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TFANDARD FORM ND. 64 ey ‘ j é Lot x Office Memorandum + onrrEp sTATES GOVERNMENT i en “ar. Nichols” on pare, | May 4, 1953 SUBJECT: TEIF VISON SPEECH aad f "A DRE, = PULTONSE. = a fv Tae is | Y BISHOP, WEW YORK _ Ser" . At your request, there is set out a brief resume of a reference to the FBI in the television speech o® Fulton Sheen, Auriliary Bishop of Wew York, on April 26, 1953. This program was not monitored and the following data is based on @ recollection of the program by SA Hein, Crine Reco Section: Sheen's speech attacked Communtsan and the present "peace maneuvers" of Communism. He stated thet Communists have always perated with the same deceptive and deceitful tactics. In llustration, he menttoned an tncident whitch occurred some years ago hen he was teaching at co Washington, D. C., college. Prior to ne of hts classes, a@ young man contacted him, claiming to have een a refugee from a Communist country where his parents had been urged. The caller claimed to have written a book erposing ommunism, to possess confidential Communist documents, and to be eager to accompany Sheen around ‘the country tn Sheen s verbal ttacks on Communism. The caller wanted an immediate answer to his equest. , ~. Sheen stated that he put off an answer to the caller and immediately thereafter notified the FBI that he had been “visited by a Soviet agent,” giving the FBI the name of the caller. According to Sheen, the FBI told him the man was, tn fact, a Communist of some tmportance, who had been "lost" for some time. According to Sheen, the FBI requested that he present all information he had and told wim: the FBI would handle the matter from thereon. Sheen satd he had recognized this imposter because Communists always hove used the same tactics. He made no compli= mentary statements concerning the FBI. It appeared that he merely restated @ prevtous happening tn t ustration. t his lecture. ACL INEOR ATION CONTARED” °° ‘j a HERENS IS UNCLASSIFIED | RECOMMENDATION: ro DATE aePO BY SPO apg [elo “ It ts belteved thot, based on the above recollection of t / this program, there ts no need fora complimentary letver to . 2 , . ¢ < Btshop Sheen for pr aneneeoae of “orig. tncident. . y Sr JHit RERGROED 13. SE 18 | Lv: inay 4 ey af E59 ic Own iudau