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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 6
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advised that on April 19, 1956, ASHLEY J. NICHOLAS, Chief
Passport Legal Division, Passport Office, Washington, B. ¢.
made available the following letter to SA
This letter was sent to the Passport Office j r
besrins the return address _o
Lur _ The letter reads as |
_ pril ll, 1956 a Fil, |
"Passport Department, State Department, USA
Washington, D. C.
- ( Dear Sirs; 7 | bh
. "A notice in this morning paper states-that Canada
ners refused entrance to PAUL ROBESON. Isn't it time that the .
United States wakes up to the fact that in joining the
Communist Party and working for the overthrow of our Govern-
ment, IOB'SCh forfeited his citizenship? Why is he not
ee deported to Russia?il!
L
pes "when I saw him in Russia in 1936 he told me that
™~ he had gone there to stay, that he was a communist and that
‘Se had only disgust for the tnited States!!
"Isn't it more sensible to send such traitors out
of the country than to let them stay here and destroy us
from the inside?? We got CHARLIE CHAPLIN out, now let us
get ROBESON and BRIDGES out befcre they do more damagel!
Sincerely yours,*
2
by ‘DAS
-and she would not
urnish any signed statement but would be willing to appeer
as a witness at any type of hearing where her presence may be
desired, Sy
ie
a
!
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