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4 . - fer - WY 100-56680 ORK ca wie eae vicinity of Peekskill, New Feork, were the outgrowth | ae of concerte given by singer PAUL ROBESON. The informant - stated that the concerts were held under the auspices weEaS a _-. Of the Harlem Division of the Civil Rights. Congress. wed oO tose ye de to be noted that PAUL ROBESON ie the’ rar an husband of ES ROBESORe wre ee COA Se DS. mR éNivised that PAUL ROBESON 1 was ae 0 FD. . contact m 1937 to January, 19.8 with WILLIAM Z.. = 2°. "7. POSTER, EUGENE DENNIS, HENRY WINSTON and BENJAMIN Je - 3 f° = DAVIS, JRe, mombers of the National | Committee of Be te _ Communist Party. © =. | oP a ert | ROBESON was also in close contact with EARL BROWDER, General Secretary of the Communist Party ae 4 for | a period following 1937. . a <<, — oo a — — ee advised that during e 1930's PAUL . , OBESON served as a confidential courier for the = Coss Wh Communist Party in the Caribbean area. Upon his «©... *¢. return to the United States from concert tours, he -—--- bE would report to Communist Party Headquarters. - advised a "Rally for Chinas held te at ee ee ae ae von New York City, ' sponsored = z mova _ on African Affairs. ROBESON began § — * hor ta talk at “thie rally by telling what a wonderful | oe country Russia was and how the Chinese people —. rn welcomed her as an American who was in sympathy -.—=.:2 25-02 with the Chinese people's cause. She praised the =. <., 5 - African people in their fight for freedom against = a opposition by the English, Dutch and American redone “| ments, and that the purpose for which she entered on a = _'=° this tour was to bring back to the American Progressive - , people the truth as she sew it in China, Russia and le Perticulerty ALPLCRe i me oe Ce ee ee Loy URS sa