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t Nie CONT NY 100-25857 On QE acvisea that the © | New England District UP, USA had worked on selling PAUL ROBESON's book "Here I Stand". —_—_ aps “It 18 to be noted that "Here I Stand" was published — — by Othello Associates, Incorporated. IV. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES ABROAD On August 21, 1959, the United States Department of State, American Legation, Budapest, Hungary, advised that the Hungarian newspaper "Esti Hirlap" on August 21, 1959, carried an interview with PAUL ROBESON, in which ROBESON stated that "by March I will visit China". On September 1, 1959, the United States Department of State, American Legation, Budapest, Hungary, furnished a translation of an article which appeared in the August 22, 1959, issue of the Hungarian newspaper "Nepszabadsag", which related tothe visit of the subject to Budapest, Hungary, on August 20, 1959. ‘This article was captioned, "tthose Are in Majority Who Want Peace' - An Interview with Paul Robeson Passing Through Budapest", and it read as follows: . "Payl Robeson, the world-famous singer who has been decorated with the International Lenin Peace Medal, spent a few hours in Budapest on Thursday on his way to the Rumanian People's Republic. In the company of Leb-DENES, Vice-President Pong ary -16- era Al a — ae ~