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§TAnD4NG ron WO. C4 Office L; eg 20h hel ILIT2 ¢ UNITED STaius GOVERNMENT To 2 Director, FRI : . DATE: May 13, 1953 ee pie [3° 1.91.2 din cep, and setae aaetoenninenell SUL; <a fin aICAN Fi FRIGNOS SERVICE COMMITTEE Rebutel dated May 8, 1953. ~, a preppmmmerrerssmmantl was tactfully advised of the confidential aanaan he een that tent nwa nature of Bureau files in this connectiar Thy and he advises Lia his interest in this orzanizaticn was aroused by an anonymous letter ‘he had received recently which merely contained a pamphlet which purported to “expose” the American Friends Service Committee as being a group that was either a Communist Frant organization or at least in sympathy with the Comuunist Party movement. The advises that this pamphlet stated that the American Friends Service Committee was holding a meeting zt the Christian Youth Foundation Camp near Athens, Texas, from August 23, through the 29, 1953, and the anonymous party that sent hin the perchlet had written on the paup niet, "Are you going to let this Communist outfit cone to your county? ra Ths Gasca 2ivises that the Christian Youth Foundation Camp is owned by the several church groups in East Texas, and he presumes that The American Friends Committee has made arransements to use the camp on the above-mentioned dates. He advises thet the pamphlet, w~Qwhich he.ccnld.not macdiately lacate), rather strongly indicated that this Committee was a Communist Crganization and if so he desired to know about it for his future puidance when these persons come to Athens, advises that the pamphilct mentioned appeared ‘to have been prepared by some anti- _ Communist group, and had for its purpose exposure of the con‘ittee for what it was. The GaN advises that he believes that the panvohlet was printed in Houston, Texas, but he does not recall by whom, aqie@OPS@ advises that he will locate this pamphlet and furnish it to Bureau Agents. . a The QM has adopted the attitude that even if the writers of the pamphlet are correct and that the Americen Friends Service Committee is of Communistic sympathy, there is little he can do to prevent their holdinz the meeting in Henderson County, Texas, other than to make the contents of the parphlet availadle to the church groups that own and operate the Christian Youth Foundation property. : e When the SRM furnishes this pamphlet to Bureau representa- tives, you will be adviscd of its contents and publishers. oo “fHl99Ia SHC