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THE FOREIGN SERVICE ae : OF THE - 8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA American Embassy 4 . Paris 8, France eR ALLINFORRATIC | CONTAINER Dater - Septenber 11, 1959 a .) PERERETS LODLASS ESD . To: ~ Director, FBI (100- i230) - (DATE fast tt BY sh. fly hl From: Legat, Paris (100-715) " Ae a / Subject: PAUL renot4 ROBESON : INTERNAL SECURITY -C =. . _. ae Re Paris letter 8/13/59. | C- As the Bureau was advised in relet, PAUL ROBESON ~ — was acheduled to appear as the star performer at a Conmuniast Festival sponsored by the Communist nowspapen_2L' Humanite”™ on 9/5/59 at Meudon, a suburb of Paris, Considerable publicity . hes appeared in "L'Humanite"” on almost a daily basis, and clippings were forwarded to the Bureau by routines slip 8/31/59. i, . Enclosed herewith is a page from "LtHumanite” of 9/4/59, which sete out the background of ROBESON. Also enclosed is ea page from "LtHumanite"™ of 9/5/59 captioned "A tout a ltheure, PAUL ROBESON” ("See you soon, PAUL ROBESON"), This article describes mesting ROBESON at “rly Airport, Paris, on 9/4/59. ~ ROGER*ROUCAUTE and ANDRE-@TIL, members of the Central Conmittes of the Communist Party of France, were present, among others at the airport, to welcome ROBESON to Paris. This article, in part, < K concerns an interview with ROBESON in which he mentions his early . + \. childhood and to some extent discusses his musical impressions. j | f° On concluding this interview, ROBESON states that he has always beer wroud to be a colored American, and has always been conscious i -Q of th Jetruggle which the workers and the colored "72 mE) hav 3 Coe %e REC. A [00 — Lf 28) Ag - 1 OS "hy 3 SEP 18 1959 : ri Bretonuné areas a = " . = &- Bureau (2 - New York 100-25887) o bo London (sent direct )agency 27é LP - Paria Reg. Ree'd : NWP: CM Date | For ‘ore 87 SEP Z3 1258) ican . ; ‘ open eee i