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‘ 2 rapmane romero f. a COCFRMANTIAL Office Mem randum * UNITED S1A.£8 GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR, FBI (100-12304) pate: 6/28/58 SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-25861) 2 te 9f PAUL ROBESON CLASS. & FUT. BY ghee f wd. - is-¢ REASON-FCIM II, ited. 2 = ra DATE OF REVIEW j</$6 = 92 Reference is made to Los Angeles letter dated 3/20/58, in which it was reported that it that || PAUL ROBESON was in California for reasons other than his concert tour, namely, to consolidate the left forces in the CP. Further reference is made to New York lettera of 5/8/58 and 5/20/58. This is to advise that informants of the Los Angeles Office who might be in a position to have los | concerning PAUL ROBESON and his activities in the Ios Angeles area have been contacted, Onqigyyy 1 71D advised SA hat PAUL ROBESON has now re met to New York. owever, there has been some talk that he Plans to move to Los Angeles to live; however, as yet these plans are somewhat indefinite. This informant advised SA that PAITL ROBESON and PETTIS PERRY, a member of the National Committee of the CP who now resides in Los Angeles, Cc. are very close and see a great deal of each other, This informant stated that PETTIS PERRY has been heard to state that he had met with PAUL ROBESON and had persuaded him to sing at a recent "People's World" newspaper concert held for the benefit of the PW Communist newspaper in Los Angeles. “) Informant stated: that other individuals had tried to persuade a ROBESON to sing at such a concert but he had refused to y, ‘8 \ until PERRY had talked with him, — (5m A £ Ww ROBESON had had any political meetings with PETTIS PERRY or with other leading CP figures in the Los Angeles area This informant stated that he had no information to in- dicate that PAUL ROBESON was actually a member of the C or was allied with the Foster-Davis faction of the CP. Informant stated that he did not know whether?’ A, if (B> Bureau (REGISTERED) @- New York (100-25857) 4% - 1-65- PD cL Bub BD (REGISTERED 1- Los Angeles ogg fash tE _ {Ob Bo tT UR MLP: fet oo de (5) Fo mt 3 \ Reg. eye wg JUN 30 1958 n\ “4 a cyt a _ merce, | ag Ue aE Sscmuanton CONTAINED iN OTHERWI h LIS UNCLASSI 66 JUL15 1958 Surrnaesiong |