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Jones to DeLoach' memo Re: “The Great Challenge" WTOP-TV, 3-5-61 I. = 4 threat inside the United States, there is a foreign communist threat to the United States, rT but there is not and has never been a political threat of communism inside the United State: 1 and therefore committees like the UnAmerican Activities Committee are diverting our ; 2 attention from me real threat. What is your assessment of communism in America?" : Mr. Kennedy answered that there are two areas of concern to Americans: .’ { (1) the fact that the Communist Party exists in the United States and is dominated, controlled and financed directly by the Soviet Union; (2) there is and continues to be acts ‘| of espionage in the United States by the Soviets and their satellites. He added that the { Communist Party had little attraction for the American people and that he didn't think that as a political power it is anything to be reckoned with. He added that the Party can and has had a political impact on occasions, but didn't consider it as a major political party and that as long as the FBI and other Government agencies were vigilant they would not be. The > great struggle of today : is not with the Communist Party here in the United states but what we are going to do with the uncommitted areas of the world. The pertinent section of Mr. Kennedy's quote regarding communism in the United States and the FBI is a follows: “Well, I think there are two areas which must be a matter of concern to us | 2p particularly. I-think the fact that. the Communist Party exists here in the United States, ; -and dominated ard controlled by an outside force, by the Soviet Union itself, that it is largely financed by the Soviet Union in funds coming directly from the USSR, I think this is a matter of great concern for the American people. I think the fact that there is and continues to be acts of espionage, here in the United States, which go on continuously, erhinh awn AlieanntslA andl nanntenli ad hey sane ne antatiwandn af tha Gneiat Taian and wnanradcantatio: Wihicti are GFecread ana Comroueda My 20 ps COCHLAU YES Vi MID WV PATL Wil Gli 2 bps COC _ of the satellite countries of the Soviet Union, that those acts of espionage are taking place this week, last week, and the week before and on a continuous basis, I think thatisa ~ matter of great concern. I don't think that the Communist Party itself has any attraction for the American people generally throughout the United States. I don't think that asa political power it is anything to be reckoned with. I think that they can and have hada political impact on occasion, but I don't think that they are a major political party in the United States, and I think as long as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other Oacarnmant adganciase anntinus thalr gimilanra that thag will nat ha T aeroo with thees WUVOCTDIIOCH aR cCnilite CURLING LICLd PsQsseiL ey, Wate Ly wass se re, 0G Wau Witoee gentlemen that the great struggle is not with the Communist Party here in the United States but what we are going to do with the uncommitted countries and the people who are: uncommitted throughout the world...." y 1 fh if har othe a - : . - ary cect ae eds ik een OTHER TOPICS OF DISCUSSION a . , fi a wee : ii ' ran ate - —indeeeacrner ea EG ROI ie Meier “F - The remainder of the discussion dealt chiefly with international problems, a mee aetea Wes dh Tlattad BMatinna Afetan BRIATA and hau tn haln rantiva nanniac hahind tha EBPCLsaily UIC UHALEU INAUIUIIO, FLAG, ATLA GH BU UU JItep CEPT, pe psto Wei We (continued on next page)