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am she must Imow are the bad points, J Gemocracy in this country are, relatively speaking, further, adys Eb “Politburo wanted them to hear and read. Foreign correspondents wre “ allowed little freedom, a “Mre. Robeson said, twenty years ago, Russia encouraged American travel to Russia through the INTOURIST Bureau etc.; but, when she found so many Americans not reporting the truth, she had to clamp down the lid, “Wire. Robeson seemed to biktkk that Marshall Plan aid furnished western - - = 3 European countries carried restrictions - mentioned U. 5. propaganda im =~ * *- Italy before the elections thers two years agc, Italy didn't get knericen— aid untess she voted right etc. While Mrs. Robeson volunteered the statement she is not a Communiet, she defended Moscow policies = no discrimination against negroes ete, wile’ here in the U.8., eepecially in the south, plenty of discrimination, | SI mentioned refusal of Chinese Commnista to permit foreign correspondents: to file dispatches; again countered by the statement that, if only correspomients told the truth, there would be no restrictlonse “However, she seemed certain that if I wanted to go to China with 4 a group - a wg of American businessmen to learn the truth, it could be arranged; asked _--.- when I wanted to go, to which I replied ‘Sumer would be the best time - dll rh bat don't take thet as a commitment? 3 Yrs. Robeson is a rather pleasing and attractive person, a pereuasive” person, apparently part white, She feels she can understand the Chiness i Communists; they have been exploited just as the negroes have beam - 22-0 exploited; and the fact that mo race diecrimination is practiced in Russia is one thing which appeals to her moat. “Warch 29, 1950 | "Thinking of our talk overnight, I am pretty well convinced thet. irs. Robeson, even if not a Communist, certainly is a prty-line followers ~ She plays up all the good points of Communism and refuses to. Te shat . —_ in the U.S. than in other countries she has visited.* 48 2 Speeches _s and Miscellaneous Activities Bobs