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ON WEST COAST... “ WEEK OF 10-2-6]1 _. COMMUNIST PARTY, USA (CPUSA) AND NUCLEAR TESTING This afternoon Ed Guthman, Special Assistant for Public Information in the Department, telephoned Wick. He said the Attorney General this week will be in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. While in these cities he will hold press conferences. Guthman said he thought it might be well if the Attorney General has a sheet on which is written the CPUSA reaction to the announcement by the Soviet concerning resumption of nuclear testing. Guthman said he recalled the Communist ' Party first came out against it and then found itself in a position of having to reverse _ themselves practically over night, which they did. He thought perhaps the Attorney General can answer a question or two on this matter. Guthman asked if we could get up a sheet on which would be written the data he could hand to the Attorney General for answering questions in this regard. i The Communist Party did find itself in the position of reversing its stand “7| when the September 3 issue of "The Worker" came out against nuclear testing, the | Soviet then announced the testing and "The Worker" issue of September 10 had to uptity the position taken the previous week. Z — Since this matter has been aired in the press in the past, subsequent to [ne Dom it is believed no harm will be done in giving the attached sheet, prepared by od sy \ : "- - the Domestic Intelligence Division, to Mr. Guthman for use by the Attorney General as pemenmarnr ee f indicated. What the Attorney General will be doing is simply commenting on material : ‘'lwhich We here previously called to fhe witention ofthe PFeeery <7 ) , i, a s sou Additionally, the attached material appeared drostance he the. fh. \ Current Intelligence Analysis" disserainated by the Bureau 9-13-61. , ceed f. | ‘Enclosure Zo, aenaae es OCT S 1961 = 1- Mr. Belmont ay, G Lope ta 2] pean oo 1 - Mr. Sullivan , "y om SEE RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE ge awe REW: sak oe (5) - . woo cis 0 ev