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Hoa, ot - if D STATES DEPARTMENT OF ” “TICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION t In Reply, Please Refer New York, New York ru Ne MAR 25 1977 Paul Robeson Commemorative Committee The Wednesday, July 21, 1976 issue of the "Daily World", on page 6, contained an article entitled "To the UN: Declare Paul Robeson birth date Day of International Peace and Friendship". The article, datelined "Toronto", reflected, in part, that the Paul Robeson Commemorative Committee (PRCC), recently formed in Toronto, has called upon the Secretary Gene- eral of the United Nations, Kurt Waldheim, to place before the United Nations the proposal that the birthdate of Paul Robeson (April 9), be officially proclaimed as “the Paul Robeson day of International Peace and Friendship". The “Daily World" is an east coast communist news- % papere as) The late city edition of "The New York Times", dated December 23, 1963, reported that Paul Robeson left the United States on July 10, 1958, after an eight= year legal fight and a Supreme Court ruling to obtain a passport. According to the article, Paul Robeson once said he . loved "the Soviet people more than any other nation O because of their suffering and sacrifices for us, the Negro people, the progressive people, the people 9 of the future in this world", / i ~ Most of the questions directed at Robeson upon his arrival in New York, New York on December 22, 1963, were answered by his wife who told reporters her husband still thinks Communism is "terrific". Ml, > = The January 24, 1976 issue of the "Daily World", ~| on page 1, contained information reflecting that Paul Robeson died January 23, 1976 in Philadeiphia, Pennsylvania. . 4 ia document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions Foof the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI}. It is the Caproperty of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and — its contents are not to be distributed outside your agencye ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED = 4 * e. QS \ = ae \ NS XN ve y; I° exo 0SURE prencan 7 3