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(a ---= On September 28, 1955, Confidential Informant Bs who has ~~ » LF IJ General Activities © — — furnished reliable information in the past, advised that the AFSC held a moeting at the Friends (Quaker) Keeting House, 1515 Cherry Street, Phila- Gelphia, on September 2h, 1955. The purpose of this meating was,to present a report to the general membership of AFSC on the overseas. service of thea /_ -". organization, ‘The featured portion of the heating was a report by the ; AFSC representatives who visited the USSR in June. 1.1925, 0 a good will tour, This report consisted of i Sadividual reports by Top geumeg wpe bonis aaseman age he han pen VHS of the six representatives who made the tour. Each of these individual reports dealt with thet particular in- dividual's primary interest on the tour. According to the informant, none +m &he tf T Wait vt it +h . or the repor ts were favorable to ths USS3 but dealt with ths averages Russian citizen, There were no political implications in any report. (TG dezit primarily with literature, while ¢?> "77? dealt with the relizious life, and" Aadealt with agriculture. A report was rlso given by (os ast ons of the directors of the AFSC work in German. QOOSUTUY report’ concerned the APSC'S rehabilitation work in Germany and also touched on the unification of Bast and West Germany. According to the informant, cUE 7S stated that the Friends (Feligiovs Sociaty of Friends ) feel that unification of Garmany ig not nacessary for paaca, and may i “ideeds work ag geanst peaces The differsnces beticon abtitudss 4s now no basis for safs unification. If the two coms together now by unifica- tion or relaxing of borders, it would pose great problems not only for Gernany, but for the rest of the world. The bast and West must go through a leng period of trying to understand each other bafore wnifica tion in eny real senss + nea at 4 oo ang oxnper denctes in the Bast and Nest is so arcat that thore Would be safe. test PTE lege ceca ip pteae hee “" et Concerning ¢ arent ge vane Oy rentioned above, who is ; athe Toa Ree eer) Debt It a wo ce fee va of the APS SC Confidential Informant. ee * Lew cleanin PAN i Ig Der Peta em the ft - 5 ac ised tn duly Ty 195) : thas dyei ne tha eo oy Cr rr a ee eee “Vintervies wed O22 _ vai and mda the following» observa~ tions: “Ol. 3 was found to bs a mm of deep religious convictions and as me f ar investigation a repre sentative Bu Lf ie Une te be O - puch, he finds atheistic Communism repugnant. He has devoted a lifetime to any humanitarien causes sponsored by ths Ro lieiéus Society of Friends. In keeping with the tenets of his religion, he has often spoken out against war and preparation for war, including the manufacture of atcmic weapons both by the United States and other nations. Although he has by his own statement, never knovingly had mambership in any organizatiom cited as subversive by the wane : . wt ne