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WFO 116-132564 The file contained no additional pertinent information. WF T-l. learned on January 26, 1960, that DREW: PEARSON, newspaper columnist, had a luncheon appointment with the Soviet Ambassador, MIKHAIL A. MENSHIKOV, on that date. According to informant, PEARSON advised that Governor BROWN of California was in Washington, D. C., and PEARSON wondered if the Ambassador would like to change the luncheon appointment and have luncheon with PEARSON and the Governor. Informant learned that MENSHIKOV invited PEARSON and Governor BROVN to have lunch with him at the Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics at 1:00 p.m. on January 26, 196¢. fe olca) Special: Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation observed DREW PEARSON and Governor EDMUND G. BROWN enter the Soviet Embassy shortly before 1:00 p.m. on January 26, 1960. They observed Governor BROWN eave the i} Embassy about an hour later and observed PEARSON leaving the Embassy almost half an hour after Governor BROWN departed. $ \. ~2*—