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EE EE IEEE BZ OC OE®$]7AQ_Q‘ _ _————————E—_ te a ete ee . . bn ee el teehee “@ ae Ame eo. re an) a ee neem eam OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ( e “ ) : a UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO : Mr. Hoover . DATE: PERSONAL SAC Auerbach A . rele, SUBJECT: EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN Y bot, Ingramt— GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA caf | Miss Gandy—-— Ly too he I For your personal information, Governor BROWN calléd)jj =: - me today to tell me that he had received an invitation from by {the Soviet Embassy to have dinner there during the course of Werte the inauguration ceremonies in Washington and said that he wanted to discuss the situation with me concerning it. He said that, by he would be glad to do anything that the FBI wanted him to do LA bee jn connection with the visit, i.e., ask specific questions of} any kind of the Soviet Ambassador, etc. pre | I pointed out to the Governor that undoubtedly other Governors and prominent officials had received similar invita- tions and that it being a purely social occasion, I did not see that there would be any opportunity to “do any good" in connection with the visit. Governor BROWN advised that when he went back several weeks ago to see President-elect KENNEDY, he had received an invitation at that time at his hotel to visit with the Soviet Ambassador, which he had turned down. He said that he felt that the invitation came about by the fact that several years ago he had gone to dinner with the Soviet Ambassador as a guest of DREW PEARSON and that he supposed that based on this incident, the Ambassador felt that he could utilize the visit from the California Governor for propaganda purposes. In view of my comments that I did not see anything whereby he could be of value to us in the situation, Governor BROWN said that he was turning down the invitation flat. It appears that the Governor has somewhat come of age with some maturity now and is thinking along the right lines |wren he comes to the FBI in connection with such situations and I thought you would like to know about it. eR bo 262 oi cc acemeneain aaa apie