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APPENDIX CONFIBRNTIAL NY 100-25857 CHICAGO COUNCIL OFAMERICAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP CCASF Maus GrALIGULS Ob eee «Ss / 0 rst Annual Report CCASF", an undated publication whic py Stated that the CCASF was incorporated in July, 1943. This document stated "the council's affiliation with the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship was validated August 11.(1943). The present name was adopted to conform to standard national practice. It should be noted, however, that the Chicago Council is entirely autonomous; the govern- ment of its affairs rests exclusively in the hands of the Chicago Executive Board". A source advised on June 20, 1956, that at an Executive Committee meeting of the CCASF an officer of the organization stated that the aim of the council was peaceful coexistence and friendship with the USSR. A second source advised on May 1, 1958, that the CCASF continues touse its facilities for the purpose of propagandizing for international peace and cultural exchange with the USSR. This source advised that even though the CCASF claims to be autonomous, leaders of this group are frequently in contact with and its program follows that of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (NCASF). -21=