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reason om - ’ © % EFS t i “Opie Memlandum + UNITED Si.ES \ES GOVERNMENT ee TO : Mr. A.B. neon ; pars: yun ai, 1958 raom : OW. OC, sunivet! TION CONTAINED © ALLS FORMA ‘ NCLASS! SIFIED supyecr: eaux Copeson HEREIN 1S UI BYs Teo INTERNAL SECURITY - C Trotter. DATE #16 $t- Yesterday while talking wi Tale Roos ~ am gave me some information ‘about Paul Robeson. Gandy ee According to Paul Robeson ts becoming increasingly’ ai | effective out on the West Coast among the Negroes and especially amon ‘pome of the Negro clergymen. xplained that this is how he is, jn re ing his popularity: “Robeson approached the pastor of one of the more important Ne ro churches | in Los Angeles did not have the name of the church or the pastgr) and convinced the pastor to let him sing to his congregation. Robeson expl ‘the pastor could take up a collection for his church and the entire collectt could keep for his church and his members for he, Robeson, did not want any of it. “All he wanted to do was to sing and sing and sing. The pastor agreed and as a result of Paul Robeson's singing he collected over $1,100. This news spread quickly from pastor to pastor in the Los Angeles area. They saw possibilities in Paul Robeson for raising money for themselves and their churches, jand, therefore, he has been receiving invitations to sing which he accepts. a oy points out that in all these engagements Robeson gets across one or Mmore points in behalf of communism and Russian viewpoints. advised me that Paul Robeson is planning to take a trip into Mexico in the near future and that his wife will go to Jamaica. said that he had met Paul Robeson and on one occasion in this same connection, Robeson was heard to say to a person arranging for his Mexico trip: “Book me in as many churches in Mexico as possible." I aske who were the people arranging for |, Robeson's Mexican trip, He sai not know the names but believed we were e@ a two Jewish promoters. J | _ (0 Ag TE recognized that he didn't possess the details andexplained a 2 he didn't consider it proper for fs Shim to ask any pointed questions or make any specific inquiries, and, therefore, @ he retains only fragments of this or that conve rsation which he eng pages in or a * overhears. Akg | O-ptp OGY . 28 wesimm GA 7) te ae 1l- Mr. Belmont oe oo w ]- Mr. Baumgardner ‘ Cone ae A . A> Section tickler pli A+ Mr. Sullivan a bint af