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Memorandum for Mr. Sullivan RE: HOWARD ZINN 100-360217 Subject's name was deleted from the Security Index in July, 1955, under the Security Index Review Project then in foree because of absence of evidence of CP membership within the past five years or evidence of substantial active participation in communist front organizations within the prior three years. In October, 1956 [eet aati member of the CP from 1948-ol, advise a e knew Howard Zinn 6 to be a CP member about 1950-51 and believed him to be a CP pyc member as of October, 1956, although he could not substantiate BID this belief. Following receipt of this allegation, the —_ source was recontacted for more specifics at which time claimed that Zinn was a CP member from at least 1949 unt about the middle of 1953, his knowledge being based upon the fact that although not in the same CP club as Zinn he was in the same section and attended CP meetings with Zinn. Inves- tigation at that time failed to develop additional evidence of CP membership. Subject's continued demonstration of procommunist and anti-U.S. sympathies appear to stem from his activities at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, where he was employed as a professor fron 1958-63 and involve the following: Zinn organized a seminar in Atlanta, Georgia, on "American Policy Toward Cuba‘ which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, 5/9-10/62. William Worthy, the pro~-Castro reporter for the Negro newspaper “Baltimore Afro-American," was one of the speakers and denounced U.S. policy toward Cuba. According to a source in attendance, Zinn appeared to be in complete agreement with Worthy. sponsors calling for a demonstration in front of the White House in that month by students from all over the United States demanding the ending of all nuclear testing and termination of the Civil Defense Program. | In February, 1962, Zinn was one of a number of In May, 1962, it was reported that Zinn was attempting to recruit students to go to the 8th World Youth Festival to be held in Finland in ‘the Summer of 1963. In November, 1961, subject was a host at a dinner held in the student cafeteria at Spelman College in honor of four members of a Soviet delegation then visiting - Qe