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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 me a MAY 1P6Z EDITION . ii GBA GEN. REG. NO. 27 co fio UNITED STATES Gu. /RNMENT ~~ s a | : Memorandum aa \i TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-12304) Abe DATE: = 8/30/63 qi (100-399388) bay aw, ‘ FROM + ‘ff SAC, NEW YORK (100-25857 ’ ~ SUBJECT: PAUL LEROY ROBESON aka ae IS-C \ (00: es YORK) (CB) FSLANDA ROBESON aka raznn D / / OusAss Df oem sc MRS foul Fereg Kebeson (00: NEW YORK) 3 Re Legat letter dated 5/22/63. _ - - The NY Times, a daily NY newspaper, in An article published on 8/26/63, captioned ""ROBESON/TO REST IN EAST GERMANY" reflects that PAUIVROBESON/ with his wife and a friend, boarded a PolIsh airline flight oday.,, and flew to East Berlin. The article recorded at HARRY FRANCIS, a friend of ROBESON, stated that a ROBESON made the journey to the German Democratic Re- “ public where he will have a general medical checkup followed by a holiday in one of East Génidnys beautiful spas, The flight came after information-tmd- been reported “By the "Sunday Telegraph" concerning an attempt which was to be made to "smuggle" the 65 year old singer to a Soviet-bloc capital "to keep him quiet" because he had "“proken With Moscow". HARRYNRANCIS, who accompanied ROBESON to the London airport, where he boarded the plane for East Berlin, stated that reports of "smuggling" and ROBESON disillusion .with Moscow, were: "sheer nonsense", : a ee The NY Post, a daily NY newspaper, dated 8/26/63, E contains an article ¢c.,tioned "ROBESON IN E. BERLIN" which reflects that PAUL ROBESON was in East Berlin today for rest and medical treatment. The article mentioned that his agent HAROLIXDAVISON said that charges that ROBESON was "smuggled" behind the Iron Curtain were rediculous and that he will return in four or five weeks. ; ONTAINED FIED SRM, ere pat. mt al r i IMATION HEREIN fC UCLA ? ALL INFOQ DATE #4 2- # BY ss . —T, ta fh Bureau Ky: eo SEP. 4 1963 ———ee