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Wallace has written several articles which appeared in the "Free World,® the publication of the Free World Association, a group in New York City subject to considerable Commmist influence. In March, 1942, he wrote "Economic Basis for Inter-American Relations." In August, 1943, he wrote an article entitled, ‘America Tomorrow." In June, 1942, he wrote an article entitled, "The Price of Free World Victory," which actually was a transcript of his speech before the second annual congress of the Free World Association. ‘This speech was later published in the Carpatho-Russian, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, and Ukrainian languages by the International Workers Order and received wide distribution. On June 10, 1943, at a meeting of the Victory Youth Club Branch of the Young Commmist League in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cards were passed out to those present to be used in corresponding with persons in the USSR. Each card bore_ printed statements by Vice President Wallace and Joseph EH. Davies, the former Anbassador to the Soviet Union, indicating their friendship toward Russia. Trip to South America and Contacts with South American Commnists Wallace was named a special emissary of the President of the United States to visit the majority of South and Latin American countries for good will purposes. On this trip he was accompanied by Lawrence Duggan, formerly of the State Depart- ment, and Hector Lazo, Assistant Director of the Board of Economic Warfare. While in Peru he granted a press conference to representatives of the United States and Peruvian press at which Special Agent George L. Keller was present. One reporter reminded Wallace of a statement he had made at a Pan-American press conference to the effect that the United States Government was thankful for the Commnist inter- _ vention in the present war and asked whether the United States placed Co b3