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NY 100025857 The "New York Timea" fasue of August 4, 1959, on pages 5, carried an article entitled, "ROBESON Sees Rise of Fascism in the United States." This article, with a date- line Vienna, August 3, read as follows: — . *Panl Robeson, the American Negro oe singer, eharged today that United States es forei erat tey & was being infiltrated by Tw fascis ee Mr, Robeson delivered a general attack on his country'a foreign policy in e speech before the Commnmnist-run World Youth Fes= tival, but he said Vice President Richard M. Nixon's East ‘European tour might prove helpful. 7 Mr. Nixon's “trtp | ‘to the Soviet Union and Poland will demonstrate to the Vice President that the people who live in those countries really want peace, said Mr, Robeson, a longtime supporter of Comrmunist-front causes, Delegates to the festival who tried to auestian ap erittatzea Mr. Roehasnant « * statements were shouted down or Fuled ont of order dy the Communists, who control ew the program, oe , oe Mr. Robeson seid the American people ° cannot *talk of giving full freedom and . democracy to Africa when 18,000,000 of us do not have full fresdon in’ the’ United States.'* It is noted that the Seventh World Youth Festival owas held in Vienna, Austria, from July 26 to August ly 1959. The United States Festival Comittee sent delegates to this festival, A characterization of the United States . - Festival Comittee appeara in the Appendix attached hereto, | a 3 =