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nee cere ere ree ' o YS: to | S28, LHPORAATION COTTIER ome, r EXCEPT WHERE SHORE , a TREATS a abiese ase * foo hog aa EE moni rs WEEOK * 16574 | fo investigation pertinent to your r iaquiry hes been conducted by the FBI concerning the captt ned 2 individual. However, a review ef FBI files cts. that in May, Pte a source that has shed reliable. - ~ information the pest advised thet the American Youth? for Democracy san a list captioned "Recomended Reading — - ‘List for American Youth for Democracy," listed the book ~ --- entitled "fhe Noon Is Dew" by John Steinbeck. The American Youth for Democracy hee been ited by the Attorney, / — General pursuant to Executive Order 10 m (61-777- ~ 31560, informant te Yr gover ney 4 investigations ne oreed advised that on August 23, IS&T, aes a correspondent ef the "Dally Worker," an east coast -_ mi communist newspaper, was in Rio De Janeiro, Brasil, = - jf conferring with leaders of the Communist Party in Brasil. - The discussion related to invitations to visit Bractl | ; to be sent to various American writers and to ascertain whether they would be permitted te remain in Ric De Jansire, The name of John Steinbeck was given as ene who would receive an invitation from the Communist Party in Brazil. (100-51267=81) files further reflect thet a nevepaper review. appeared tat the April 16, 1948, iesue of the "Daily Yorker,” eonserning John Steinbeck's book, “ A Rusaien Journal, * relating to his experiences while on ae three-week tour _— of the Soviet Union in the Sunmer ef 1947. The writer Te ef the review appeared to doubt Steinveck's ability te =| > portray life in Soviet Russ{a authoritatively since ne — was there for such @ short period of tine. . te 3 ‘ (100-10622),-6) -. . ort: end one ts Ns vetQROD 1/00 “106 ait y M. L. Armstrong/ j Vm tad F900 ye NOV 21856 g seu oe hE Nal fol