Originator: FBI
From: JARDARIAN, ZAVEN
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 05/27/1964
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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WEEKLY GUARDIAN ASSOCIATES, INC.

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San Francisco in captioned matter.

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utilized to characterize Charles Duarte in the penultimate

paragraph, page 13, should be 1-15.

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offices which received rerep, of the correct data in this

regard. Inasmuch as this error does not affect the accuracy

of the

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INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

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Police Department

Tokyo, Japan

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134-698A-1356,

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134-4290-2344

Characterization of VINCENT HALLINAN

134-429A-2375, 2374

134-80A-1561, 1566/

284-24-2098, 2ouy le

134-27049-83, 9176153

Characterization of MARK LANE

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Characterization of VINCENT HALLINAN

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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

UNID STATES DEPARTMENT OF S

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

CONFIDENTIAL

STICE

Copy to:

Report of:

Date:

Field Office File #:

Title:

1 - DIO, 12th Naval District (By Hand)

1 - OSI, Travis Air Force Base (RM)

2 - G-2, 6th Army (RM)

ZAVEN JARDARIAN

Office:

SAN FRANCISCO

May 27, 1964

100-31356

Bureau File #:

100-357046455

"NATIONAL GUARDIAN" ;

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WEEKLY GUARDIAN ASSOCIATES, INC.

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INTERNAL SECURITY - C; INTERNAL SECURITY ACT OF 1950

Character:

Synopsis:

MARGARET DRIGGS described as San

Francisco representative of

NG and LEE COE described as East Bay representative of NG. NG

sponsored public meeting held 11/17/63 at Scottish Rite

Auditorium, San Francisco, featuring Professor KAORU YASUI

as

main speaker. NG also sponsored talks on 2/8/64 and 2/17/64,

at California Hall, San Francisco, featuring MARK LANE and

FELIX GREENE respectively as speakers.

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PATION MY

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DETAILS

DATE OF RECEN

per

the part of the individuals mentioned in this report.

I. LOCATION AND OFFICERS

A "National Guardian" (NG) leaflet advertising a NG

event in san francisco on November 1', 1963, revealed the san

Francisco representative of the NG as MARGARETADRIGGS, 2586

Diamond Street, san Francisco,

telephone J0-8849-and the

East Bay representative as LEEXOE,

840 Delaware Street,

Berkeley, California, telephone

3-4382.

SF T-1 - 11/29/63

9-1-94

Declassily on: OADR (JFK

SONFIDENTIAL

Group 1

*ED)

Excluded from automatic®

downgrading and

This document contans neither recommendations no chasi acatio" is the propotty or the at and is loaned to

your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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A characterization of the NG is contained

in the appendix.

MARGARET DRIGGS was interviewed by Special

Agents of the fBl on January 25, 1955

at

which time she advised that her activity

in the CP as well as that of her husband,

HAROLD DRIGGS, began in the middle 1930s

during the depression in Tacoma, Washington.

She said that when she and her husband

moved to Seattle, Washington, they continued

their membership and activity in the CP

and in the Communist Political Association

(CPA) .

She said that as a result of open

criticism of CP functionaries on her part

and on the part of her husband, she and her

husband were expelled from the

CP in 1946,

with the

proviso that after six months they

would reinstate. She said, however, that

she and her husband moved and that they did

not reinstate.

The CPA has been designated by the Attorney

General of the United States pursuant to

Executive Order 10450.

LEE COE was one of the leaders of a

Factional group of the CP who were meeting

with the District Board of the CP to iron

out the factional difficulties.

SF T-2 - 2/12/60

A NG advertisement and subscription blank, utilized

In february, 1964, showed the San Francisco representative

of the NG as MARGARET DRIGGS, 333A - 7th Avenue, San

Francisco, telephone SK 2-5988.

SF T-3 - 2/17/64

II. ACTIVITIES

Re: November 11, 1963

A throwaway has been furnished regarding a NG public

San Francisco. This

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"PROFESSOR KAORU

YASUI, founder and head of the great Japan

Council Against the yand H Bomb, which has millions of

members, has been secured to head up the celebration of the

fifteenth birthday of the National Guardian.

