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ee ea oy oS Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ro so FBI (RM) PAB 1625156 =p SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY (14-0) SURJECTS PAUL ROBESON | . SEDITION rs << Cn 1/23/56 ones INverviened TeParoine case entitl > i _ ae Treasury, SGE, pufile 140-9086. This is also : tical with subject of investi pation entitled RSCAP . PART I II, OC file ; J~OL29. During this interview as discussing i, -{ some oF the events which took place while he was a < 4 _ prisoner of war and he brief t3 . while he was interned at “| the summer of 1652, PAUL RUBESON, an American singer, nansssonooh agcompanied by itisher, name not recalled, visited the camp. recalls thet durine his visit ROBESON sang @ song he now remembers as being | "Theat Old Black - | Hacie? and after his performance ROBESON circulated. among es the prisoners , particularly the Negro prisoners of war, ar and he alleged ttenpted to convert them to the Communist a way of life. steted this was done by ROBRSON'Ts COG comparing the Life of the American Negro and discrimination Ro and segregation in Ameries with the iife they could expect under Communism, ae : ated Bt a bi a an example. if mentioned that ROBESON did not discuss this oF dt with large groups of POW S 4 byt rather with smali vt groups and individuals. le sroted at this time he a7 foo" specifi recall 1 and an individua oo dei e those so contacted by ROBESON . e added he will mdke & special effort to recall the 9 names and identities of several others in ho - : were also approached by. ROBESON. +. _ ae cor Or ecornen-9g 722- ap ot . SS OG CEBYBe = ge. (3) _ Heyy Wane! rene 1088 | . “Ses ed INDEXED-98 | NaEees Aes Ny ih & St ~ ALL IY See TTON QOUT AINE i BY ih 4 _ : 4 oF rf a GF - PERSIAN J ide _ BAPE ed - pre SELIM