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CONFYRENTIAL ‘Mr. Baldwin's letter is attached. <A reply to Mr. Baldwin ts also attached for your approval. : For your information, the Highlander Folk School at Monteagle, Tennessee, is the subject of an eight-section Bureau case file and considerable investigation was con~ ucted concerning this school during the early 1940s. The Jirst report was submitted under date of January 29, 1940, and a closing report was submitted on July 4, 1943, by the van Knorville Office. For your additional information, there utes ts attached hereto a four=page summary which was prépare oo concerning the Highiander Fol choo ated February 21, mod “4 1947. This memorandum is up to date inasmuch as no addityonal -investigg tion, has been conducted since i943. In order. to definitely ascertain as to whether eel there was any basis in the allegation made by Mr. Baidwin, a menttoned above, SAC Robey of the Knoxville Office was telephonically contacted on February 19 and 20, 1951, in order to develop full information in this regard. On February 19, 1951, SAC Robey advised that i Knozutile Office had conducted no invests gation con= cerning the Highlander Folk School as suths Adwever, there had been in individual investigations made wi hich h had touched fie in the activities of this Schoen, auch &@ — TD ig) Ea oe ee, Atomic Fnergy Act ~- Applican ry é Investigation of was conducted over the nertod from April to October, i959. This investigatio revealed that te HI eréeforé, a par - centered upon his connectton wi ighlander Folk Sch - nh ate of Feoruary y i > obéy acuised by teleg- type there was no discussion of the interracial character . of the Highlander Folk School during the investigation of ar this casé. -~ De CONFIBENTIAL