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eter Pes eee oS ge ea Bet aie Ae Ben . + . a rr as! (at eae ta a7 eT ie > Ge aie Sey Sar SO ee oe we en ee ne ate nn a ek ante clea bee ERE pa eal aa a me gt ee ee 1 rm a entrain en . ern we A -u ‘TED STATES GOVEF MENT , 1é (rarer Memorandum U " TO : Mr. Mohr pate: February io, 1961 ee Cc. D. DeLoathy O-~ - _ a yy el Rove i Heol ef Oh enn hh ed i“ ye “ey = ATTORNEY GENERAL PPEARANCE 3-5-61 / DS . “TH EAT CHALLENGE" = Cie L-/ : COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM NETWORK - ne ‘ TELEV: ISION PRO _ me, THEME: “INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM" \ mS At 9:45 a.m. today while Wick talked with Ed Guthman, Director of 1 Public Information in the Department, Guthman stated that at 8:00 p.m. yesterday the «- {| | Attorney General decided to accept an invitation from Columbia Broadcasting System | (CBS) -- television network to appear on the television program ‘The Great Challenge’ -£ t\'] which will be telecast live 3-5-61. Edward R. Murrow, the new Director of U. 8. f-2 ‘| Information Agency, and Averél] Harriman will also probably appear. The moderator 2 lof the program will be CBS' Howard K. Smit kK 7 -, Guthman said the Attorney General would like to have from us background data in the form of a general orienting brief designed to acquaint the Att orney General with international communism. Guthman said he believes that some 25 to 30 pages of bee material dealing with international communism, its aims, purposes and activities would suffice. The basic material couid consist of two parts. The first part would be the Communist Party USA (what it is, what it is doing -- spell out current trends and dangers). The second part would deal with Soviet espionage and what the situation is. - (This could be illustrated by cases, past and present.) Guthman pointed out that for = instance the current Kroger-Cohen case, its relationship to the Abel ca woud be_of aa 4 interest,and possibly recent espionage cases handled by the FEL) 7] y pet ies 1-97 oo. EX 109 REC- 47 ih ec Frankly, said Guthman, he does not know precisely what than flotity =. 2 |p General will say or what course he will take but he does need basic material, guide. “ lines, cases and suggestions as to how he should approach the matter "50 That he might be fully equipped to discuss any phase of international communism. Mr. Guthman said -_ tke Attorney General would probably not start working on this matter until Pogsibly some 2, A\ time late the week of 2-20-61. He would need the material around that timé cE ARCH Wick related the above to Mr-~folson this morninte w who Suggested that the orienting brief be prepared by the Domestic InteWigence Division. The brief should be restrained but objective and should definitely be prepared with the view to setting limits as to just how far the Attorney General can gain is discussions. C blue Enclosures mint Lhe pect J Wes rete day 1 - Mr. Mr. Parsons 2 CONTINUED ne AGE 9 (3 6- an 1- Mr. Belmont REW:80k (91,2 6 "7 WAR 15 1961 ee te Aw 229, sy fe 1-Mr. Sullivan °*