Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, PH
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/29/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/4/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10287-10145

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-339235-128

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, PH

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

11/29/1963

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SHF, HINTON, CARMELITA, DESCR, RES, TRA

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

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CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

08/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

Released under the John

issassination Records

Collection act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Motel.

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-104

UNITED STATES GO

ERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

Director, FBI (100-339235)

DATE:

11/29/63

FROM :

SAC, Philadelphia (105-9310) (RUC)

SUBJECT:

SUSAN HEILIGMAN FRANK,

aka

TS - New York)

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE1O/21/SX BY SPsmA/CeL

(ПК)

Re New York letter dated 9/18/63 and Albany letter

dated 10/16/63.

"CARVELITA HINTON; SM - C,

file 105-1964.

who formerly lived at 620 Haydock Lane, Haverford, Pa.

on 7/22/63, IP 3002-S furnished a written report to

SA HAYES S. KING, which is maintained in Indianapolis file

134-189-A-2732.

This report. indicated that during the period

6/23-28/63 the

annual meeting of the Women's International

League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was held at the YMCA

Camp, Estes Park, Colo. According to a list prepared by

officials of

the WILPF, one of those in attendance was

HINTON, CARMELITA, 620 Haydock Lane, Haverford, Pa. -

National Board.

On 6/24/63, CARMELITA HINTON made a report on China

to the WILPF annual meeting, advising that she had visited her

daughter in China from July 1962 to June 1963. Her daughter's

husband is in charge of a Chinese commune. CARMELITA HINTON

said she entered China from Russia.

The July 1963 issue of "Four Lights," self-described

as published by the WILPE, carried on page 1 a report on the

National Convention held at Estes Park, Colo., and reported

that CARMELITA HINTON gave a firsthand report on China.

- Bureau (100-339235) (RM)

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- New York (100-42479). (BREC- 31

- Philadelphia

1 - 105-9310

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- 105-1964

(CARMELITA HINTON)

1 - 100-21984 (DERK BODDE)

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PH 105-9310

Referenced New York letter and letterhead memorandum

indicated that the following name appeared on a typewritten

list of names in the possession of the subject.

This list of

names was in a folder marked

"Committee For A

Review Of Our

Chinese Policy."

BODDE, DERK

Graduate School of Arts & Science

Professor of Chinese

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania

In connection with the case entitled "Cominfil,

Women Strike for Peace" (New York file 100-146684, Philadelphia

file 100-46020), New York has been furnished Philadelphia letter

and letterhead memorandum dated 7/17/63 captioned "GALIA BODDE,

nee SPESHNEFF, aka Mrs. Derk Bodde; SM - C." This Philadelphia

letterhead memorandum furnished a characterization of DERK BODDE

and his wife,

GALIA BODDE.

DERK BODDE is the subject of Bureau file 100-387911,

Philadelphia file 100-21984.

DI. WILLIAM H. DU BARRY, Executive Vice-President,

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., (protect by

request) advised on 4/25/52 that although he had no specific

information which would indicate Communist activity or member -

ship on the part of Professor. DERK BODDE, it was indicated to

the informant that as a result of BODDE's statements and

activities he might have Communist sympathies or be involved

in Communist activities.

PH 27-S on 5/27/57 made available a letter dated

5/8/57 prepared on the stationery of the National Council

of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECLC), which bore

a printed list of the members of the ECLO National Council.

Listed among these was Professor DERK BODDE.

On 9/17/63, LA 3512-S furnished SA ROY ANDREW PETERS

with a partial list of sponsors for the National Committee to

Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee.

This list

included the name Professor DERK BODDE, University of Pennsylvania.

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PH 105-9310

An article appeared in "The Daily Pennsylvanian,"

a student newspaper published at the University of Pennsylvania,

in the edition dated 1/24/63, which purported to be a portrait

of Dr. BODDE. This article said that DERK BODDE was one of

the country's foremost Sinologists and went on to say that he

was a champion of liberal causes, was one of the

"peacemongers"

who petitioned the President over Cuba last fall, favors

recommendation of Communist China and feels that Communist

China should be admitted to the United Nations.

On 9/12/60, EUGENE I. LYDDONE, Deputy Clerk of the

Supreme Court,

made available to SA O. MICHAEL SMASAL a brief

for Amici Curiae, which indicates the

Communist Party of the

United States, Petitioner, V. Subversive Activities Control

Board, Recipient. In Appendix A there was set out the names

and addresses by city

and state of these Amici Curiae. Pro-

fessor DERK BODDE waS

one of those so listed.

On .9/30/60, Dr. ARLEIGH P. HESS, JR., Director,

College of General Studies, University of

Pennsylvania,

advised SA EDWARD A. SMITH that DERK BODDE Was one of those

who attended the International Congress of Orientalists in

Moscow in August 1960.

On. 9/28/62, PH 27-S advised that DERK BODDE was one

of the signers of a

letter dated 8/15/62, which urged the re-

cipient to work for the parole of MORTON SOBELL.

Contributions

were to be sent to Citizens for Justice for Morton Sobell.

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