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SECRET 228 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, FE-2 CE — SUBJECT: File-check Results of the American Students in 4 : China : 1. Cursory file-checks have been conducted on the American students poe that went from the Moscow Youth Festival to China and the results are attached hereto, : ' oe a 2. The file-checks are by no means complete, for they were conducted - only for the purpose of determining the subject's political doctrines. oo Attachment: As stated above " Distribution: __ ou. - a 1- JO Div. w/attachment : . , a CS SEI 38 cu Aig eEgtt a EAD Oe i Ca, ah SS ATA hi cdg ALN Cl CO Oe Cat mage le OO A nara ape S Sle pipte orn on | 2
| SECRET - rr American Student in China - d unaSre, Louis Fichnatalataeet Raat aiid 24S O yas oo St: co Residence - Brooklyn, New York ack Passport No. 618189 issued 3/5/57 M6-Caco +0 AN ames 3 mr Tied! bimini. Hien te hol aves] ftcin Yo . Louis Alhdnote, in 1954, ‘visited the Soviet and Polish United Nations rbot Delegation, in New York City. As of 1950, the subject was a subscriber rn eo to the "Daily Worker", In August 1952, the subject was a signer of the Nominating Petition that waa circuleted in behalf of Communist leader ‘File Check Results eee oe FEES ib . 8 open pore nat ne re ane area Simon W. Gerson, Representative in Congress, Thirteenth Congressional F¢ 133 District, New York City. In 1949, the subject made application for membership into the Young Progressives of America, In 1951, a play “Longitude 49" was put on by the New Playwrighters, Tne, at the Czechoslovak House, New York City, the subject was a participant in this play. The subject, in 1955, was a member of the Labor Youth pifeague of New York City. (DFB-88463,- 29) August 1957.) . ee - Ber e ~ WOUIS ALHO NOTE: ‘ ; BT _ALHONOTE, Louis > Fae
; th, St , 2- Daniel M. O'Connell, a member of the American youth group which toured Communist China after attending the Moscow Youth Festival, arrived in Hong Kong on 6 October 1957. O'Connell provided the Consulate General, Hong Kong, with information on some of the other members of the group, He had the following to say about Louis Alhonote: — “Louie ALHONOTE, from Brooklyn, was mentally ill and had been told. by a doctor that he was paranoic, Once in a meeting of the American group when one of the other members disagreed with him, he dashed a glass cup against the wall. On a second such occasion, he threw a glass cup at Jake ROSEN, which caused Rosen to have three stitches in his chin and five in his biceps.. This second incident was hushed up only with difficulty because the Chinese authorities learned of it when a doctor was called," eet ee a pa terk a SADT mera cae entry anced me ev 0 7 Tremanaenent am =e rte martes Seem ee eae a ee ere .,
14-00000 ~ | RET oe eeent re 2. The following document pertains to the subject, however, efforts to lecate the document have been unsuccessful: DFB «88603, 3. 00-8 304 3G $Y (Fire iwsoar Jef) Cymaa, fe BY obmesh vorditegr. (RO fron 6:0. Bede) = : z . F 5 j American Student in China . 3 | a { AVEDISIAN, Sahag File Check Rosults ord AB ee ULES i eva ete Attached i ; | __Residence « Pawnee: Rel. . . } | | Passport No. 472013 issued 4/24/57 i el i. Shelby Tucker, the American that went to China and refused to | . give the Chinese his passport stated that the subject waa non-Communist. : (State Dept, Incoming Telegram No. 513 dated 10 Sept 57, ‘sqm Moscow),- | { i a vod is Bae . | | a 5H om lve dison Clrar eres) _ tas | siyolinc Kis gong * ee Stoes toe. Ponsghy omer. 7 | 5. bin O Coomdh a weiner (be gongs hed les flan b reg oblowt | mi) ides dee ama (Fo etna ee reget trhth erat erenbs Peat soen Pinte re Sits ym warts east aT FOL By ctor a cthnte ta). ni pe ny : a “ . :
