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WY 2100-25857 ke x Evin thia effair would ba divided between the fsmilies of olitics! prisoners and political rafugees, According te ALTSHULER listed PAUL ROBESON as being % monber of the anquet Sponsoring Commi ttece a With regard to the Bronx Commi ttes ‘for ‘the Freedom b/p of Political Prisoners in November, 195), advised that - f the organization a formed in 1952, by CP™hembers in the Bronx, New York, described this committee as the type .-.. of Communiat group that ia formed im @ local vicinity for the sole purpose of agitating for amnesty for convicted CF leaders, According to the committea has no membership. or formal organizetional aseat-up and comes into activity only when ah amnesty drive is in progress, (a C, Subjestts Activities in and/or Subversive Ramifications - ; of Hia Passport Case - , On duly 19, 1955, Mr, ASHLEY J. WICHOLAS, | Assiatant Director, Passport Office, United States Department of State, Washington, D, C,., advised SA ae subject and bis attorney, LEONARD”BOUDIN, - conferred with Misa FRANCES G. KNIGHT, MMrector of the Passport Office, on July 18, 1955, relative to obtaining a. passport for the anbfect, tn the afternoon, this same - =. 5.-- date, various State Department officials conferred with the subject and the question of subject's restriction in vs travelling to Caneda was discussed, The subject and BOUDIN raised this queation, inasmuch as ROBESON desired to travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, in July, 1955, . ; WICHOLAS advined that on duly 19, 1958, he. telephonically contacted subject's attorney and informed — him of the State Dapartmentia decision to allow tha subject to travel in Canada, NICHOLAS added, however, that no - decision has been reached on the matter of Iasuing @- 0 © ve passport to ROBESON for proposed traved abroad, paler . 7 re a who has furnished reliable information in ‘b Ye past, edvised on June 2], 1950, that he knew: LEONARD Bees /BOUDIN to be a concealed member of the CP and actively ts "associated with Communiat fronta pricr to F 19S ce Mt ate