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CONFIDENTIAL NY 100-25857 “tn the midst of his concer tour of Britain, Paul Robeson agreed to an interview with the London and New York Worker, After being shown around the London Worker building, . Robeson answered the questions of London BD. W. assistant editor George Matthews and myself. “He took issue with comments in the press that implied there was something strange about his recent announcement to make London the centre of his cultural activity. Many actors ae and musicians, like Laughton, and Isaac Hoe. we Stern have spent long periods in Britain,” ; Just as British artists spend much of their time in America, he pointed out. "He had a wonderful welcome in Britain. Hews in the midst of a 28-city concert tour of the Isles, the first tour of which he had completed. Every- where these concerts were gold out. He had had the opportunity of singing to millions of people on television. Next year he hoped to appear in Othello and another modern play now being written. + "yt is natural,' said Paul, ‘that returning after nine years absence I should pian to spend a good deal of my time working here. For progressive American artists, there are not such great opportunities today to appear in the theatre and on television. "He wanted to assure his friends in America that 'I am on cali to go back at any moment to take up the struggle again and hope to make trips back and forth to America, though I make London my centre.'*