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UNI1. STATES DEPARTMENT OF sUstice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. Philadelphia, Fennsylvania Decexber 16, 1964 —<=-~ AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVISE CONMICTEE (AFSC) A source on December 1, 1960 pum ienea the following report on the appearance of ARNOLD,JOHNSON, Staff Member, Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), at Philadelphia, Pa,, on November 21, 1964, ‘where he spoke at the "Saturday Opinion Forum” for high school students in the Philadelphia area, hel3 at Friends Select School, 17th and Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa., at a cost of $1.50 per person: I. Background On November 21, 1964, ARNOLD JOHNSON spoke before a group of students on the topic of peaceful coexistence, The speech came as part of a program, "Comminism - Principle and Practice," which was one of a number of Saturday Opinion Forums sponsored by the Friends Peace Committee and the American Friends Service Com Mr. JOENSON was debating the question of “Resolved - that the United States of A facefully coexist with Communism" with Mr. THOMAS 00D, JR. Mr. JOHNSON took the negative side in the-flebate. fA II. The Speech Itself : Mr, JOHNSON opened the speech with the expressed desire to "clear up some basic misconceptions” about the American Communist Party: ENCLOSURE