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NY 100-25857 II. AFFILIATION WITH THE CP MOVEMENT. Terf Annas «+f An : tae Re BVLGEnce OL Ur SyYMNDaTNIGs. -- The United States Department of State, American Legation, Edinburgh, Scotland, made informtion available on May 3, 1960, which reflected that PAUL ROBESON was at the annual "gala Day" assembly of the Scottish Miners N.U.M. This information reflected that the » Botta Miners of the N.U.M. celebrated May Day with their annual “Gala Day" parade and picnic held in the grounds of Holyrood Park. An estimated 20,000 people attended, inchiing a delegation of thirty Russian miners. — PAUL ROBESON was in the front rank of the parade sharing honors with the MOFFATT brothers (well known Communist leaders of the Scottish miners) and with WILLIAM PAYNTER, General Secretary of the N.U.M. Following the parade at the large open air assembly area ROPRESON sang and addressed the gathering. The main theme of the parade, as evidenced by banners and floats was racial discrimination in Africa and there was some moderate display of protest banners on the nuclear bomb. As always the parade and assembly were orderly and after the speech making was finished the crowd settled down to picnicking on the grounds. ROBESON was not separately interviewed by the press and received about the same attention from it as would any featured speaker at such a gathering. — Se