Prof. Yasui is

also Dean of the Law Faculty of Hosei University in Tokio,

and is a world authority on international law.

excellent English and with his subject: 'From Test Ban to

Disarmament,

with says us tich to think about.

"BARBARAYDANE, popular singer, will fly down from Vancouver,

B." where"she is singing for ten days, ending the 16th, to

help make the affair a success think promises s

some songs to

entertain and some to make you

who knows Prof. Yasui personally, will be

man, Prot. Morray joins

with the rest of

the committee

in urging that we all do all in our power to make this

meeting a

huge success.

Peace workers will be especially

interested

to hear this famous

peace leader."

SF T-1 - 11/29/63

The Department of the Navy in its analysis

Of JOSEPH PARKER MORRAY'S book,

"Pride of

State," published in 1959, says that in his

general attitude toward American foreign

policy and his view of communist activity,

MORRAY echoes the CP line at every point.

To him, the communists are authentic

nationalists and the Korean War was a

"domestic dispute."

He, in effect, labels

all American efforts to resist communist

expansion as capitalist imperialism.

A NG leaflet has been furnished showing the following

information:

"KAORU YASUI

"Kaoru Yasui, member of the Board of Governors and Dean of the

Law Faculty at Tokyo's Hosei University (30,000 students)s 1S

a world-renowned authority in international

law.

and chairman of Gensuikyo - the Japan Council Against Atomic

and Hydrogen Bombs - Professor Yasui is known as 'father of

the nuclear disarmament movement in Japan.'

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"In protest at the Bikini death and poisoning of Japanese

fishermen and the contamination of fish from these tests,

Professor Yasui launched a petition drive in which

30,000,000 signatures were collected. The protest led to

senting 35,000,000 Japanese citizens.

"At the 1962 Hiroshima Conference serious divisions developed

because the conference failed to condemn Soviet as well as

U.S. nuclear tests. Further divisions within Gensuikyo caused

Protessor Yasul to resign temporarily with the statement that

in Japan, the only country which had actually experienced

atomic bombings, there is a 'strong determination there shall

never again be A and i bombs.

De respected. It is impossible to oppose nuclear tests by

one particular country and support nuclear tests by another

particular country,'

"As the 1963 anniversary of Hiroshima approached, pressure

mounted for the recall of Professor Yasui to reunite

Gensulkyo. With patience and skill, Professor Yasui organized

the conference held in

hiroshima this past August and steered

it through stormy sessions which restated the overwhelming

Japanese opposition to all nuclear arms in Japan and through-

out the world.

"PROFESSOR KAORU YASUI will be in SAN FRANCISCO

SUNDAY, NOV. 17, 8 P.M.

SCOTTISH

RITE AUDITORIUM

Van Ness at Sutter."

SF T-4 - 11/5/63

SE I-5, a confidential source abroad, has

advised that the 8th World Conference of

the Japan Council, For the Prohibition of

Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

her papan during the period August I -

6, 1962. SF"T-5 described this conference

and Gensulkyo, the Japanese organization

which sponsored the conference, as communist

dominated.

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The 8th World Convention Against Atomic

and Hydrogen Bombs ended late in the.

evening of August 6, 1962:

Due to the

confusion caused by political parties

attempting to utilize this convention,

a head-on clash between the Japan

Socialist Party (JSP) and

the Japanese

Communist Party (JCP), no unified reso-

lution or declaration

was adopted. The

JSP presented a last minute motion calling

for a protest against Soviet nuclear

testing in the name of the Gensuikyo Conven-

tion.

The JCP, supported by the Chinese

Communist delegation, rejected with force

the socialist proposal.

This led to a walk-

socialists, and the convention

was adjourned in a near riot atmosphere. (C)

A

meeting of the NG was held on October 3, 1963,

at the American Russian Institute (ARI), 90 Mc Allister

to plan for a coming talk by KAORU

while discussing a chairman for the coming event,

the individuals present at the meeting agreed that, if

possible, the chairman should be someone not too far to

so that outsiders would be encouraged to.come.

MARGARET DRIGGS phoned various individuals and invited

them

to attend this meeting. Approximately thirteen people

attended.

