Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 05/14/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/10/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10324-10316

RECORD SERIES: NY

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

97-1792-4070

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection aet of 1902

144 USc 2107 Notel.

Cased:NW 54462 Date:

10-04-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

05/14/1964

'PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

FPCC

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/27/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

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DocId: 32312567

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DIRECTOR, FBI (97-4196)-26

5/14/64

SAC, LOS ANGELES (105-8734) (P)

FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE -

Los Angeles Divlsion

RA • CUBA; IS - CUBA;

IS • SWP; IS - €

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINCO

richtin

UNGLASSIFIED

16/19/98

5268560/602

352)

00: Los Angeles

CHARACTERIZAIION OF SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION

LION AS O

by spee

The following 1s a revised thumbnall sketch of

the above captioned organization being submitted for

approval.

It Is to be noted that the captioned organiza-

tion 15 no longer active.

"A/source advised on June 20, 1963, that the

Fair Play For Cuba Connittee (FPCC) was forned in

New York City In Spring, 1960, under the sponsor

ship of certain well known pro-communista and

'liberals' for the announced purpose of defending

the

"truth' about Cuba against alleged distortion

by Cuba's enemies.

A Greater los Angeles Chapter

of the PPCC (LAFPCC) was formed in Los Angeles,

California, in December, 1960 under the stimilus

of the Los

Angeles Local of the Socialist Workers

Party (LAL-SWP). The LAL SHIP vas able to dominate

and control the

activitles of the los Angeles

chapter uithout difficulty until by 1962 the

Southern California Distriet Communist Party (SCDCP)

succeeded in gaining a foothold in 1ts executive

committee, thereafter gradually reducing the

control of the LAL-SWP.

"The same source advised on May 13, 1964,

that the LAL FPCC ceased outward activity in

December, 1963, following unfavorable pablletty

resulting from

assassination of President

JOHN F. KENNEDY.

2

- Bureau (REGISTERED)

2

- New York (97-1792) (Info.) (REGISTERED)

- Los Angeles

(1 - 100-43873) (Thumbna11 sketchea) V

WJM: ELB

(5)

71L0

312 MAY

04

FBI a NEW YORK

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LA105-8734

"A second source advised

l on April 28, 1964,

net the banner went out of er stene

without

any notice, and chat although one meet.lngs oi

the executive committee of the LAL-SWP, STEVE

ROBERTS, West Coast Coordinator of the FPCC made

no mention of it,

OSCAR COOVIER,

Organtzer of

che bah, menezoned ever in

my by ye that

the

ancipes was

Ino more.

*Both the Cormuniat Party (CP) and the

have been eited by the Attorney General of

the United States pursuant to Executive Order

10450."

The following sources were used in the above thumb-

nail sketch:

OSLA 3184-S (to SA WILLIAM 3. MC CAULEY)

LA 4000-S (tO SA JOHN C. OAKES)

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