSS ks a By f Ppt & © ow he as RAE Oe! 2 elt Je e we me ‘ a Fy [ee en fens ‘ HH Q PIED ES ck pe 4 ry Oo ae ck ° aw oD Be hy Tre investigation in this [ma ta: tics, and infiltration ec USA, directed.against all in activities connected with be attention shall be given to th activities of Communist Party in commissions. and-‘industrial ané + Pertinent ectivities of individu z vc hell cover all plans, stratégy, vities by the Communist- Party, astry, with special emphasis on : ic an@ vital industrics. Particula ze n a a es ch + lar composition, meetings, plans, and custrial and trad¢c-union - rade-union districts and clubs. al communists charged with eld shall be included in r zrouped according to the o individual labor unions. ion of communist infiltration on Gommunist Gov “cok Act ef 1954 stigations concer - ing communist rio Communist Party duties in thi a is D The information reported shell n ca 4 or ndu Re 2 rd 4 - ay a - & oS. sory involved, rather than accord@irng er to the subsection, F on invest of labor unions and subsecticn for instructions regarding inve infiltration of specific labor wz 3 Follow rule set out undér item 32, (2) (£), above,. concerning listing of Communist Party members who are not in the security index. ; Deleted] ’ . . : ec. Any important developments concerning pertinent phases of Communist - Be . Party activity, such as certain secouri sy, measures, important national -s “"or regional Communist Party meetings, changes in porsonnel in national oe. t. ° Communist Party organization, underground activities, and other impor- == 398 tant matters shonlad be brought to attention of Bureau by teletype, Pe airtel, or letter as circumstances may require and later incorporated . in quarterly reports, Such information, where pertinent, is dissem- : . 3 +> dnated on high level to other Goverzmment officials. Each office is . Se to carefully evaluate data thus submitted so Bureau will at all times - be advised oF important developments and so no unnecessary duplication . will result in reporting such information. a. Extreme care must be used to assure statements relating to affilia~ tions or membership in proscribed or subversiv: organization are accurate in all respects. Identification of . «yected orfanisations. . or individuels with information of a woassible subversive natura must be accomplished Sy showing exact basis for such identifi ins corrobptration for same wherever gosaitle, In no case sh rson be referrei to as a "known communist" unless he is publi as such, Whenever an indivi@ual other than the subject of g mentioned fur the purpese of showing subversive activity nr on the wart of the subject, the individual so mentioned’ described with an authoritative statament showing thse su f . connection: @.f., "Reported by T $0 hava been a memd , White Collar Clubs af the Commriniss cacty in 1945." ° + * WW S5072 Docld: 32989529 Page 543 . . :
Conn , ‘ - * 4 i ‘ t 87C * SucTroOu 87, SECURITY INVESTIG. .° °NS * e, Spocific requirements relating to Conmunist rarty, USA, investigations  ¢ « (1) New Yori Office has responsibility of investigating end reporting { separately on national committee meetings, national training . 7 schools, and other important national meetings. New York is . responsible for reporting eactiritics of the New York District. aa £. Socialist Yorkers Party. and other Marxist-Leninist or Trotskyite : " groups : ' yo New York Office should submit guarterly reports on tha Socialist 7 Workers Party dosignating reports as pending. Separate reports 5 should te submitted: one pertainins to local activities, the other ° pertaining to ectivities on a national basis. Avxiliary offices t should submit reports each six months and may carry their cases in a * pending-inactive status. Reports on less active Marxist-Leninist ‘ groups shovlad be submitted semiannually and also may be curried as 2 { pending inactive. [Follow rule set out under item 3a, (2) (f), above, - [ and identify on cover pages members of the local Socialist Workers . { Party, or other organizations, who are not in the sccurity index and i if are not infermants or sources. ] oo - 5 &- Classification ~- 2100 ° ~ ® h. Title an¢ character of communicetions | ; 5 (1) Communist Party, USA . ‘ Entitle all communications covering a national convention or z national organizational activity of the party: be Communist Party, USA —~ & Internal Security - C . . a Caption 211 communications covering activities in a particular x district: « . . . - . i . Communist Party, USA , . 3, District . . - ooo = oo . j Division . ; . ot . a : Internal Security - C " . 5 Caption all communications, covering activities in states not & included in a district: ; . . - By Communist Party, USA . ae ws “OO . State of an . ee . . , ; . — Division ; . ; a internal Security - C . . (2) Socialist Workers Party 7: ; - : Entitle all communications covering a national convention or '" national organizational activity of the Socialist Workers Party: a ; Socialist Workers Party SE “ons . . . . “ Internal Security - SWP . nF ’ , Caption all communications covering activities within a . oe particular field division: . , Socialist Workers Party a ~ Division an - Internal Security - SWP 2 (3) Other Marxist revolutionary groups . , ; ALL communications covering other Marxist revolutionary groups should carry the name of the erganization and the Classification, Internal Security; e.2., Prolatarian Party of America ~ z ! = Internal Security - PPA --_--- °- ¢ _¢ ; ~ nets ao -- . t +3 - 4 NW 55072 Docld: 32989525 Page 544 12 - - . ‘ a
