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December 19, 1955 Dear Your lecter of December 10, 1955, has been received, and I appreciate the intcrest which prompted your writing . While I would like to be of service in connection with your inquiry, data in the files of this Bureau is confi- : dential and available for official use only, Furthermore, . this Burea is st: ictly a fact- gathering agency and draws ne conclusions as to the character or integrity of any poe OF individual, organization or publication. hd : > . { Iam sure you will understand the rearon fox . . theee rules and will not infer that we do or that we do not ‘ , > have infowmation concerning the subject of your inquiry. Fu. wL. . ..— Sincerely youra, - _ John Edgar Hoover Director confidential informants of the. office of origin, Philadelphia, report no knowledge of Communist Party attempts to infiltrate American Friends Service Committee. Representatives of this Committee made a good-will tour to Russia in June, 1955, and a member of the Communist Party in Philadelphia was invited emddress a discussion group under the auspices of this Committee d object of this discussion group was of the picture andthere is no indin. ence, a in October, 1955. The all -to have the benefit af sileid Cation of Communist bow :