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i re » Office Memorandum + ontrep staTES GOVERNMENT o, cp TO : Director, FBI DATE: February 26, 1945 { promA*! sac, New York City . aE SUBJECT: RICHARD NATHANIEL WRIGHT a! SECURITY MATTER C pH2e (Bureau file 100~157464) Reference is made to the report of Special Agent caimpcrmg 7d made at New York City on September 5, 1944 entitled RICHARD Wa nahi&L WRIGHT; INTFRNAL SECURITY C. This-report sets out a lead for the New York Field Division, "After careful confideration interview the subject WRICHT conmerning his association with the’ Communist Party." After very careful consideratiorit is felt inadvisable to Nee interview WRIGHT particularly ae the tasis of“his break with the Communist Party, zi as appears from his recent articles in the/Atlantic Monthly Magazine, is the <i - Communt at Party's failure to be sufficiently radical and mit tank woth Reepect eS to the advancement of the Negro, These articles also indicate a complete oe" dfsepproval by WRIGHT of the American way of life. ———— Also considered in arriving at the decision not to interview WRIGHT are the facts that he has been classified 4-F due to severe psycho-~-neurosis and his contacts with his Local Selective Service Board have reflected his interest in the problem of the Negro to be almost an obsession. In view of the subject's public break with the Commurd st Party, he is no longer being carried as a Key Figure by the New York Field Division, however, a Security Index Card on him is being maintained by the New York Office =¢ due to his militant attitude toward the Negro problem, vA The only infopfation secured by this office concerning WRIGHT Aa t has not already been |Yeported in that he was listed as a member of the _—Mational Comittee of the/International Lebor Defense in a pamphlet entitled, @@ane] netieas 2nd Meme aw fm ¢he Sarwina af Victory ," published Wwe the * z ght AL VUHVALVE Glas a ee bE he AIF Vin WoL TAO OW F deter WS MA det RES i ke International Labor Defense in September 1944. WRIGHT'S residence address has | “Npeen verified as Apt. C-23, 89 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, New York, as of a February 15, 1945. _ This investigation is being placed in a closed status by the New York Field Division, In the event further investigation becomes necessary, ~ it will be reported under a Security Matter C character, . : . Air Pate no. . _ “ per MATION CONTAINED KRCORDED /+< 15H #4: ~{% | De Rae ys, MSIE ixnrxen, WEF