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r- mee THURGOOD 2, . a | erst ALL INFORMATION CO HEREIN 1S UNQASS! _?¢ LL a 5. r RS RE Pr. er | a ‘ . “Brinn FORM NO. 64 » Mt Memor nd « ‘UNITED sats GOVERNMENT pate: December 15, 1950 Tolson. Ladd ‘FROM Clege__- _ 4 Rosen, - : : -—-- tlarbo PURPOSE? . ' ; : : _—- Belmont, —_——_——~S. . ~~ Mohr, ‘ = . oS ' . Tele. Koon st Attached. for your approval ts a@ blind memo- was sit _ randum. for @-2, Dpartment of the Army, concerning 5 Bil LB ai a Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel of the National aime: ae ' Assoctation for the Advancement of Colored People _ (WAACP). | . - 7 a . " EAcKaROUND: Reference is made to ny memorandum to you OS dated December i1,.1950, concerning the application of | Thurgood Marshall (for @ passport to go to Japan. a ‘Captain F. L. Greaves, G-2, has now advised that the - oo name-check request on Marshall has been received and ~ b6 {| forwarded to the Bureau.e He also confidentially advised «©. bic \|S. W. Reynolds, Liaison. Section, that the Army would | _ probably refuse Marshall permission to go to Japan. If you. approves the attached: blind’ nemorendun | will be furnished to G-2,. It reflects that Marshall was oe a member fe 42S, National Lawyers Guild and the: International JSudidial Bash agen rock of which have been cited as. ; Comnuntst fronts by the House Committee on Un-American ate Activities, and also information from public source that ‘ye al Marshall appeared on the same speakers’ platform with |. é) the Ohio State Chairman of the Communist Party among others ; There is aiso set forth.the more pertinent information ad a favorable to Marshall. Other information to the effect.-- 9 fey that, tn connection with his NAACP.activities, Marshall - dys: i _\ has supported or dealt with individuals described as aE % fellow travelers, etc., is not included since ‘the ertinency [i 4 “Ni flop such information may be debatable. Informant Cc of eat Vo Mae \New York, now discontinued, has advised that Marshall wes PRE cao a fellow travelerg and posstbly a Communist Party member; 0. |i; ’ fo E this ts not included since it ts not otherwise corroborated - i in the Bureau's files and appears to be.merely the opinion eK TS) of this informant unsupported by Vd eOboO a | RECOMMENDATION: ~ ae RECOMMENDATTON: RECORDED - 49 ee ie 1050 If you appro Le attached memorandum ‘should be. ital, returned to the Liaison ection for transmittal to G-2.: — No investigation has been conducted by the FBI concerning Mero ot DE . Attachment, 5a" | ai | a con wy . : ; | ey, “ -) be