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‘ \ NY 100-25857 ayy \ "Paul Robeson then spoke about his programs in Rumania, Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, the etc. In Bucharest he is going to attend n folk-music. The West is now much’ a propagating a ‘new type of individualistic music, discarding Soviet Union a@ conference traditions and wlassical music. The apostles of this new music forget.that music is rooted in the people and speaks to the people. Mussorgsky, Bartok;. fully realized that. Robeson wishes to sing Bartok in the course of his performances in Hungary. Finally he said: 'I am very optimistic about the future because those are in majority~- Americans, English, Russians, the peace-loving people of the world - who are against war and who want peacei'*" on August ah, , Hungary. The greatest composers, like Enescu, . f. , ee The United States ‘Department of State, American Legation, Bucharest, Rumania, made information available on September 3 1959, which reflected’ that prior to leaving Rumania, 1959, PAUL ROBESON was quoted in the press in an interview as stating that, starting this year he hoped to "Live &ix months in each of the people's democracies" He said he would first return to Great Britain to play in "Othello" on September 1, 1959, and would attend a festival honoring "LiHumanite” in Paris, France, and would come to Rumania in November, 1959, where he would remain, at least in the beginning, for about two months. He said he would then travel to the Soviet Union and to / on September 4, 1959, ep ccnpe rh iptest estar n