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CONFID STTAL —— _ CONAENTIAL | COMMUNIST PARTY, , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTIVITIES A schedule is currently betas worked out for Gus 211, Herbert Aptheker, Henry Winston aad ether CP, USA deaders oO make speeches on behalf of the candidates, My g i The CP, USA does net expect its candidates will win. However, it is hoped their participation in the election will greatly assist in electing local Communist Party candidates. Not only does the running of the candidates furnish the CP, YSA with a vast amount of publicity and propaganda about its program, which it could not possibly afford otherwise, but it should also help establish in the minds,of the Amarican people that this is a legal political party. h It is generally realized among the CP, USA leadership that not a11 Communist Party members and sympathizers will ' vote for the CP, USA ticket. Some members sre already committed to support the Peace and Freedom Party, which is sC@hing Dr. Benjamin Spock for President and Mrs. Martin Luther” Kin for Vice President. The leaders @ Pea-e and Freedom Party &s being strongest in the eastern United States, but its principal defest is that it does not haye any national base or: expression. us Jr. In addition, there are CP, USA menbers who are already committed to support the presidentizi cen ney. of Senator Eugeng McCarthy. This is particularly true California, ¥ Ww This document contaias neither recommenda ions nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the properly of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its cantents are net to be distributed outside your agency. Mialeueal io tie tase aii TAL