(Ul)

(SF I-6 - 10/4/63

The ARI of San Francisco has beer designated

by the Attorney General of the United States

pursuant to Executive Order 10450.

On November 17,

1963, the NG sponsored a public

meeting at the Scottish Rite Auditorium, Van Ness Avenue

and Sutter Street, San Francisco,

California, attended by

approximately three

hundred individuals. JOSEPH P. MORRAY,

chairman of the meeting, introduced Professor KAORU YASUI.

YASUI stated that he was making a ten-lay tour of the

He said he had

a lot of trouble in obtaining

a visa in coming to the United States and did not know

whether he could come again.

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YASUI talked about Nagasaki and Hiroshima and said

he wanted to obtain 35,000,000

signatures to ban all nuclear

weapons.

He said Okinawa was heavily arned with United

and that this put Japan in great

He said that in the next year there would be a world

peace conference in Japan and he asked that as many

as possible attend from the United States.

YASUI praised some of the women present in the audience

who had recently attended a peace march in Japan.

YASUI also read a poem which expressed grief at

losing so many lives during the Nagasaki and Hiroshima

tragedies.

one KaR Sicht and 1ee- tee tune concert and

the banning of nuclear weapons.

He also talked to these two

men on the Soviet - China dispute, which he described. as

being very bad, but which would eventually be ironed out.

YASUI said he sent letters to KHRUSHCHEV, MAO and President

KENNEDY concerning the banning of nuclear arms, but that the

United States

Ambassador rejected his letter and it never

reached President KENNEDY.

At this point, JOSEPH P. MORRAY pointed

out that

this showed the United

States was not interested in going

along with other countries.

YASUI went on to say that the

political climate was changing and that he believed

socialist countries would be able to come to some understanding. ,

Following YASUI, MARGARET DRIGGS made a collection speech.

and BARBARA DANE from

songs, mainly pertaining to the bad housing and economic

conditions of the Bay Area. A question and answer period

followed.

SF T-7 - 11/21/63

On November 17, 1963, the NG sponsored a public

meeting at the Scottish Rite Auditorium, Van Ness Avenue

and Sutter Street, San Francisco. Approximately 275 - 300

people attended.

The guest speaker, KAORU YASUI, WaS

introduced by JOSEPH P. MORRAY. YASUI opened his talk by

praising the NG.

He said that all tests and bombs must

be banned

along with complete disarmament. He played up

the dropping of bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and added

that he did not defend the bombing of Pearl Harbor which

was not the people's choice. He said the rift between

Russia and China has

hurt the peace movement in Japan,

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especially in the labor movement. He also said that in the

United States there is unification of the peace movement

despite accusations or infiltrations by communists made by

the House Committee

on un-American Activities.

SF T-6 - 11/22/63

The following sources also reported that the NG

held a public meeting on November 17, 1963, at the Scottish

Rite Auditorium in San Francisco featuring

• KAORU YASUI as

the main speaker:

SF T-1 - 11/29/63

SE T-3

- 11/18/63

SF T-8 - 11/18/63

SE T-9 - 11/20/63

SF T-10 - 11/22/63

Re: February 8, 1964

The February 1, 1964 issue of the "People's World"

(PW), a west coast communist newspaper, stated in part as

follows:

"Oswald's defender to speak

Creti

the Warren Commission, will speak in San Francisco next

Saturday evening, Feb.

"Lane's appearance, which takes on new pertinence

in view of the belief expressed this week by Oswald's widow,

Marina, that he did assassinate President Kennedy, will take

place

at California Hall, Polk and Turk streets, at 8:30 p.m.

"Lane, who has been

retained by Oswald's mother,

Marguerite, to attempt to convince the commission that her

slain son

was not guilty, is a former New York state Assembly-

He is the author of a lengthy brief on Oswald's behalf,

which was published by The National Guardian on Dec. 19, 1963.

The Guardian is sponsoring Lane's appearance here....

At a meeting of the New York Council to

Abolish the House un-American Activities

Committee (NYCAHUAC) which was

held on

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LANE then proceeded to attack the fourteen point

case that the Dallas District Attorney's Office had against

LEE HARVEY OSWALD. This portion of LANE's talk was almost

word for word a repetition of his brief which appeared in

the December 19, 1963 issue of the NG.

