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OPTIONAL FOmM WO. 10 ~ . . a 7" 3010-104 UNITED staTt 3 ou" *RNMENT aT™, - Memoranuum To: DIRECTOR, FBI (200-22304) DATE: Aug 10 1982 A 100-399388) EXOM : SAC, NEW YORK (100-25857) AV; 100~56680 SUBJECT: PAUL LEROY ROBESON | ~ INTERNAL SECURITY =¢ 1 - ESLANDAS ROBESON . SECURITY MATTER - C ReBulet to NY dated July 25, 1962, Relet requested analysis of subject's fiztes to determine whether possible violation of passport sanction provisions of Internal Security Act of 1950 by either Bubject, exists, _ The Department has advised in previous correspondence relating to passport sanctions, that in order to establish a violation under Section 6(a) (1) er (2) of this act, "it would be essential for the Government to prove Communist Party membership during the approximate period of the particular act involved, that is, the act of making ap- plication for a passport or the renewal of a passport or the act of using or attempting to use the passport", PAUL ROBESON and his wife, ESLANDA, have been in Europe and on concert tours abroad since approximately July,/, 1958, There is no information in the subject's files which indicates any present membership or continuation of past membership in the CP, Information in the file reflects that the CP of Great Britain had decided when the ROBESONS arrived there, that they should avoid becoming involved in any open CP activity and that they would not be asked to do anything on behalf of the Communist organization nor would they arrange any Party sponsored events for them, ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREI# IS UNCLASSIFIED . , iq DATE J-26- ¢/ BYsf-5 ofa) fo- 77 65 4). Bureau (RM) EC- 16 hon LEBO4 = : 1} 100-12304) ag AUG 13 1962 so ) 1 + New York (100-25857 OC ee om 1 - New York 100nseebo} <y-S A. Os