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Director, FBI CONE “NTVAL | September 23, 1949 events. These instructions have been/isSaed subsesuent to the receipt of information by the Department that ROBESON would be acepmpanied by an honor guard composed of members of the American Veterans Committee, which group weuld wndoubtcdly be composed of a number of Commmist Party members. According to at is the desire of the Police Department “Aah rtake the pelicing af thie rancrert in such & manner 86 that thaw 6 ClO2 C1 this Concery meg that onsy er may ascertain how € efficient and effectively various units of the Department could be mobilized in the evant of a disaster or national emergency. b Cc aaa :: Alert hagazine, (Anti-Communist publication WT in Los Angeles) advises that the Los Angeles County Council of the American Legion has adopted a resolution requesting all posts of the American Legion to remain away from the ROBESON meetin: and not to participate officially or otherwise in any demonstration in connection with it. Copies of this resolution have been sent to other civic and patriotic organizations in the area With a suggestion that they pass a similar resolution and ‘Similarly ecunsel their membership. a * fel Saf 3 advised that the Conference of Civic Organizations -{composed of various civic and patriotic organizations in the los Angeles area) held a press conference on September 21, 1949,/at which time they alsc adopted a policy of ignoring the ROBESON meetifg entirely. On September 19, 1949 after MYRA TANNERNVEISS, local Chairman of the Socialist Workers Party had announced through the circulation of letters in the city of Los Angeles that an army of 3,000 picked men would serve as a "defense guard" for the ROBESON meeting, the Los Angeles City Council passed a unanimous resolution recommending that the ROBESON concert be "ignored with a monumental silence and contempt". The City Council, : according to a news article appearing in the Los Angeles Examiner on September 19, 1949 termed the concert a "Communist trap of mod violence", Unless advised to the contrary by the Bureau, efforts will be made to have reliable confidential informants present at the meeting; however, no Special Agents will attend the meeting or otherwise be present in the ..- immediate vicinity. The Bureau will be advised of any important developments in connection with this matter. cow ‘TIAL. , 7 LN a Sn