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a An individual who Ufves in Paria, France, advised in | December, 1951, that Wright retained hie United States citizen- ship and lived off his book royalties from American sales, He reported that he had attended a meoting which was a "Commmist front*™ and which was generally eritical of Amorican policies, \< Yacial and foreign. This mesting was attended by Wright who had’ publicly renounced comme but he wae as much @ Communist as Vy he hed ever been, q@ pA? ae “ On December 16, 1951, another Governmental @rency eon~ .- ducting intellipence investirations reported that the Franco~ o. American Pellowship Group was organized almost entirely by \ | ‘Richard wright, American writer, 1 Monsieur Le Prince, Paris, - Brean ae immediately after World Wear IT. and wee supposed to ha a NOL : FOeVSeewe Bo ee ee =. wwe we ae Oe “a5 ower. b.. 7 #ponsorship for youn writers, artists, and poets “who were stu- ‘\“. @enta in Prance. At the time of its orcanization several of the ' gtudents had made atetenments to the effect that the group was "leftiet" in the nature of its discussions, According to the informant, Wrirht and his group were the targets of attacks from one James Baldwin, a young Negro writer who was a student in Paria, Baldwin attacked the hatred themes of the wright writ- ings and the attempt of the Franec-Amoerican Fellowship Group to perpetuate "Incle Tom Literature Methods." Le) On December 10, 1991, an Americen citizen, then living in Paris, advised that her niece, who was a student, had been invited to join the Franc o~Amerioan Fellowship Group At { Richard + c ~ - Ll sons" interested in the welfare of the American Hegro. Accord- ing to the informant, the niece attended one meeting of the or=- ganization end came to the conclusion that despite its denials , of Comiunism, the group espoused the Comumist Party line as the { gir hed lmown it in the United Statens (U) fhe foregoing information te ft ished to you as the file check and is not to be : 6 individual in- 8 ormation £s furnished for yoir use and sho not he *dissominated outside of your agency, ENTIAL cee. CORENT