Nw 55072 (2) (m)/ (2) SECTION &7, SECURITY IRVESTIGASTIONS 873 Handwriting specimens I. if, curing the iaves tigation of security matter cases, it-is disclosed that samples of the subject's hand- writing are readily available, obtain specimens for pos.s5le future use and maintain in the file in the * Ii. A case is not to be left in a pending status merely for the purpose of obtaining handwriting specimenc, IIIT. Handwriting ‘specimens must be obtained fur all key fipures and forwarded to the Bureau. . Labor union membershi: - If the subject is being investigated because of Communist Party membership, ascertain the identity of any Labor organization of which he is a member and what position holds in the labor organization, he if any. : . Subversive activity (a) Membership or affiliation . - . Obtain adnissible and convincing evidence that the subject is a member of, or affiliated with, one cf the basic revolutionary organizations and/or front organizations wherever possible. Such evidence. may be either cirect or . circumstantial, or both, It is not possible to list the innumerable and varied forms in which such evidence may be found. Some of the more common types are: . Le Oral or written statements or admissions of the subject made publicly or privately to other individuals II, Statements of confidential informants and other persons . who are in a position to know the.facts end can testify to them : “IIL, Official letterheads and documents of subversive organizations containing information which identifies the subjects with the organizations, This will inciude : membership and dues records wherever obtainable, . IV. Selective service records in which the subject admits : membership in or position with a subversive organization Ve Attendance at closed meetings and conventions of a-sub— versive organization . - VI.n Letters to publications, public officials, ‘or .other per=- sons signed by the subject i an officiel position with - @ subversive organization or wherein the subject admits - . Membership in or adherence to the principles of a - . subversive organization . : VII, Recruitment or attempt to recruit members for a subversive organization VIII. Solicitations or contributions of funds for subversive . organization . ye . . IX... Seeking public office as a candidate. for a subversive . : organization ’ Xe <Associetion with other ndividue als who are “Ienown to te Doold: 32989529 i members of or affiliated with subvers ive organizations With regard to the question of membership, attention 4 . directed to séct tion 87H of this manual relating to tt provisions of the Communist Control Act of 1954, Thi. sets out a list of 14 criteria itemized in 87H 2, whi be considered “in determining xembership or vartic: the Communist Party (oF any Other organisation def @ purpose or oojective of ’ a1” b ¢ ey ts ee ts chock n 2ese@ organiz Knowled Aadnissi: the aim Page 545 z: ‘ ation, and Ec of aims az 7 @ is} ran O oO Ww “a D> be cy ‘a wo ¢ fe] rr f. te G ‘3 wy ° a“ “oS js oO mu o BEE to etirh tp Got ct i $e 14 Oe, et (0 6 “ao pe tn ry et } fo] +o) a, a by be O criteria i on records nce of “poses, evaseace 4 tke subver by £ a : G ick M TF -. © pect wp le fy fae ey > §2 09 ay 3 OP + G = “a 49 Bags a ro C g3 Ao pee a Reproics VF ct fas OF C4 9 peo 2 i) ht Oo DB pee Fu cb oo 3 rac) ee wage AG iar oe a ae Thy IS 1 eco aE, ARS a8 PEA yl 2 fh ete ae {eos ath ihiey SEE oa Se Oe, *E iis ro Mita Bred ten x wens FR tan su, AB oe oN x . We x ete GE RG a t Ags Lp G aT thik eye $i
‘EZ, Length of time in a subversive organizatic TXT, Official positions held in the organizatio in educational, propaganda, or policy-— mmeki: IvV3. Charter membership in the organization, pa : . (c) NW 55072  Doold: g * 87 6 SECURITY IKVESTIGATIONS . Proof tuat the subject has such knowledge cf tre rvevolu- tionary purposes of the organization may be existent in several forms, several of which ace @i.cusse I, Direct admissible evidence, such an ste the subject, or by responsible of ficia organisation in the subject's presence at or ‘classes ox mectings expounding the organize: doctvine in which the necessity or « il force or violence in the overthrow is asserted, should be obtained, i ado telows Lemonts made by. ds cf the suoversive i ge nigetional ity of using the Government at all. possible. we 5, fu | te o ‘Occasionally, statenents of this nature are available in .the subject's writings, sometimes in an indixect or veiled form, ph the original establishment of the organis Veo Extensive and Llong-continued partiaipatic organizational activities - yd poe foto nor « t [ch] Ny fue o Fon] o Ving Attendance or teaching at organization schools or classes, especially leadership classes . VII, Preparation or distribution of party propaganda VIII, Reorniting and fund-raising activities IX. Possession of Marxist or revolutionary literature X, Urging others to read literature of are volutionary character, etce ~ While none of the above types of evidence may de of sufficient value alone, a combination of a number of them may constitute convincing proof. . . It should be remembered that the revolutionary purposes of a subversive organization are frequently cloaked in veiled language or in Language significant only to persons familier with Marxist or revolutionary terminology, Such obscure’ statements .should net be ignored, but should he fully reported ‘as it may be possible in legal procecdings to bring out the significance of such statements through expert witnesses, _the testimony of informants, or the introduction of literature clarifying them, Confidential informants and other sceurces should be carefully interrogated and files thoroughly reviewed for the purpose of developing all revolutionary statements, In such instances, complete details should be obtained, together with all corroborating evidence,..The names of all persons present when such statements are made Should be ascertained and the facts reported in the individual ase file of the person making the statement and of all persons present when the statement was made. “The circum stances under which the statement was made should, of course,’ be ascertained and reported, . - Fosition-:and importance ° ae . Ct I, Information reflecting the impoytance of an- individual to a subversive organization or movement-should be fully developed and reported, The member or affiliate may be dangereus cr important because of his position, inflvence or activities outside the organisation, ox both, The facts in this regard should be fully developed, - The individual may hold an important and strate; 4 at ic position or exercise great influence in a labor organization or other mass organizations in a racial, nationnlity, youth or other group; in an important front organization; in vadio, newspaper, motion picture or other cultural, hae seat “edb Sy RTS RE : ate Aone g eo a ¥ bei at it edges & OAKS 2 ue a dee Sy Mabe a fete