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Bho hep — ET The Internal Security Sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee made available the Report of Proceedings of a Hearing, regarding the "Scope of Soviet Activity in the US," held before the committee on 2020657, The report contained the testimony of Carl Rachlin, identified as a New York Attorney and a nember of the Board of Directors of the New York Civil Liberties Union, who was an unofficial observer at the recent Connunist Party convention in New York City. Rachlin, who wag G COmapEerative witness, fur nis she d the committee his general observations and analysis of the . convention proceedings. His testimony included the following statement: "Another thing that they nade quite clear at the convention and which, tn a way, was distrubing, ta that tie CP is going to make an extra special effort to infiltrate into Negro mass organizations, JI read tn the press later | that Roy Wilkins, who ta the head of the NAACP, publicly repudiated then, but there ia no doubt fron the nature of te national committee elected, apororinately five or siz of the 20 were Negroes, that the CP ta going to nake an eztrenely special effort to infiltrate and take over control of Negro groups." Photostat of above described report enclosed with Bureau memo, 2227657 ‘Rez: CP, USA, 16th National Convention: IS=C 100- 3- 9976, encl. p.4591 (22