LANE concluded his talk with an attack on the

Warren Commission claiming that this or any other commission

was only as good as the agencies that supplied it with

information.

His position was that the FBI, the Secret

service, and the Dallas Police Department nad ali tormed

an opinion before the conclusion of the case and were

merely supplying the Warren

Commission with information

that would further substantiate their own conclusions.

At

the end of the

speeches, a collection was taken to aid in

financing

LANE's tour.

SE T-12 - 2/10/64

VINCENT HALLINAN was candidate for

President of the United States on the

Independent Progressive Party (IPP)

ticket in 1952.

A characterization of the IPP is con-

tained in the appendix.

SF T-13 advised that on November 30, 1962,

the American Russian Institute (ARI) held

its annual celebration at the Sheraton

Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

VINCENT

HALLINAN waS the featured speaker and he

related his recent adventures abroad,

including in the Soviet Union. Among

other things, he commented that the

Soviets are the saviours of the world

and without the Soviet Union, the Fascists

would dominate and enslave the world.

The ARI of San Francisco has been designated

by the Attorney General of the United States

pursuant to Executive Order 10450.

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COMTINENTAL

st 1-l advised on April 1os 1963, that

VINCENT HALLINAN was elected Chairman of

the Bay Area Fair Play for Cuba Committee

(FPCC) •

A characterization of the Bay Area FPCC

is contained in the appendix.

On February 8, 1964, the NG sponsored a talk by

MARK LANE at the California Hall, San Francisco.

In his

talk LANE stated that he was interested in defending the

legal doctrine of "Presumption of Innocence". LANE con-

or Alive posters."

no man could have gotten a fair

trial during the

hysteria following KENNEDY's assassination.

LANE said he wrote a legal brief on the OSWALD

case, but no newspaper

or magazine would accept it except

the NG. He reviewed the fifteen points in the case against

OSWALD as presented by Dallas authorities and in his brief

he attacked these points.

He said Dallas authorities and

the Secret Service did a poor job in getting and preparing

evidence in the OSWALD case.

LANE went on to list contradictory statements

that have. been made in the OSWALD case with regard to the

following:

The make of the rifle involved, paraffin test

proving OSWALD did not fire the rifle, the name of the taxi

driver, the entry of the bullets, the number of shots fired,

OSWALD's marksmanship, why OSWALD took a bus or taxi to get

his jacket, the late revelation of OSWALD's alias and why

OSWALD obtained a mail order rifle.

LANE wanted an investigation of people on the over-

pass and the tie to Officer TIPPIT's murder.

LANE questioned the inactivity of ROBERT KENNEDY.

He asked why OSWALD was not watched and why the secret

Service chief was not in Dallas. LANE also said that he

thought OSWALD's Marxism was not motivation for assassination

since he spoke well of KENNEDY and should have been aware

of better relations with the USSR. LANE also stated that

he would not comment on the JACK RUBY case.

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Following LANE's talk, RUSS

XON of the NG spoke

briefly and praised the attendance.

Chairman of the above

affair was VINCENT HALLINAN.

SF T-14 - 2/12/64

A report of the HUAC, House of Representatives,

36th Congress, First

Session, captioned

'Communist Lobbying Activities In The Nation's

Capitol," was released on September 3, 1959.

This report was in part concerned with

lobbying activities of the United Electrical,

Radio and Machine Workers of America,

commonly known as the UE.

This section of

the report states that RUSSELL ARTHUR (RUSS)

NIXON has lobbied for the UE in Washington

since 1941, with the exception of a two year

period during World War II. The report

states in part:

"UE's Washington lobbyist, RUSS NIXON,

has been identified as a member of the

Communist Party by three former Communists

in sworn public testimony before the HUAC.

Two of them, VICTOR DECAVITCH, a witness

on July 14, 1950, and SAMUEL DI MARIA,

testifying on October 15, 1952, had worked

in the same union organization as RUSS NIXON

in the 1940s.

Mr. DECAVITCH stated that it

was his belief that NIXON--at one time was

one of the most effective, most influential

persons in the city of Washington

as far as

the labor

movement was concerned."

