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STAMDARS Pred te, G4 . Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO . Mr. Ae He Belmonin te’ pate 6/7/t6 “eel 4 a & ght @ seG 44 (Ae ee 7/56 x $ Tol FROM : Mr. od. Fe B Bordme —__ Belmont Wasson 4 SUBJECT: PAUL ROBESON Paracas 2 INTERNAL SECURITY = ¢ neeee ——— i / : Fisterowd — : On 7/18/58 Paul Robeson accompanied by his hee Z attorney, Leonard oudin, consulted with officials of Gandy ..___ - the State Department, Washington, D. C., concerning ¥ Robeson's obtaining a valid passport for travel abroad. Vel if 3 Boudin wanted to know if the State Department -~ + was still following what he termed “the passport regu- °° “° me lations as scrapped by the courts,” referring to the : Y -% . previous court decisions in the cases of Otto Nathan -f oS and Max Shachtman wherein the State Department issued MK passports rather than grant "quasi-judicial hearings." F Boudin was informed by State Department officials that : the passport regulations regarding limitations on the oe” a / issuance of passports to persons supporting the communist we Code of Federal Regulations, was still being followed by the State Department. Boudin was informed that in lview of these regulations, Robeson was being refused a passport. The attorneys for Robeson aubsequently filed motion for a preliminary injunction and summary judgement to be heard 8/16/55 hefore the U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for a ‘decision, On 6/7/56 Mr. Bartlett, Liaison Section, . telephonically advised that State Department officiala had on that date received information to the effect that f movement as set forth in Sections 51, 135, Title 22, we the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the denial of & passport’ to Paul Robeson. ~~ ay 1 ) ‘ cc - Mr, Belmont ne Ys - Mr, Jackson af feo — LA 3Z0Y. 36 : Tagene| yet RECORDED - SPs sun a3 jo56 | To . Lee | oe eno F A aiL INPOPMATICN contaTNERNGEACD “91 : Sex DA EAL Mb heb rok, “* 109 [5 Tak ne ke pee eee iV