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’ Movements, Foreign Policy Adviser to Indian Socialist Party, - - 1956-1959, traveled extensively during past three years” {n~ i 2 STATS DePARTWEFT OF 1 o£ O44 . sys - deral Bureau of Inveetiga.ion | In Reply, Please Refer to File ¢ WM Tine 27 19720 AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE On June 17, 1960, a confidential source furnished a flyer concerning “The Week-Long-flidwest Institute at Conference Point Camp on BeautifGl'Lake Geneva =~ July 16-23, 196 “This“flyer identifies the spcrsor of this conference as the Axerican Friends Service Committee and states that the idea behind this institute is that in the age of the hydrogen bomb, when men and nations desperately need to find a new direction, many serious people feel bewildered and helpless in the face of forces of terrifying proportions seemingly vying for control. The American Friends Service Committee's view is that the individual can contribute constructively. He can infprm himself of the issues at stake. He can decide where he stands in the contest between wiolence and human dignity. He can join with others similarly concerned to make their voices and actions clear. : : The flyer identifies the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) as a Quaker organization working in national and international fields of social action and service. People of all races, nationalities and religions are active in its work. a . : ae The leaflet identifies the following individuals _ a8 participants in this Anstitute: moe AL . . Gis “WILLIAM-€,; DAVIDON, Theoretical Physicist, Argonne", Rational Laboratory, Chairman of Uhicago Chapter, Federation iY of American Scientists, member, Third Pugwash Conference of ~ International Scientists, Kitzbuhl-Vienna, co-author '1970 Without Arms Control' and contributor, ‘Bulletin of Atcmic Scientists’, an \. . as UPTA, Quaker, born and educated in India in engifeérin, aw, history and military; active in Gandhin | Independence Movement and later in the Labor and Peasant : Rear East, India and Russia, presently lecturer in Asian studies at Southern Illinois University.. :