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anor a Assoc, Dir. Dep. AD Adm. Dep. AD Inv. Asst. Dir: Adm. Servs, Crim: VV. cee Ident. Intell. Laboratory Legal Coun, —._. Plan. & Insp. —__. Rec. Mgnt. Tech. Servs, Training Public Affs. Off. Telephone Ru. ’ .a position to be aware of the membership of the Illinois saat 0 ok : ; ane ata, mn fae - 4 The gest , July 11, 1979 ABNER J. MIKVA EDERAL GovERINEN? The following information is being furnished in response to a specific request by the U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., concerning Abner J. Mikva and the Hyde Park Housing and Political Action Club. On July 10, 1979, a highly placed source of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in District, Communist Party, United States of America (CP, USA), and who has furnished reliable information . in the past, advised that Abner J. Mikva never came to source's attention as ever even having one close associate in the CP, USA. Mikva was regarded by leading CP, USA members aS a progressive Democrat. Source stated that on some occasions the CP, USA may have supported Mikva's candidacy for public office just as the CP, USA supported many leading candidates in opposition to candidates considered more reactionary. Source also advised that the Hyde Park Housing and Political Action Club was a club; that is, the smallest organizational unit of the Hyde Park Section of the Illinois District, CP, USA, a basic revo- lutionary organization. The files of the Chicago Office of the FBI reflec that as of October 27, 1955, the Hyde Park. Housing and Political Action Club was in existence and October 27, 1955, was the earliest documented date of the use of that particular name. In earlier years it was called the Hyde Park Communist Club. The exact date of its formation cannot be determine Another source who had fur ighed reliable infor- yj mation in the past advised on May 9, 1956, that the purposej. of the Hyde Park Housing and Political Action Club was in providing Communist Party educational classes and fund raising for the "Daily Workex," the publication~for_the ____ cP, USA. . OT RECORDED 22 “ ”) be | ¢ . RETURN TO ROOM 3839, b7c vf Peper _ : ; ; cre SF in, 7 +) in ORNS I tat woe