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‘ - ie October 6, 1958 Director, FEI (100-99729) | O arrr Tr Maas = WILLIAM BE. B. DU BOIS SECURITY MATTER - C —EeE——————eE Subject is on the Security Index of the New York Qffice. He is a well-known Negro author and educator. He has been described as a concealed commmist who actually — ‘ joined. the Communist Party (CP) in 1944, but he testified | act al th before the Subversive Activities Control Board on ' 8-5 that he had never been a CP member although he yi Zabscetbed to the principles of Marxism-Leninism. The fi ‘ Bureau has information reflecting he has been affiliated with twenty-nine CP front groups and has served in a leader- ship capacity in twenty of them. ‘He was indicted in 1951 for failure to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1935, but a motion for a judgment of acquittal was entered November 20, 1951. - Enclosure Me |e = — 99 722g - Sov Tolson Boardman Belmont Mohr Nease ____ Parsons (6 } s Rosen __ Tamm Trotter €laytan Tele, Room —_ — —— Gondy MAIL ROOM LL INFORMA k CC Lae ti \p\e ee Holloman