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woh a orn ~— RY 100-25857 a The New York "Daily News" issue of August 4, ~ 1950 contained an article entitled, "Rule Robeson Passport "NG. The article reported that the State Department had cancelled — _ROBESON's passport to prevent his leaving tne country. It was reported that the State Department stamped ROBESON's passport ~ record "null and void" @ week ago after he had refused. to. ' ‘surrender it at the request of the State Department. This action was reportedly taken because the State Department does not Bitten © ROBESON's travel aborad “in the interest of. the United States." , "The New York “amsterdam News" issue of September Y, 1950, page 2, column 1, reported that at a press conference held on September & by the Council on.African Affairs, PAUL ROBESON said, "Negroes are not easy about being asked to shoot aown their brothers | in other haa ts of the wor 1a Phd 1 pos 4 i a at 5 On January 2s ‘1951 confidential Informant ac advised that PAUL ROBESON 18 the Cheirman of tne chilaidata on African Affairs. = - St WL on .: Confidential Informant Sy of known reliability, advised he attended a street meeting on that date at 116th street and St. Nicholas Avenue, New York City, which had been sponsored by the Harlem Trade Union Council. According to the informant, PAUL ROBESON nad been a speaker at the rally and in his speech ROBESON charged, "Capitalistic .. Imperialism is trying to impose on free people in Korea". — Then he made a compsrison between the 0.8. Civil war between the North and the Soutn, with that of Koreas .-~ Se "There is no difference between this two wars. The fight in Korea is between free people who wishes to continue be free and those who trys to enslave them. -Yes, and the sane double-crossers are noticed in Korea, like those double-crossers we had in the South of the Tnited States: Men who for money and power are always Teady to enslave his brotnerse o faa ‘ ° "United States nave ho ‘business to interfere ‘there, oo and it is up to us negroes to tel Truman and nis Beng that we want no war, but peace. aa o "They do not like for me end ‘others’ to speak. Bure, they are afraid that we will finally obtain the unity and raising of fifteen million negroes in the defense of our rignts as American citizense