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NY 100-56680 B. National Council] of American Soviet FPriendship NCASF A characterization of the NCASF is contained in the appendix attached hereto. rnished the following information on lb concerning a Rally for Peace and zenaship, held,-at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on 1958 | November 14, . * The rally started at 6:00 p.m, with approximat ly 2,000 persons in attendance. The first speaker introduced was ESLANDA ROBESON, Mrs. ROBESON spoke mostly about the trip she and her husband made abroad, commenting upon the warm reception they had received in England and the USSR. She stated she had learned two words in Russian, "Welcome Friends," because these two words she had heard everywhere she and her husband went. Mrs. ROBESON remarked that PAUL ROBESON still con- Sidered nis home to be in the United States even though he should take up temporary residence in England or somewhere else, | qn during the period 3 / iS November roverh mh 1GOGR wsAaAvienA that § 4 BRM VM alias ek ae tt 9 Wadd WAG SS De Aer dad, € we gs Le ee e ESLANDA ROBESON had been present as a speaker at the above described rally. Concerning the above-mentioned rally, "The Worker" of November 9, 1958, on page fifteen, carries an advertisement concerning the rally which states in part the following’.