On February 8, 1964, the NG sponsored a talk by

Master of Ceremonies, MARK LANE and RUSS NIXON of the NG.

any misconceptions about President KENNEDY's assassination.

LANE went into the background of the case beginning

with President KENNEDY's arrival in Dallas and he exhibited

a newspaper which contained a full-page advertisement by a

right wing group asking questions of President KENNEDY, such

as why he had

gone soft on communism.

LANE stated that General

WALKER lived in Dallas and that of all the cities in the

United States, Dallas was the city where the right wing

groups were the strongest.

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LANE also discussed OSWALD's background. He said

OSWALD was a young man who had not made a success of anything

and that he had drifted in and out of the Marine Corps and in and

various schools in the country.

He said OSWALD

went to the Soviet Union, was dissatisfied, and came back

to this country.

LANE went on and tried to establish a

link between OSWALD and the head of the FBI in Dallas,

pointing out that OSWALD nad the telephone number of

FBI Special Agent in Charge.

LANE tried to make the point

that OSWALD had been selected as the frame-up victim because

of the record of his unstable character and also because he

had a past record of association with left wing groups.

LANE

then claimed that in his opinion OSWALD was not the person

who squeezed the trigger of the gun that killed President

KENNEDY and that he was

simply a fall guy.

He claimed that

OSWALD's record as a Marine did not indicate he was the

type of superb shooter who could hit an object as small as a

man's

head at seventy-five yards in a moving car.

SF T-8 - 2/12/64

The following sources also reported that the NG

held a public meeting on February 8, 1964, at the California

Hall,

San Francisco, featuring MARK LANE

as the main speaker:

SF T-6 - 2/14/64

SF T-7

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SF T-9 - 2/19/64

Re ,

February 14, 1964

The January 9, 1964 issue of the NG revealed the

following advertisement:

Ba just returned from china, will

speak under National Guardian auspices Fri., Feb. 14,

3:30 p.M., at Calfornia Hall, Polk & Turk Streets, Adm

$2, students $1.

On February 14, 1964, the NG sponsored a

talk by

FELIX GREENE at the California Hall, Polk and Turk Streets,

San Francisco. Approximately 700 - 800 people attended.

CHARLES QUARIE, chairman of the meeting, introduced

FELIX

GREENE 'aS

the featured speaker and said that GREENE had been

to Red China on three different occasions.

GREENE spoke

about his last trip to Red China and he said that during this

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trip he tried to explain the American point of view to Red

Chinese leaders but was unsuccessful. He said the Chinese

did not

want American friendship except on their terms.

said that membership in the United Nations means nothing

to them and that they are a growing and very

nation.

He said the chinese reter to teete states as

a "paper tiger" which did not mean that we did not have

any power, but rather that we could not use it without

condemnation of the world.

GREENE went on to say that he saw no evidence of

preparat one one,

preparations for war and that the militia he had seen on

previous visits had been done away with. He said there

were two provinces he could not get into, Sing Hai (ph) and

Tibet.

He believed that the atomic emergency programs were

conducted there.

GREENE said that instead of the anti-

American slogans he had seen on his previous visits, there

are now posters encouraging safety and courtesy.

GREENE

said that the split between

Russia and China is very deep

However, he said the Soviet Government would probably defend

the Chinese in the event of war.

He noted that the Soviets

had removed their technicians and some of their skilled

workers but that the Chinese were getting outside help from

other socialist countries.

GREENE also stated that the Chinese view the

current struggle

as one against United States imperialism

and that they feel that anyone who assists the United

Nations is a potential enemy.

GREENE said that he felt that

the United States made a terrible mistake

China.

in not recognizing

He also stated that the Chinese did not like the

Soviet support of NEHRU in India during the dispute between

India and China.

SF T-3 - 2/18/64

SF T-I5 advised on January 3, 1945, that

CHARLES DUARTE was at that time a

member

of the CPA.

On February 14, 1964, the Ne sponsored a talk by

FELIX GREENE at the California Hall, San Francisco.

Close

It was pointed out that

FELIX GREENE had just returned from China where he had been

visiting legally on a British passport.

