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NY 100~25857 . ‘ he had studied Marxism and found it "enthralling." >: "New York Daily News" — ; are Issue of May 26, 1949 As reported by the above paper, one of the biggest international Communist meetings since the war opened on May 26, 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia in an atmosphere of secrecy. Newspapermen ; Were barred from the sessions, Top ranking Communist politicians and , intellectuals from twelve foreign countries attended the meeting of the . ra Ninth Czechoslovakian Congress. PAUL ROBESON attended the conference to S at BLN es "New York San" Issue of June 15, 1949 This paper reported under the dateline London (AP), that the Moscow radio that day quoted PAUL ROBESON as calling Russia a the "Country I love above alle* ROBESON was described as telling an 7 interviewer from the official Tass News Agency, "I am truly happy that a I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR. I always have been, I am now and will always be a loyal friend of the Soviet Union." ®New York Sun" Issue of June 16, 1949 -. The "New York Sun" reported that PAUL ROBESON, upon >} his return June 16, 1949 after a triumphal visit to Russia said he, ROBESON, considered that the escape of GERHART EISLER, beil jumping Communist, wes the "greatest victory for the forces of peace in the worlds* ar ae ey A 7 -23- . C