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<nseamae ry #D-9% (Rev. 23-08) ona UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF JNVESTIGATION SEDKET pepon of ie Office: WEW YORK File Nember: au 100- Tale: Gittins WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS Copy to: Character: SECURITY MATTER - C DU BOIS left the U.S. in August, 1958, and has been travelling abroad since that time. He maintains his residence at 31 Grace Court, Broollyn, NY. The "New York Times," issue of May 4, 1959, ‘announced under Moscow dateline of May 3, 1959, that DU BOIS had been the third American to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union along with its Premier NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, The article attributed a statement to DU BOIS in which he said, "I have never been a member of the Communist party .. . But I think Communism is the best system for all countries after this trip." IW is a loan fo your agency; 16—74485-1 ero This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. If is the Property of the FBI, a it and/or its contents are not fo be distributed outside your agency.