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‘ae | ono, “EMORANDUM UNITED sthu rovers tt TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (1001230) DATE: 13/14/57 FROM : SAC, NEY YORK (100-25857) CON t Gin, SuBrEct: FAUL LE ROY ROBESON, WES e, I8-¢ : . ' Reference is made to NY Airtel dated 11/5/57, 6 On 11/6/57, IRI 204 that on that date captioned subiect wa contact with his son, PAUL ROBESON, JR. Subject discussed his recent tour of California and commented on various plans for the future, WEE «0:30 subject stated that the one important Thins to him is that the ministers in the Bay area « San Francisreo and Oakland ~- have a pattern of banding together and this includes minister's councils, Baptist Alliance and interdenominational groups, These people, ROBESON stated, are workin~ to obtain an auditorium for him. He pointed out that during his recent tour he obtained an auditorium in Stockton, California, He also sang in a school and in Sacramento, California, he san~ for a minister's union in a Baptist Church, LS RED a | eeyer ie | a SOCTATTON SONTA Nap Fe Hiv 1 OF bse siatea ! 9 Subject stated everybody attended his Sacramento concert including the critics from the citv's two newspapers. Following the procram, these critics came to the stare, greeted RORESON, and led him to believe they are new behind him in his efforts to obtain an auditorium in Sacramento, rf OLHLAWI Subject commented he was extremely well received in California and expected to return there near the end of November, 1957. ROBESON stated tat GOODRICH (ph) had -set thincs up in Omaha, Nebraska and he, the subject, will stop in Omaha on his way to California later this month, ROBESON stated he expects to Freep busy in California where in Los Angeles he has been so well received bv SWITCHMAN's (ph) Church and the Amerisan Committee Por Protection\of Foreicn Born, Pt Boh Mt P. 1, BYDP-S7 RICE ar 7 ) \ “le OR 4 His new burst of activity has given him a hance to oe os UE around both on the East and West Coast. Bi é | * a COPIES: RECORDED - 20 re ) B72. 35 BY. "ipso x nia a wae ms —— 28 pBureau (100-12304) (RM) (Encls. 5) j - das ree Angeles (100-25561) (RM) = “NOV v8 TT - tent .2-San Francisco ( ) -Omaha (INFO. ) New tow Yoke a te ithe New Yori 8 © NOV 26 4957 r AI s0 > Ms a See