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- . AT 100-5643 AT T-5 advised om Jume 8, 1954, that LYND had never been permitted to join the Communist Party while at Harvard because he could never séem to make up his mind that the Party was worthwhile. tt AT T-5 further advised on June 8, 1954, that the , Harvard Chapter of the American Youth for Democracy and the John Reed Society were organizations which in the late 1940's became completely Communist dominated and controlled by the Communist Party. American Youth for Democracy has beem designated by the U. S. Attorney General pursuant to Executive Order 10450. AT T-6 stated on March 7, 1963, that the Spelmam Peace Committee was a legitimate campus organization at Atlanta, Georgia, and that to the best knowledge of T-6, it was mot affiliated with any other group. T-6 advised that the Spelman Peace Committee conducted discussions on disarmament, nuclear testing and peace. T-6 further advised that the committee met in the on-campus apartment of STAUGHTON LYND and that LYND and ZINN were very active in this committee. Om May 21, 1962, AT T~7 said that subject was trying to recruit students to go to the Eighth World Youth Festival in Finland the following summer, A characterization of the Eighth World Youth Festival is included in the Appendix of this report. On November 20, 1961, AT T~1 stated that. four members of a soviet youth delegation visited im Atlanta from November 3 through 8, 1961. This visit was spomsored by the Youmg Adult Council of the National Social Welfare Assembly, New York City. AT T-I said that om the night of November 3, 1961, the delegation had dimmer at the Student Cafeteria at Spelman College where the subject served as host.