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FBI Dete. 7/11/58 Transmit the following in "pe tn plain teat or code} Via __ ATRTEL ee a Se ee, (Priority or Method of Mailing) | me ee ee ee ree ne ce ie eer ee ee ee ee ee | TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-12304) FROM = SAC, NEW YORK (100-25857) SUBJECT: PAUL LEROY ROBESON GINAL © ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREL AS UNCLASSIFIED ReN¥airtel 7/3/58. DATE_I-/¢-9/ BY <z-¢ £4 The "New York Times" Late City Edition, Section 1, page 8, column 5, dated 7/11/58, contains the following article captioned "ROBESON Off to Europe After an 8Year Battle," Article get forth as follows: -. - . = er ee to a “PAUL ROBESON, who had been barred for eight years from leaving the country because he refused to sign a nonCommunist affidavit for a passport, left for London yesterday to start a series of concerts. "The singer received his passport recently after the x Supreme Court had invalidated the State Department's requirement for the affidavit. Departing from New York International Airport at Idlewild, Queens, Mr, ROBESON said he would give concerts Europe, including Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. "Mr, ROBESON was asked if he planned to stay abroad. He replied: 'This is my land. My grandfather and father were born here, too, and I don"t plan to leave it.'" For information. a ee = oa REC- 3. FOS CO oe peo=so¢= 53 Aw Bureau (100-1230/") (RM) ress 1 ~ New York 100;25857 -. ae 6 JUL 14 195¢ JDW :mms WE ys AT THAN 8d 6) GS JuULTs ose ges Mw, Approved: Sent Special Agent in Charge