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INTERNAL Counterespionage x FBI investigations in the counterespionage field during Fiscal 1975 continued to detect evi- dence of Soviet attempts to penetrate the United States intelligence community, In June, 1975, a permanent resident alien from Lebanon residing in New York City and an American citizen residing in Rockville, Maryland, were arrested by FBI Agents and charged with the violation of two espionage statutes. These vio- lations concerned the photographing of national defense information by the American and subse- quent transmittal of the photographs by the Lebanese to a foreign country. Affidavits accom- panying the complaint charged that the Lebanese was recruited and trained overseas to spy for the Soviet Union, and that following his arrival in the United States in 1968, he was controlled by three successive Soviet intelligence officers connected with the Soviet Mission to the United Nations. Soviet-bloc personnel in the United States — assigned to United Nations Missions, the United Nations Secretariat and other official enterprises of their governments that have offices here — , have increased from 1,092 on July 1, 1971,to 1,684 by the close of Fiscal 1975. A large num- activities. “* The People’s Republic of China (PRC), whose official representation in the United States as of July 1, 1974, numbered 86, now has 189 officials in this country. They, too, constitute a potential for the perpetration of hostile intelli- os gence activities. . In addition to diplomatic representatives, the ever-increasing number of visitors from communist countries who enter the United States under busi- ness und trade agreements and official exchange programs, or to visit relatives, are a valuable -S“@gource of potential intelligence operatives. The above factors highlight the importance of the FBI's counterintelligence responsibilities in a never-ending silent battle to combat and thwart this constant threat from abroad. ber of these officials are engaged in intelligence ~ SECURITY... Communist Party, USA The Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), con- tinues to be an arm of the international commu- nist movement dominated by the Soviet Union (SU); as such, it constitutes @ threat to the Sé- curity of the United States, Its youth group, the Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL), has established chapters throughout the U, S. for the purpose of educating youth in Marxist-Leninist doctrine and attracting recruits. The combined membership of the CPUSA and its youth group is estimated at 4,500. 4A ae Progressive Labor Party (PLP) The PLP, which was founded in 1965, a- dopted a constitution which “‘resolved to build a revolutionary movement’’ and ‘‘build a socialist USA with all power in the hands of the working people.’’ According to its National Chairman, the PLP advocates the violent overthrow of the Government. It is headquartered in New York City and has chapters in more than 25 cities in the U. S. PLP-sponsored May Day demonstrations, May 3, 1975, were held simultaneously in Boston, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; and Los An- geles, California. Hundreds of individuals par- ticipated in these demonstrations, and violent activity was reported in Boston and Los Angeles. National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) NCLC, which was formed in 1969, has moved from its early goal of attempting to form a social- ist America to its present goal of gaining state power, by force if necessary, by 1979 and world power by the year 2000. Members of NCLC have been known to be armed and tw have engaged in fights, beatings, kidnapings, and Bt least one shooting. NCLC has increased in sige from fewer than 50 members at its inception to its present membership of over 1,000, It is located in more