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Director, FEI February 12, 1960 ont! Sa de 1 _ ne & “ee a _ {rare Mrs. Richape-WRIGHT is the ee communist menber of -; 7 the femily and hes made a point be Upgeitiae Negro personnel ¥ f~: who hcId views other than communist.' quaintances of ~>-~ Source who had attended some meetings stated that as far as they had been able to discover, the FAFG was devoting all of its time to very uncontrolled discussion of the things that were ‘wrong with the US.' Source stated that WRIGHT had boasted that he had ‘the State Department in PY pocket-- they a call me in for conferences, the fools.' BAN} Lore - "In January 1952, an American Negro male atudent oo \" ‘then attending the University of Paris atated that in about \: June or July 1950, Richard WRIGHT asked Source to join ea ‘protest! group aimed at ‘forcing the employment of more of the Americans of African ancestry’ in US government jobs in Paris. Source told WRIGHT that it would be better to be certain of facts before ‘going off half-cocked.! WRIGHT then accused Source of having an 'Uncle Tom attitude.' later the organization tried to interfere witb the French policy of employment and held protest meetings at which the members discussed the fact that Algerians, Africans, and French coloniala were not em: loyed in other than menial capacities in Paris." qv 7 The above data is being furnished to the Bureau and the New York Office for purposes of information and possible interest, No further action is being taken in this matter but in the event pertinent information is received in the future on captioned subject, it will be furnished to the Bureau and NYO, RuC.