He was described

as the English born son of American parents, making him a

citizen of both countries.

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GREENE stated that China is progressing rapidly

to become one of the world's foremost powers.

He felt that

the United States'

attitude towards this nation was back-

ward and detrimental to world peace and United States

prestige.

He said there was a marked lessening of anti-

American feeling in China today that was not noticeable

in 1960 when he made his first trip. GREENE attributed

the present feud between Russia and China to many things,

Including the withdrawal of Russian technicians in 1960.

According to GREENE, however, the prime cause of the

dissention between Russia and China is the possibility

that Russia will

actually make a cut back in arms develop-

ment, forcing China to shift a great percentage of her

resources and engineering to the construction of a nuclear

weapon in defense

against the United States.

SF T-12 - 2/19/64

The following sources also reported that the NG

held a public meeting

on February 14, 1964, at California

Hall, San

Francisco,

featuring FELIX

GREENE as the main

speaker:

SE T-6 - 2/17/64

SE T-7

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FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTER,

BAY AREA CHAPTER,

also known

as Bay Area Fair Play for Cuba

Committee (BAFPCC)

The "New York Times" newspaper on November 20, 1960,

carried an article captioned "pro-Castro Body Reports

U.S.

Gain," which reported that the Fair Play for Cuba Committee

(FPCC) had 5,000 paid-up members in the United States.

The

article declared that the FPCC had headguarters at 799 Broadway,

New York City, New York, and had chapters in other cities, In

cluding one in San Francisco.

A source advised in March, 1961, that the Bay Area

Chapter of the FPCC (BAFPCC) began

to be formed in San Francisco

in November, 1960, under the direct guidance and leadership of

ASHER HARER,

who the source identified as a member of the San

Francisco Branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and a

member of the National Committee of the SWP.

The SWP has been designated by the Attorney

General of the United States pursuant to

Executive Order 10450.

A source advised in May, 1963, that the BAFPCC 1s

currently active in the San Francisco area and includes members

in San Francisco and surrounding counties.

He advised that the

BAFPCC has no headquarters but received mail through Post

Office Box 2615, San Francisco 26, California, which is a box

maintained by ASHER HARER.

He stated that the announced aims

and purposes of the BAFPCC are to "spread the truth about cuba

anâ to prevent U.S. intervention in Cuba."

A source advied in March, 1963, that in the recent

elections of the BAFPCC, the SWP continued its infivence by

saving_SWP members elected ta the Executive Committee.

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FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE (FPCC)

The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York Times" news-

paper contained a full-page advertisement captioned, "What Is

Really Happening In Cuba?," placed by the Fair Play for Cuba

This advertisement announced the formation

of the FPCC in New York City and declared the FPCC intended to

promulgate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba" to neutralize

the distorted American press.

"The New York Times" edition of January 11, 1961, re-

ported that at a hearing conducted before the United States

senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dr.

Charles A. Santos-Buch identified himself and Robert Taber as

organizers of the FPCC. He also testified he and Taber obtained

funds from the Cuban Government, which were applied toward the

cost of the aforementioned advertisement.

on May 16, 1963, a source advised that during the first

two years of the FPCC's

was a struggle between

the Communist Party (CP) and Socialist workers Party (SP)

elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby in-

fluence FPCC poliCy. However, during the past year this source

ommuni exPert the forever, esse

observed

there has

been a successful effort by FPCC leadership

to minimize the role of these and other organizations in the

FPCC so that today their influence is negligible.

On May 20, 1963, a second.

source advised that the

National Headquarters of

the FPCC is located in Room 329 at 799

Broadway, New lork city. According to this source, the position

of National Office Director was created in the Fall of 1962,

and

was Illled by Vincent "Ted" Lee, who now formulates FPCC policy.

This source observed Lee has followed a course of entertaining

and accepting the cooperation of many other organizations, in-

cluding the CP and the SiP, when he has felt it would be to his

personal benefit as well as the FPCC's.

However, Lee has in-

dicated to this source he has no intention of permitting FPCC

policy to be determined by any other organization.

