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ow 2 te art ; oe SO MALES 1ogg anae oe - daily newspaper "Hoy" has in recent weeks carried advertisements , 1 . c1CE OF THE LEGAL ATTA, EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HABANA, CUBA April 11, 1946 Director, FBI RE: EDITORIAL PAGINAS, S. A., aka, Libreria Paginas SECURITY MATTER C & R Dear Sir: Reference is made to the report of Special Agent C. Lawrence Rice dated April 11, 1946, at Habana, Cuba, in the above-entitled matter, wherein information is set out concerning the advertisements featured by captioned company concerning the book “El Engafio de Las Razas" (The Deceit of the Races), written by FERNANDO ORTIZ, President of the INSTITUTO DE INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL CUBANO-SOVIETICO (CUBAN- SOVisT INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL RELATIONS ). a For the Bureau's further information, the Communist for EDTPORIAL PAGINAS, S. A., featuring this book, and also carrysng in the advertisement an endorsement of the book by RYWALLACE, Secretary of Commerce of the United States. He endorsement is in effect as follows: "FERNANDO ORTIZ, in his book, does away with the racial theories that the Nazi- Fascists have sustained. It is published at an oppoxiusie time Since despite the defeat of Nazi militarism these theo*ies still infest many parts of the world." Beneath this apg tocont appears, what purports to be, the signature of HENRY AP WALIACE, = and below that, Secretary of Commerce of the United Stateyre: me oS e FILED IN / O@ 334305 -G Likewise in the magazine, "Cuba y La U.R.S.S.," pub- S lished by the CUSAN-SOVIET INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL RELATIONS, WALLACE's endorsement is also mentioned in ads carried by EDITORIAL PAGINAS, S, A. for the sale of this book, however, no identification of WALLACE as an official of the U. S. Government is made, Ary mICNOMAATION CONTAINED = very truay yours GT ALAS ie ne PAT S//le/€3 BYS PIGSES: — LOANE J. A ANDATT, A . mee 2akoo= ag CLMLEL ~ 31K 31-19 amma: eS