SECRET gg hk ae ene tt MES & Sahay Avidisian said he was nota Communist and never: had been, when questioned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, on 21 Novem« ber 1957. (New York Times, 22 November 1957) Ponty "vee eee at ene wld fo ae La TE Lei aN bain deals lt a, Be nm Ta oot R68 6 Ce mE AEA Se gh NOAM es OE ag LA erga He Nn Re OH NS acon Ys net aa hee ere ae we ae Secner : veto sone flags emia Ba Tot DE HOE Bhs Rochas O2 8 OPT emnartaeany Fp Siok SNS se Re ae Op aT at a! ig rae ae hen! eo) IDV EAD A es ra
"Reside ~ Lon bones York, New York Passport No, 9728 issued 1/20/56 . oe. SECRET yO - American Student in China a | go B- 4 Oct 145 de ) BERR S s Sally OT tc File Check Results i i ; 1. The 10 y Divieionts informants, that seid the Moscow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was a Left Winger, (IO Div.) 2. Sally M. Belfrage, born on 4 October 1936, is the daughter of Cedric Hinning Belfrage. Cedric was cr is the editor of the. publication, | ‘National Guardian, '' with offices located at 17 Murray Street, New York City. He was reported to be a Communist Party member in England; served as a Soviet spy in 1942 or 1943, while he was attached to British intelligence in New York City; he and his wife admitted being’ Communists in 1937 or 1938; he held a Communist Party membership card in Hollywood, California, in 1937 or 1938; he has been a close associate of Soviet agents and known Communists and Communist sympathizers in the United States and in Europe, since 1937; he has attended and spoken at numerous Commu- nist Party front organization functions; he has made pro-Russian state~ ments and disparaging remarks about the United States. (DFB-26627, 1 May 1953) BAO TYRES BP Mh AGS PERV OTY PNT acy RU Sere Be ee nna a PAT nate Lio ody ples apna pen te ‘ AMON IZED B, BOAe BOER Ds OL ELU BE GT Ie Bo 3. Sally Belfrage's father, Cedric Belfrage, is a British subject who was deported from the United States and now resides at 16 Talbot Square, * London, England. (DFB-90733, 27 September 1957) . “ - The following document pertains to the subject, however, efforts to locate the document have been unsuccessful: DFB-88476, SECRET, BELFRAGE, Sally
ar 5. Sally Belfrage's father, Cedric Belfrage, is a British-born magazine writer who was deported from the United States in 1955, and is now writing from Communist China. Komsomol Pravda on 10 September 1957 reprinted part of an article by Belfrage from the magazine Chinese Youth. The article echoed the Peiping line by charging the United States with holding dozens of Chinese students and refusing them visas except for Formosa, ‘ aa » eee wet tg , oY a ms ee A Laity ae <Sa8 p2ers Deere ys TOES TP SS ° Ae ESOT oe aig BR Le SR SECRET. Wome nae ata lmao eon ah nee ate
14-00000 BF en mene See RTS EE : SECRET ’ : ears, ies > oa o ns . ~~ s e . vA American Student in China ah PS - 32 Maceh, (a2 BLOCK, Morris 30a Neo Yack Neo vex File Check Results . aT-USA— Phete Attained Residence =F Ww York Passport No. 921617 issued 4/12/56 1, The IO Division's informants that attended the Moscow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was a Left Winger, (10 Div.) . ; eweonetecanate amsatnin, attains maim tecnica HANS eh meme TF MOM ON eHHE MMA! py Beh gt - Beatie i oo 7 | L i 2. <A report dated 29 October 1956, indicated that M, BLOCK, 1718 Grand Avenue, New York City, had indicated a desire to travel . . to Czéchoslovakia, It was not known whether or not he had actually . Po | ; ; filed for a satellite. visa, -(DFB-73259, 19 November 1956, p, 4.) - : wee ns eta 3. Morris BLOCK, residing at 421 7th Avenue, New York, New York, was listed as a reference by Grigory Lvovich SCHIFRIN on his visa application in 1954, SCHIFRIN was reported to have been of linked with narcotic and diamond smuggling in 1946,. (FI¥YA-5693, 6 fo. 22 March 1954,) FR ORME HRI Une 0G Bennet cae 4. Morris S. BLOCH of 421 Seventh Avenue, New York City had known Rachel BELLIN since 1935 according to a report dated 11 August 1953. Rachel BEILLIN was believed to have formerly engaged in trafficking drugs in Shanghai and been involved in Russian espionage... As of August 1953, Rachel BEILIN was residing with her husband Alexander, at 1566 Macombs Road, Bronx, New York, (DFB-29939, 20 August 1953.) , yo rea Cake CRE wren meet . 