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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 17
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NY 100-56680
New York, New York, with her husband, PAUL LEROY ROBESON, and
is self-employed as a writer from her residence.
"The New York Times" late city edition, ~
dated December 23, 1963, in an article on-.-.:
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PAUL ROBESON, on page 26, stated that ne
-~. “~ “for eight years, from 1950 to 1958, his". >
. - vefusal to sign an affidavit stating an roa
‘7: whether he was or had been a Communist. = *
Party (CP) member, caused the United ae
States (US) to deny him a passport. A ~
Supreme Court decision in 1958 tempo- ~~”
rarily killed the affidavit requirement _
and a passport was Issued". fam =: 0 0
In another article in "rhe New York
Times" late city edition, dated December 235
1963, page one, it was stated that PAUL §°-. ..- |
ROBESON left the US on July 10, 1958, for 00. ee.
London, sang in the Soviet Union ofr. and on, 2 -
and acted in England before becoming ill in. ;
-April, 1961. On August 25, 1963, he arrived. in
East Berlin for treatment for what his wife
called circulatory trouble and returned to”
London "last Wednesday" and arrived back in
New York on December 22, 1963. Queried about
his reported disillusionment with Communism, _
his wife, ESLANDA, stated "he never was(dis- 7: 5
illusioned, and he thinks its terrific." ao
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B. Foreign Travel .-- me oe
° on December 22, 19 ‘tmmigra ation ana 0./
Naturalization Service (insso 3 EE Kennedy Airport, New-York,
advised that PAUL ROBESON and his wite, ESLANDA ROBESON, ar= < .
rived in New York City that date via British Overseas Airways -_ _
Corporation (BOAC) flight number 505, eiving their destination. -
as 16 Jumel Terrace, New York City. (@) 7
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