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ae Oa | | APPENDIX CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE AMERICAN FREEDOMS A source advised on May 7, 1959 that the Citizens committee to Preserve American Freedoms was organized in Los geles, California, in January, 1952, for the announced purpose of supporting a number of individuals from the medical and legal professions g#ho had been subpoenacd to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Since its establishment, the Citizens Committce to Preserve American Freedoms, in extending its scope, has worked for the abolition of 111 Congressional, State, and local committees investipating subversive activities and in the latter part of 1954 became very active in opposition to State anc Federal legislation directed at the Communist movement. FRANK WILKINSON, Executive Secretary of the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms, is described by the informant as the "brains and energy" behind the organization. The Citizens Committee to Preserve Anerican Freedoinc is not a membership organization. It is an Exccutive Board with a large mailing list which builds up support behind particular issues rather than behind an organizational program. Another source advised on September 17, 1952, that FRANK WILKINSON was a Communist party member us of September, 1952. APPENDTX