5. Morris BLOCK, born 30 March 1920; New York, New York, 7 waa among those on a list of persons denied security clearances pur= -— oot ea suant to Executive Order 10173 as amended, dated 12 October 1953, a 6. It has been reported that a certain Morris BLOCK, born 30. ' March 1920 at New York, and his wife, Mollie BLOCK, aged 37, United . States Nationals, arrived on 16 April 1949 at Southampton from New York “..@m route to Gdynia in the Polish S,‘S, Batory. Their destination was . believed to be Warsaw. According to a reliable informant, who travelled. ~ | j “cs BLOCK, Morris SECRET - ERR EA AAs Bee oe af, jg EI Beh 3 is iD Deer enerien ema See een Ee ne A Ni eg AUNT ee OE YBN cae An SW a, ate Aad nae Aon th ot Aad tents a gly: FAR ye
14-00000 ge . ~ a i a i ‘i i a . my : Sipe ne # € . . ee , . . . : sts . © . ae e g . i with them from New York, BLOCK and his wife endeavoured to get e permission to hold a public meeting on buard during the crossing, but ‘ i when this was refused they contented themselves by holding a small i meeting in the Tourist lounge on.the morning of 9 April, In the course . | of this meeting both BLOCK and his wife spoke very disparagingly of the Atlantic Pact and from the tone of their remarks, the informant ‘ ; | gained the impression that they were Communists, \WELA-2326, I 9 May 1949 and OSDB-16157.) °°" 7 | i H P i ! | i 4 “y 2 i i se rmpenpeted nba ota tt Sere 1 Parte ee sree omic acu Be Oui aE ot AM Bh Bete ease r sehen et a TRE ag ts get mS cone mere Besta 2 md Ma I SNS OE Week aI y NN A a ON ementitn' a pasian SER A hE aT See rs MS DREW! f oange Biba RAE RE Re toa aad atte ay
14-00000 5 g Ed : : t i ‘ ‘ f re * ,, Ee yw ¢ } ot be e . e . . eee * oy fot . ” . . : ° PEER ® ta oe 7 Pry oman are 7, Morris Block invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination when he was asked if he was a Communist by the House Committee on Une American Activities, on 21 November.1957. (New York Times, 22 November Levene eaten eee Atay nee * nt fan ents cetanenteterttead tnst® qn eam mie ace any i i ’ . pe ene cnt neers tapered Enemies neeyettemtingrntntnemnrtmernct el PMSA RITE R ALLAN TTL EI a 1 wy omar eames fe ert noel soe centr arg et neyo “oe at seat teat steateinenssibe i etheen hemes vt reve na la SBE BIAB Maar ha a RE ar Rok Oro mn rm mee ae IA RS it oR TS ety AE SMC a aD Rett A NTE A RAL BO he in Naa _ {. - - Bris ‘ ,
14-00000 SRE uy 8 SET heen uta nae NET! Lyty nna rieete, ° TIE The Zaha ferns us ce ~ Dit? | é American Student in China : rf Dof-& Jens 4937 i co, BLOKSBERG, Harry Gee —apreewkee toot mMaxe@File Check Results : poatiasnianetneshaatenntetnta aan onentinnneeunain Aun recente ae LC ‘sreevreterreeenteteeerrretrtteremeestenteeseteteesnihine eh Ext USA, ; Residence =-"T¥tnton, New Jerse hate Attached Passport No, 454479 issued 4/ 15/57 oo ; 1. The 10 Division's informants, that attended the Moscow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was a Left Winger. (IO Div.) ns me 2. Shelby Tucker, the American that went to China and refused to give the Chinese his passport, stated that the subject was instru- mental in applying pressure to make the Americans, that did not give up their passports at the Chinese frontier, give their passports to the Chinese in Peking. (State Dept. Incoming Telegram No, 513 dated 100 September’ 1957, from Moscow.) : 3. Harry Irving Bloksberg, born 6 June 1937, resides in Newark, New Jersey and is employed as an apprentice tool maker. His parents, Gabriel and Bertha Bloksberg, were described as Com- munist Party members. The subject is a member of the Labor Youth League (LYL) whichis a Communist organization. He attended Camp Midvale, which is owned and operated by'the Metropolitan __ Recreation Association (MRA), on occasions during 1955. In 1956, the subject was named to a committee that was organized to make plans for the Communist MRA Youth Group. (DFB-86649, 16 July 1957.) . a Anti net NOTED coe Reet heer SEN OG Ane PARRA LMT Uae suds Seb ce Ramet em ra Both! ste sehtamean Ate here dg, haat 2 ace a a cree-wenrys wwe nist niin» pant eR nis, brareea ya satoe tn OTTE O GELSRE TR RAGE ITE FAP saree wetter EtG ip wnt 2 a Ae OE ONE OS a ne (0 yer) ; | a " BLOKSBERG} ‘Harry . aan SEORET ee - Rm ocean ne ane RRERE Beee fmol P ata h
