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~~ ry - - « ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED August 21, 1972 Per 219-200 BY SOR ILU LOE 0G es Clevetand Conrad Dalbey denkine Marshall Mille, ES. ~ Ponder Soy ars Walters Tele. Room __ mene b7C STEVE ALLEN Survmaty The files of the FBI reveal that Mr. Steve Allen, who you advised resides at 16185 Woodville Road, Encino, California, - has been the subject of limited security -type investigations conducted by this Bureau. In December, 1959, Steve Allen was one of a number of sponsors for a banquet given for Norman Thomas, head of the Socialist Party of the United States. Since 1959 Allen has been connected with the National Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) and affiliated groups seeking a complete cessation of United States nuclear experiorents. He has repeatedly spoken out against capital punishment. Allen did considerable work for the "Los Angeles Sobell Committee, " an affiliate of the National Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell in the Rosenberg Case, which has been cited by the House Committee on Internal Security. By application dated June 12, 1963, at Los Angeles, Allen filed for and was subsequently issued a United States pass- port, D375217, after writing the Department of State in January to express his desire to visit mainland China. Allen is not known to have made the trip as planned. In 1965 Allen was listed as a sponsor of a tribute to Congressional liberals who were being honored at a dinner in Beverly ( NY Hills, California, on August 18, 1965, for their opposition to the \ | {fi Administration's policy on Vietnam. zy) t Attached is a copy of an FBI Identification Record, \ Number 258 904 B, concerning Allen whose full name is Stephen f Valentine Patrick William Allen. Ll tO ’ Enclosure NOTE: Per request of Alexander P. Butterfield, Deputy Assistant to the President. JESS ins PE UNIT (_] et ENCLOSURE /OO< 73/1812