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a pilin, NY 100-25857 "The Soviet Union is the friend of the African and West Indian peoples. And no imperialist wolf disguised as a benevolent watchdog, and not Tito disguised as a revolutionary, can convince them that Moscow oppresses the small nations. Africa knows the Soviet Union is the defender and champion of the rights of all nations ~= large and small -- to control their own destinies. "The Soviet Socialist program of ethnic and national democracy is precisely the opposite of the Nazi, fascist, South African and Dixiecrat programs of racial superloritye.s "“Pinally, my friends, I want to say that I believe the great majority of the American people will come to realize their identity of interests with the people of the Soviet Union and the growing People's Democracies. In this era of change, normal trade relations and peaceful cooperation can be the only answer, "JT am and always will be an anti~fascist and a fighter for the freedom and dignity of all men. We anti- fascists -= the true lovers of American democracy == have a tremendous responsibility. We are not & small band <= we are millions who believe in peace and friendship. If we mobilize with courage, the forces of world fascism can and will be defeated -= in Europe, in Africa and in the United States. "Because of this, I am and always will be, a firm and true friend of the Soviet Union and of the beloved Soviet people." : The "Daily Worker" issue of December 2h, 1952, page 3, columns l-4, stated, "PAUL ROBLSON, sole American winner of one of the 1952 Stalin peace prizes as tthe standard bearer of the oppressed Negro people yesterday accepted the award not as an individual but as a part of the growing peace movement in the United States." ess] ] _; ROBESON gavé the press copies of his cablegram to _ DMITRYPSKOBLLTSYN, Chairman of the Committee on International Prizes in the Soviet Union, in which he declared, "For the peace fighters in America, this award has the greatest significance Already the prize has called forth profound gratification and pride among many sections of the Negro people and the progressive forces of cor land. For me personally, it is a moving experience é a ice nee a er eee eS if Faiths mange te athe sree ea an ot sok Bae St oe om meh ee