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NY 65-16659 | uo, + Se . 7 i . ; yt rs ‘ Lety “ -te nm a re ee a een eer | =~. a, n ree Hee e ta * «Statement of aprii 7, i95u Me WP ear - Te . is E & ann foie” sv , PAUL CROUCH furnished a supplemental statement to Sh ALBERT RUNDBAKEN of the Fhiladelpbia Division on April 7, 195). CROUCH, in this statement, stated that he had conversed with LEONARD _PATTERSON, former Communist Party member, since furnishing his statement of April 6, |, 1954. According to CROUC!!, PATTERSON said he had been acquainted with A} JOSEPH POTASH over a period of some years, beginning in 1933, and:that oot. es ’ throughout the period | PATTERSON lmew LASH as a member of the Young Commmist League ai @ member of the Communist rartys PATTERSON said ne had Geen in ~ - od * many closed Communist meetings with LASH. CROUCH noted, however, that LASH © ©. ‘g-°."' by means of a statement published in the "New York Times", date not indicated, declared that never in his life had he been a member either of the Communist Party or of the lounz cheaper rare CROUCH further noted in his state- 2 Sy: pCa ees ment of April 7, 195) that/CrLBE er PARKS had testified in Executive Session before the United States Senate Sub-Committee on Internal Security a d also testified before loyalty hearings regarding his wife, GERD .; SE — CROL —_ PA iT. bd =2% é a wa 1f' 1 De Interview of Ula Merl on Ep So f a@noq 10, 275u re In addition to the foregoing statements made by CROUCH, he also furnished certain additional information set forth below on April 6, 7, and 16, 1954 at Philadelphia. On April 6th he was interviewed by SA ALBERT RUNDBAKEN and CARL E. CLAIBORNE; on April 7th and 16th, by SA RUNDBAKEN. engi I at CROUCH explained that the gathering of general intelligence re information was probably more descriptive of what he meant than was the --*. TU ya term of espionage, in relation to instant mater. : " a Z In the course of his statement of April 6, 1954, CROUCH declared "The informants, including GILBERT L. PARKS, HOWARD LEF, ” MALCOLM COTTON DOBBS, and JOSEPH S. GELDZRS, at that time all expressed the opinion which was . transmitted to the Communist Party that the President had fallen for the misrepresentation of the Chinese Communists and had been fooled into beliew- ing that the Soviet Union no longer intended to conquer the world and establish Communism in the United States and throughout the world by revolution at a future opportune momement.™ eo, Concerning this statement, CROUCH declared that the opinion ae of the informants he mentioned had been arrived at through conversations they had had with Fresident ROOSEVELT and through contacts with various other pevsidential advisors. - 1 1 1 . os . ’ -= - . . eo ‘ aa _ we