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ba . . * . : . woe ferent Ee ee to eg cee I TIL ae Dee on he ee ae Bek a Fate at “ a » ~ ta a ‘ ~ ® sj le oer BS Vou et os Hats rates Bas} * ty a 5 | = ae ad = paced : ™, Office Memorandum ° “UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO a Mr. Le V. Boardman DATE: | August 12, ee ea rrom : Mrs Ae He B Q | | if es + suayecr: PAUL ROBESON” . Tieroed —— INTERNAL SECURITY = C a af tek BUPILE 100-12304 d — Robeson, a key figure of the New York Offite, has been denied a passport by the Department of State and has entered a civil suit "Paul Robeson v. John Foster Dulles" in an effort to appeal States’ decision and secure a passport. Attorneys in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice have been assigned the defense of this case. . © 7 Attorneys for Robeson have filed motions for preliminary injunction and summary judgment to be heard 8-16-55. oe i, ten wee ee On 811-55 the Department of Justice furnished a copy of a proposed affidavit drawn up for execution by —. Miss Frances G, Knight, Director, Passport Office, Department of State, to be filed with Department of Justices! opposition to plaintiffts motions and in support of its ecrossenotion for Summary judgment, The Department noted the proposed affidavit contains specifically in paragraph 18 a resume of information taken from "FBI files" (Bureau reports previously furnished Department of State) and forwarded this affidavit for clearances Department ign Bureau's decision by the afternoon of Paragraph 18 states: "In addition to the information te set forth above, consideration was given to information of a ” highly confidential character from another agency of the b Government which indicated, among other things, that the plaintifs 2 was a Communist: that he made frequent visits to the Soviet : Embassy and to tne embassies of other Iron Curtain countries, x that he associated upon many occasions with a number of Communt sts z and officials of the Communist Party, including residence with 1 such persons at their homes in various parts of the country,~ c and that he attended numerous Communist sponsored functions,. ar including in the recent past, the National Conference to Win “ae . Amnesty for the Victims of the Smith Act and a Ainner in behalf <Vv'of International Publishers, the official Cop ie house in the. United Btates. 1S ie SOR Eth 3 * ay! ASS Peat EO AU eae 42 AUG 16 1955 Baurigardne?. . "numa eghrouse I nae AONE Sua aig me Ba FE ENE RT, EE SG AES Ae Boe, Bee VETTE TRE TREMP Sappho Toe ey atk ETE heme ae caee 2 en aa ie fm IM ee