Lee

feels

the FPCC should advocate resumption of diplomatic relations

between Cuba and the United States and support the right of

Cubans to manage their revolution without interference from

other nations, but not support the cuban revolution per se.

The CP and the SWP have been designated pursuant

to Executive Order 10450.

APPENDIX

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SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

A source advised on August 1, 1960, that the San

Francisco Branch of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was

tormed approximately in the early part of 1938 and the Oakland

Branch of the SWP was formed in the latter part of 1938.

1 second source advised on Dotober 25, 1959, that the

name of the Oakland Branch of the SHiP was changed to

Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the SiP.

A third source advised on April 30, 1963, that the

San Francisco Branch and the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the

SWP follow the policies

and directives of the National SWP with

which they are affiliated.

The SWP has been designated by the

Attorney General of the United States

pursuant to Executive Order 10450.

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INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE PARTY

The 1955 Report of the California Committee on

Un-American Activities,

Page 46, stated, "The Independent

Progressive Party in California

was quickly captured by the

and by the time the

non unint into hich gear was being operated lock, stock, and

Wallace for President campaign

barrel by the Communist Party of California.

Time after time

the committee in questioning witnesses throughout the State

discovered that the leaders of the Communist Parties in various

localities

were identical with the leaders of the Independent

Progressive Party in the same area. It is true, of course,

that in the Indedendent Progressive Party there were many

sincere liberals who,

because of dissatisfaction with the two

major political organizations registered as Independent

Progressives and

continued their

affiliation until the true

control of the I.P.P. became obvious. These people invariably

resigned,

many of

them having given the benefit of their

experience to various official agencies interested in the

exposure of subversive activities."

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"NATIONAL GUARDIAN"

The Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications,

released

concerning

1.

"astablished by the American Labor Party in

as a 'progressive' weekly""". Although it denies having any

affiliation with the Communist Party, it has manifested itself

from the beginning as a virtual official propaganda arr: of

(Cormittee on Un-American Activities, Report,

Inlal by Treason: The National Committee to

Secure Justice for the Rosenbergs and Morton

Sobell, August 25, 1956, D. 12.)

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CONIID

NEW YORK COUNCIL TO ABOLISH

THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES

COMMITTEE

NTIAL

On March 9, 1961, a source advised that the

New York Council To Abolish the Un-American Activities

Committee (NYCAUAC), 150 West 34th Street, New York City,

New York, was

formed

at a meeting held in New York City

on November 17, 1960. This organization was founded

principally through the efforts of FRANK WILKINSON.

Field Representative of the National Committee to Abolist

the Un-American Activities Committee (NCAUAC).

A second source advised on September 17, 1952,

that FRANK WILKINSON was a Communist Party member

September, 1952.

A third source furnished on September 14, 1961, a

copy of resolutions of the New York Council to Abolish the

House Un-American Activities Committee (NYCAHUAC) which

were adopted by the NYCAHUAC.

One such resolution affirmed

the intention to continue to work for the abolition of the

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) and to

continue its efforts to broaden the participation in this

fight.

Another resolution accepted

as a modus vivendi the

suggestion of the Field Representative of the "National

Committee to Abolish the HCUA" (NCAHUAC) namely that local

abolition committees may identify and co-ordinate their

efforts

as closely as they desire with NCAHUAC, still

maintaining their autonomy for as flexible and independent

a program

as

possible:

Various sources have advised during March, 1962,

that Communist Party (CP) members in the New York City area

have been solicited to support activities of the NYCAHUAC

during attendance at CP club meetings.

On May 6, 1963, the first source advised that the,

NYCAHUAC continues

to function from its office at 150 West

34th Street, New York City, New York.

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNITED STATES-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

San Francisco, California

May 27, 1964

Goribertini

Title

"NATIONAL GUARDIAN";

WEEKLY GUARDIAN ASSÓCIATES, INC.

Character

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

INTERNAL SECURITY ACT,

1950

Reference report of SA ZAVEN JARDARIAN

dated and captioned as above

at San Francisco, California.

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities

are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable

information in the past.

CONTiUENTAL

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions

of the fBI. It is the property of the fBl and is loaned to your

agency; it and its contents are

not to be distributed outside

your agency.

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