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Howard Zinn — Part 1
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As to subject's attendance at these section meetings
during this period, informant stated subject may have missed
some of these meetings, but as a general rule subject was
present,
informant stated he was brought up on charges of
"white chauvinism" by the CP in about the summer of 1952.
The meeting at which these charges were brought up was at the
home of GEORGE KIRSHNER on Lafayette Street in Brooklyn and
subject was in atteridance,
informant stated his own attendance at CP Section
meetings was curtailed after this incident, but he continued
to attend for about a year thereafter or until about the
Summer of 1953. Informant stated subject was in attendance
as before and he knew subject to be a GP member until the
time informant ceased attending oP meetings.
informant stated it was his recollection that
during this period from 1949-1953, subject held a position
in the section. Informant did not know what position subject
might have held, but subject appeared to be a person with
some authority within the sectinan,
Informant stated he was unable to furnish details
as to the. adawaence of any of the above meetings,
On October 4, 1956, informant furnished a
photograph of ZINN taken in about 1951 whieh informant
identified as a photograph of ZINN instructing a class in
basic Marxism at the 12th A.D. CP Headquarters, Brooklyn,
New York, -
On June 12, 1957, informant advised that this class
was in connection with one of the aforementioned section
meetings of the CP, Infermant stated he was present at this
meeting and took the photograph,
informant stated he recalled the lecture given by
subject was on basic Marxism. Informant was unable to recall
the steebehice of subject's lecture except that subject took
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