14-00000 ig i ME - oe _ . é 3 fe 4 A Daniel M. O'Connell, a member of the American youth group which i i i toured Communist China after attending the Moscow Youth Festival, arrived i { ‘ i in Hong Kong on 6 October 1957. O'Connell provided the Consulate General, ‘ 3 | Hong Kong, with information on some of the olher members of the group. : | He had ‘the following to say about Harry Bloksberg: ; i | i ; “Harry BLOKSBERG's father pleaded the 5th Amendment in 1954 and : | - : was subsequently thrown out of a hearing for causing a disturbance, Harry : j apparently tool, some pride in this, as he carried with him a clipping about : the ineldent which he read to members of the group." (Foreign Service t ‘ j Dirpatehy Hong Kong, number r 289, 14 October F 1957, } : | if ' | en noe 8 thal mamas ime areal whet Ata bee ay a a en
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rcs eee : China in Student ican Amer ile Check Results — F >) CrT-~ USA lew York ‘ BRONSTEIN, Eugene Residence = Phate Attach d 6/28/56 issue Passport No, A-757784 a Ese ORY se al FCB“ i See al ant acto 8: however, efforts to hinged! t -88603 the ul: DFB had! fA ae pertaing to the sub en unsuccessf{ a Ctme Ce Pile weds document locate the document have be 2. Sars D  Lormat he & t The follo th aks
tt eee aha -. . re ir 1 AAP SEL ERR AR Pare spe Sere ears - a wee . a . . 5 | “American. Student.in China 7 _ f canawan, Guy Hughes, Ir, ("File Check Results - } ; ' cit. v..A. - Dhite Attached - - esidence Los Angeles — “Passport No. 43499 issued.5/8/56 1, The IO Division's informants, that attended the Mascow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was of questionable character. (IO Div.) 2. The AP correspondent in Moscow reported that the subject ' and Peggy Suger would return to the U,S.S.R. for an estensive folk- singing tour. (State Dept. Incoming Telegram No. 513 dated 10 September 1957, ffom Moscow.) ‘ wieetint hears ale Tenens 3. Guy Carawan, Jr. was the sponsor of a program entitled "Call to National Student Conference for Academic Freedom of Equality and Peace, University of Wisconsin, April 25, 26, and 27, 1952". , The subject and his wife, Noel attended camp festivals that were sponsored by the Jewish Young Fraternalists in 1954, The camp. . festivals were held on property that belongs to the International _ Workers Order. The subject attended ansaffair that was given by Peoples Songs in Los Angeles, on 18 February 1950. Peoples Songs is an organization that was organized and directed by the Los Angeles County Communist Party. On 8 November 1954, Peoples ' Artists, Inc. a Communist front organization, gave a farewell party for the subject. Guy Carawan signed a petition that was addressed. © - to Chief Justice Vinson requesting that the U.S, Sijpreme Court con- . |... gider the cases concerning the "Hollywood 10", (DFB-88500, 20 _— . Gy Ue August 1957. ) aie etreiee weg eee a iat pene tial | i : eee TOON Ri om eestor weah es Ci esa ENS oer tannins testi tnaratin sent Macias etna atk sparse ee: Thats Ate Jetting 6 : 4 Guy Carawan attended a party at the home of Bart and Edna . Wan der Schelling on the night of 28 August 1953. The persons in at- -> ftendance were members of the American Communist group in Mexico City. Carawan was described as the son of wealthy parents who has ‘been working at a Quaker encampment some place near Mexico City. Carawan has now decided to dedicate his life to "singing the folk songs _of the common people". (DFB-8850i, 20 August 1957-)
