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weg . € f >, an 7 : 1 ~ Mr. Rachner 1 =- Liaison ok - Dates April 23, 1958 for Mr. E. Tomlin Bailey | Director Office of Security Department of State 515 gend Street, HN. We Washington, De 6. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director - Federal Bureau of Investigation Subjects PAUL LEROY ROBESON TRED z a INTERNAL SECURITY « C oo a oy = uf fs D2 ware] a EH s&s RE : BERS fhe above, which may pertain to the Robeson passport matter, is being submitted for your information. («) NOTE ON YELLOW: Subject is key figure of New York Office. He is noted Negro concert singer who has long supported the CP and related front groups and has likewise been outspoken in praise of the Soviet Union. Robeson has been denied = 4- passport since 1950 and has again brought action in the . courts to obtain a passport. In view of recent ns aes el Signe ider ation. $ Infdrna Seat inteeer ean by an informant ne? envuthorized disclosure oftrté owledge of which is possibly limited to ‘inf oom: and a few others, col bly jeopardize, ,, a D ifomant's statasa™ if Epes ahaa Bp SAE Ee oon *\ State may pursue matter in United Nations. “BY COURIER SMG ah nf KE ; fs iy a MI AL iy bo, —— REASON-FCIM IT, 1-2.4,2 a in connection with Robeson's concert appeagg = which wai irecer el published, and his effort BS ey ia passport, the V¢.imatter SREB appears ofA ob = Robeson's raesport case is PW referred to State ei a for its, Classified “ConfiderBal at E+ ag o ae Gah 3 4 APR2 4 COMie Fr!