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SF 116-52286 EOR/Jr Page 22 of Section 1 of the "San Francisco Examiner" for October 27, 1958, contained a full page political advertisement which reflected it was paid for by the Citizens for the Right to Know, 609 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 17, California. This advertisement was captioned "Brown's Little Green Book That Turned Red.'"' It states that the Division of Criminal Law and Enforcement of the Department of Justice of the State of California published a pooklet entitled "quide to Community Relations for Peace Officers" and that this booklet was published while EDMUND G. BROWN was Attorney General. The article then states that several of the authors of the recommended pooks, pamphlets, and audiovisual aids listed in the bibliography of the above pamphlet have been identified as members of the Communist Party or had been listed in front organizations. Inasmuch as this is one of the many publications 4ssued by the California State Department of Justice during the time that EDMUND G. BROWN was the Attorney General, it 4g believed that the authors listed in the bibliography of this book are so remotely connected with Governor BROWN personally, that this material was not incorporated in the details of this report. In view of the above material set forth on the administrative pages of this report relating to the loyalty of the Applicant, the usual statement indicating that other Confidential Informants have no information concerning the Applicant was not {ncorporated in the details of this report. Newspaper libraries were not checked in this case in view of Bureau instructions that the inquiry of Governor BROWN should be limited to a discreet number of interviews and necessary agency checks. N / \ f cover Page