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ary ; ; . : ‘ : terete ORV EE YEY se Toerincarnee—e— nares en sete ities mane tart et on ananngpimn fern perenne mecetpune Pesacese er aes sar eR WEEE SE ctl aan PLSD had SEGRE & -) . . a. we a ay € American Student in China | CARAWAN, Noel ee Photo Atachen File Check Results Crt Mn Residence” -"los Angeles oe Oa eat ng ee Passport No. 43500 issued :5/8/56 i. Subject's full name was reported to be Noel Oliver CARAWAN. (DFB-88814, 21 August 1957.) ‘ 2. The 10 Division's informants, that attended the Moscow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was of questionable character. (10 Div.) 3. For derogatory information on the subject and her husband - Guy Hughes Carawan, Jr., see the report entitled "CARAWAN, Guy Hughes, Ir, '. , Fe ty 4 neath en Sp eens ” oy 7 TO ewe si ist Meats bation wit
ee “ . Dae nat ates type Fee AE aa per the Ae NOE PE FE sean ce LET BR caper SO Tam Set mt a cet mtn ats APMED ME POE AE AA AERO Te ot ae Lak DOE MRTENS pr Te Te ot ‘ ry i i) - 2255 Ci American Student in China /é bner, i. Gs — 3M 0.3-24 Sept. 1730. 5 COHEN, Robert Carl, Pe.8- Pha delpun, PEW Fire Check Results CIitUSA Residence - Los Angeles = Phale Bitladhed hontai remenmnmmmmmaaaaiiaammad i 1 i i | 1 ; I. The IO Division's informants, that attended the Moscow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was anti-Communist. (IO Div.) { } to give the Chinese his passport, stated that the subject was non-Com- munist and had also refused to surrender his passport at the Chinese , frontier, but, succumbed to pressure in Peking. (State Dept. Incoming . Telegram No, 513 dated 10 September 1957, from Moscow.) 2. Shelby Tucker, the American that went to China and refused i 3.. Robert. Carl Cohen was born 24 September 1930, at. Phila- “ delphia, Pennsylvania. In 1947, the subject was reported to be re- siding in f.os Angeles, California, In 1946, the subject was assigned to the Walt ‘Vhitman Club of the American Youth for Democracy. The subject's father is Isadore Cohen. An Isadore Cohen, not other- wise identified, was in April 1951, a member of the Los Angeles County - Communist Party and the President of 1 odge 251 of the International Workers Order. (DFB-89875, 12 September - 1957.) * CASIC DOCUENT LEG Wz PASE pean wD ES we. ee ea OS ‘ - 4, The IO Division, in a cable to| lana[ _ stated. that Robert Cohen and Orville Schmidt were probably the most reliable members of the students that were visiting China. (DIR-35428, OUT- 89863, 13 September 1957.) ‘ COHEN, Robert Carl _ are | BL SFITI AL ot SEERET LO Paw J. je . . er RR A = a a NL ecenaD BERT met rem nnn wren Ae eg ang tendo CEES
’ OEE cacao tA AEE ae ebsites feet Pe ing eee an ate ge {- ba fers . Set ~2@-~ °- toured Communist China after attending the Moscow Youth Festival, arrived _ in Hong Kong on 6 October 1957. O'Connell provided the Consulate General, ., Hong Kong, with information on some of the other members of the group. "He had the following to say about Robert Cohen: "Robert COHEN was sending reports of the group's travels to NBC; -O'Connell said that he planned to write NBC a letter telling them what a poor choice they had made, O'Connell described Cohen as intelligent but over= bearing, and probably the most unpopular member of the group, He admitted that he had been a pimp in San Francisco, and was rather proud of the fact that in 1939 ~= at the age of 9 ~~ he had been stoned while marching in a May: . Day parade. ‘Steve Tyler told O'Connell that Cohen had been. residing in Paris and that he’known there as a "violent left-winger", O'Connell could not under- stand the fact that Cohen at some previous time had been in the Army in security work for the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth," (Foreign Service Dispatch, Hong Kong, number 289, 14 October 1957.) i | i 5 : | : Ss Daniel M, O'Connell, a member of the American youth group which. 