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eae tee a 7 ' ° . - E OF THE LEGAL ATTA_ _ EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HABANA, CUBA April il, 1946 2 etal Director, FBI “BITORTAL PAGINAS, 8. aka, Libreria Paginas: SECURITY MATTER C & BR bs " Reference ‘4g made to the report of Special Agent - C. Lawrence Rice dated April 11, 1946, at Habana, Cuba, in the above-entitlied matter, wherein information is set out concerning the advertisements featured by captioned company concerning the book "El Rngafio de Las Razsas" (The Deceit of | the Races), written by FERNANDO ORTIZ, President of the —°: 37%. INSTITUTO. DE INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL CUBANO-SOVIETICO (CUBAR~ 3 i 9 SOVIET INSTITUTE OP CULTURAL RELATIONS). tor ae ae Be - Sea = ‘Por the ‘Bureau's ‘further information, the: Communiaé < "gall newspaper "Hoy" has in recent weeks carried advertisements |< for ITFORIAL PAGINAS, S. A., featuring this book, and also. carrya~ng in the advertisement an endorsement of the book by | HENRYA-ALLACE, Secretary of Commerce of the United States. WHé~éndorsement is in effect as follows: "FERNANDO ORTIZ, & .4n his book, does away with the racial theories that. the - Nazl- ,o° . Fascists have sustained. It is published at an oppostuhe time -- gince despite the defeat of Nazi militarism thése thec® 7 _ still infest many parts of the world.” Beneath this aprecent . appears, what purports to be, the signature of HENRY AS AL EACLE, - and below that, Secretary of | Commerce. of the: ‘Unite a Statens aa ‘Likewise in the magazine, "Cuba y La UR 8.8.5" “pub ‘ished by the CUSAN-SOVIET INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL RELATIONS, — ’ WALLACE's endorsement 14 also mentioned in ads carried by _ EDITORIAL PAGINAS, 8. A. for the sale of this book, prowever _.. no Identification of WALLACE as an official of the. U, 8. Lo Government. Ais mades .. ; : RL INTORUEN rat ue HES RES MoD , phib/<lea BYS PES oe a nat Se ye) GLAD eo, ; a oy ae pet we oo ome a ine SORTCINAT. WOLED TN eee