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* ptt, 7 a ra i: THE FOREIGN SERVICE 2 an ‘ OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA American Embassy Paris 8, France ALL INFORMATION CON TAINED po ~ HEREIN ID Uno Lassipyep ae May 9, 1963... sag RAL 9d 4 Director, FBI (200-12304) whe “From: Legat, Paris (200-715) (2) ras Subject: PAUL LEROY ROBESON a a q ~ . Bet ‘torth below is a text of an unclassified ° Ley ae Pie. airgram dated May 4, 1963 to the Department of State, : nee (information London}, furnished the Paris Office on- ve May 7, 1963 from the * american Embassy, Paris, captioned .-- "Whereabouts of Paul Robeson and His Present Attitude oe Toward USSR and Communism Disputed Between Le Figaro and” 2 L' Humanite." - eee Be . 7 a De a . ae : te A “ee nies “The present whereabouts of Paul Robeson, the * American colored actor and singer, and his current = |. ota . attitude toward the Soviet Union and Communism were * Seugkodhee subjects of dispute between Le Figaro and L'Humanite on May 2 and 3. "Le Figaro in an article by its ai thority on co ver sms XXX, ‘reported on May “2 that “Robeson had returned to the of, U.S. after having broken with the Soviet Union because = al of its cultural oppression of minorities, Mistakenly - se “ claiming that the American singer had resided in the. aeagiess “ USSR during the period 1948-1963 (in the earlier part =. ~ of this period Robeson was unable to leave the U.S." because he had been denied a passport due to his .._. . identification with Communist causes), Le Figaro ree. ee tie Aste ported that Robeson thad just returned to the United States completely disillusioned, aged, ruined and te EE a me alone, ' Le Figaro said the singer had explained his. Th ga Ue oe 4 - B (1 - N Y so —_ — ,- > re noott Q2~ Hoe Toms 8 (20 Lasel a es oo - - Legat, London (sent direct) - i. = Paris: - ee F- may 14 1963 LPK:if 0 oe 68) Copy to... ses seal ” Ny — --- a by routing Bl, G8 i eaeusrasii ese: tot