6." Robert Cohen departed Pari Air France midnight 1 Dec for Idlewild arriving morning 2 Dee. Concerned about procedure at Idlewild re passports. f_Altempting to arrange to be met by sufficient people to forestall a passport incident. ([___169, IN 40350), 28 Nov 57) Fw 5 2 - . i fe : HEN, Robert Carl ie SS" 4-197 F2/ ROBERT. CARL , ae 4 Ete Tae ~ = ore : ~ apts eee ey ener Soemere, sateen Seen nee aN RY ae SRT ng nab me oe ap or : feet a ae oe wt tte emt
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14-00000 . a) ‘ -~ ‘ 3 SEChET ‘ . 10 . American Student in China Oe . . : A COLLINS, Judy . | File Check Results a suCy . plataeeiandsehiiateielh ticki aol CIT-U 3A “Ph wo. AHachto Residence’- San Francisco (0 ooo LT LT EASA ee ey ree atten aeae Passport No, 270636 issued 1/9/57 i H i 1, The IO Division?s informants, that attended she Moscow Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was of questionable character, {10 Div.) cise 77:2, The following document pertains to the subject, however, efforts _ to locate the document have sve wren unsuccessful: DFB- 86248, ae am K jezt, hal the ¢Lesagy ¢ may oben F™ PRET ARMOR TEI Me Ute Ae ae see ealyt rage nent aed sant eer meno nt ee eon penne gaan erento SIRS MES BO LS WRY IT iota ites MEARE NS 2 z a MEET BA SE ALA RAI RRO ARIE AIRED CHE Arata Ne
14-00000 aupire Mr. 3 sean psa American Student in China : a» 16 Atbachen Famers, Ben photo AtkacheD File Check Results CTTU.5.4. egidence = | eles... Passport No. 518654 issued 6/12/57 | i RAE AEE TRIPS: EET REPT OH ey SEARS PT BE PROP LENO i ! 1, Shelby Tucker, the American that went to China and refused to give the Chinese his passport, stated that the subject was non-Communist. i (State Dept. Incoming Telegram No, 513 dated 10 Sept 57, from Moscow) ° 2... The following document pertains to the subject, however, efforts | te locate the document have been unsuccesaful: ' DFB-88603, 7 nN ae :  SETARenbne emer ses mc fetter Tn te ee se a re A NEN ROCA ial Sah Maton oan perete, Soeet Tatlin gt Ear a Tan a ie eM Balt LAP TEE Ab Slam itt ice ga won Sewmwinnae, Bak Lies xociray Rthani nadale h . Seats fe . - » . ~
14-00000 " bo # . } at . . ay & + =“ 1 *. . ° aon . ‘ a ms 7 . ~ : i woe a t Fa as Reemegm ermngates Senere cw tes cey%, - : A ; PTL RICA eT POET, exten yee TIRE AE rat Eee ri greek MGA Met nated BAe BR me wit ac, ; _3e Daniel M, O'Connell, a member of the American youth group which toured Communist China after attending the Moscow Youth Festival, arrived in Hong Kong on 6 October 1957, O'Connell provided the Consulate General, Hong Kong, with information on some of the other members of the group. He had the following to say about Ben Daniels: “ "Ben DANIELS, who exited China through Burma, took many photographs on the tour (see ALUSLO Hong Kong telegram to DNI, li October 1957}.'' (rorelgs Service Dispatches Hong Kong, number 289, 14 October 1957) eee Serta ences Breet emcee te 7 OF Se te eNO AMADOR rE TEL FAAN STIRS“ Aietah ATLA Fe ASL eer BUR et e vied nthe on neg erm ee nce Rica epi plipie ce. A 1eedenvesin
oom emcee cnet tn eenar nr an eae oe PSR TT FOREN TSS LPT ETE ay hee B AF oye veins RES rolbga bg STEREOS ay er gg ve Oh Y ferent oth _ SECRET oy American Student in China Doa- 4 it 143% FIDERER, Jerry @CLT-GO.A. Residencé="Brooklyn, .! . ht ‘4 ’ Aacnhti> Passport No. 20123 issued 4/26/56 Pheb Attached 1, The IO Division's informants, that attended the Macao Festival, were of the opinion that the subject was a Left ‘Ninger. (10 Div.) 2. Shelby Tucker, the American that went to China and refused to give the Chinese his passport, stated that the subject is far left. (State Dept. Incoming Telegram No. 513 dated 10. September 1957, from Moscow.) 