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Fee. @ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Washington, D.C. File No. 49Q-428091 July 19, i961 rf See “100~ 49909) - /47+¢ ERRoNBeud CHUPORMO G20 -MrKohAr VhrprdRavrtn his eevee Fe CRETICAL yNOT AYAS TAS Mz KoA hye Yel Re: Soviet Reply to Communist Party, United States of America, Protest Concerning Alleged Criticism of Communist Party, United States of America, by Anastas Mikoyan, Member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union A source, who has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished the following information in July, 1961: ’ With regard to a protest submitted by the Communist Party, United States of America (CPUSA) to the effect that the CPUSA, particularly Gus Hall, CPUSA General Secretary, resented eriticism of the CPUSA by Anastas Mikoyan, member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), regarding the manner in which the CPUSA handled its internal affairs, Dimitri Shevlyagin, Deputy of Boris Ponomarev, Head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CCCPSU), commented as follows: - This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. spac ENCLOstire [oU-¢ if Gf | Lf / r