Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: SAC, NY
Document date: 05/14/1947
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/15/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10284-10123

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-30067-36

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI

TO:

SAC, NY

TITLE:

DATE: 05/14/1947

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

JOP, REPRESENTATIVE, CG DEFENDER, DAILY WORKER,

PEOPLE WORLD, AKA, BADGER, JOHN ROBERT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/07/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

• DATE: 11-14-2017

SECKED

SAC,

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May 14, 1947

JOHN PITHAN

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

The captioned individual until recently was the Executive Manager

of the "'People's World," West Coast Communist publication. In the Spring of

1946, he. left this country to go to Europe as & representative of the Chicago

"Defender," the "Daily Worker" and the "Pooplo's Korld."

He was reportedly

going to use the name of John Robert Wadger when writing for the "Defender."

Infomation has been received that he was going to establish a European news

bureau for the "Defender" in Parie, France.

You are requested to contact your informants who are closely con-

nected with the "Daily Worker" and ask how long Pitman will be in Farope since

the Burgau's Legal Attache in London, England has received an inquiry in this

regard/from MI-5a (s)

This matter should be given your attention immediately.

ALT ERFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFICD EXCEPS

- WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE.

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