1 ' fi t 3. The meeting of the Young Progressives of America that was . scheduled to meet on 5 March 1953, did not take place due to the fact that only a few people attended; of the few that attended was one Gerald L. Fiderer, (DFB-65050, 19 Tune 1956.) 4. Gerald Lionel Fiderer, who resided at Brooklyn, New York, was not inducted into the United States Army on 27 November 1956, be- cause he had a schizophrenic personality. (DFB-75071, 26 December 1956.) 5. Gerald Lionel Fiderer was born 4 April 1933 at New York, New York. In 1953, he was reported to have had "recurring emotional He has been registered and publicly known as the Géneral difficulties". Secretary of the Labor Youth League (LYL) Chapter at the University f. 0.8 - Now Vizve bits Teadrile Check Results _ of Wisconsin since 1955, and has been present at all public meetings of '- the LYL Chapter that has been held in Madison since September 1955, He was also reported as being present at an organizing committee meeting. ‘. > Of the Young Progressives of America that was held in Madison in March! '-1953. The subject, (apparently as of 1956), the vice-president of the LYL at the University of Wisconsin, participated in a public debate on behalf of the LYL on 19 April 1956, in Madison, in which he defended Marxism, _ eriticized the "War Economy" of the United States, claimed that the -..- elections in East Germany “are free", and claimed that reports on the ; . +. Fecent Communist Party Congress in the U.S.S,R. were distorted in the’ -.. United States newspapers. (DFB- aOR SN a eS SENG ELA 33 tat Spl nem rnents mateo) ee TN Yat 8 we 70056, 20 September 1956.) .. FIDERER, Jerry oaihiatinmnnnaniaiia Sf ete op SS AE cet Ane in OER I he tar Say sentaenaavewenet Wiamttitnetn mmeigtees Maenetateeenene we weet het dele tie ore
a od 14-00000 wie t 4 ; ae abe ep gy re co ai a6 & Geratd Lionel Federer was dropped from the rolls of the . i University of “Visconsin because of poor cneles i in his classes. The i subject was in contact with Sigmund Eisenscher the State Chairman of the Communist Party in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The subject ap- ot i parently returned to New York on 1 July 1956. (DFB-71805, 24 — © { Octeber 1956.) - } 3 i i | I t i i i i | 4 Y : : 1 tA ee wees opt open eens hee APR RN nee ReneS Sete uae bine accu Pera Py ext tate ‘ | | | an: 8 ib is ee Sg FIDERER, Jerry ik LEAT RE PE mT ate il OE ep Tg ce ree rea
SBT Oe eas ihe Sone hehe Some 47, Daniel M. O'Connell, a member of the American youth group which a toured Communist China after attending the Moscow Youth Festival, arrived . in Hong Kong on 6 October 1957, O'Connell provided the Consulate General, | Hong Kong, with information on some of the other members of the group. He had the following to say about Jerry Fiderer: MEE a Ak MEE GF POR tenet ane “Jerry FIDERER, a chemist, is definitely a-Marxist thinker, but to possibly not a Communist Party member." (Foreign Service Dispatch, Hong Kong, number 289, 14 October 1957.) ATTA NE et Seeger abet reyes tapas esse ‘SA 8 Re er senna ESM RTS HI LURE TET Y LAREN SPEED BAUS AP ata SEO OLY ELEN ML nh a OAL BZN PA tty '
Se ena AACR PL EL TENE REECE asi S| 13 American Student in China GOLDSTEIN, Ninel File Check Results d cipes N York | Resi ~ Groo » New Yor Wel Passport No. 69190 issued 5/23/56 aphcte Attac Ninel E. Goldstein visited the’ Tass News Agency, New York City . on 20 March 1955, The subject resided at 2670 Colby Court, Brooklyn, | New York, She allegedly beongs to a Communist: Party Youth Group in New York City. Her father, Alfredo Henley, was identified as a Come munist Party member; her stepmother, Lillian Henley, was employed at, the Soviet Embassy in 1954; her aunt and uncle; Ruth and Harry’Fisher, was “employed with the Tass News Agency, in New York City, and her - uncle, Z61 Tan Deak, was described as a recognized: Communist. , (DF B-86&- 449, 15 August 1957.) ae Tp * %, aye Spt eel sag es ‘sae Mote tal Bade rete gt on Bar lal ae My ane,