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ion in hean dirneved to the Director, bemitted to outmedistolg Federal Büreau of Investigation) And U. 8. Department of Justic Dear Itr. Hoove Himmaraly With reference to your letter of 11 June 1947 requesting information on policy matters discussed by Foster and certain members of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party in Paris, I should like to an sumarise the action taken by thie on Foster' ganisation on Foster's trip. A trip. All stations on itinerary were alerted during the British Empire Conference with emphasis placed upon Foster's contacts and the content of hمن conversations with foreign Gommunist afric officiala at Paris, Bol The first reaction from Paris reported Foster's meeting with Thores and Duclos and on 7 Be and a planned nesting for the next day with other nimbars mbars of the Central Committee 1. Committee (this information was distributed to you in DD-3658 on 9-3658 on 4 April 1947). No adequate follow-up on this original report was subsequently produced - a fact to be accounted for primarily by the hesitation of the Surete Nationale, for political reasons, to give Foster's visit adequate investigative attention (as reported t to you you in DB-4777 of 1 July 1947), 24 Information on the policy matters discussed at this nesting, however, was r, was included in a report from H.I.6, Section 7, in May )copy enclosed herewith). Although the source of tمنط of this report did not know precisely what happened at this meeting "because secrecy sas observed, he mentioned several specific topics allegedly under discussion. This report was not forwarded to you since it was assumed the report i wie handed directly to your London 24 representative by the British. by hand OX REF FORM FILED IN: 201-3141 201-53438 IC MICROFILMED 54 NAY 6-1955 DATE 8 DEC 1952 I aug. +7 RI COPY to Director /ENCL 2inv 10446 Pittman 14-00000

리지 15-4 The attention of our (Paris) station has teen directed to the actual conversations that took place in this Paris nesting, and 24 there remains a possibility that a verification or expatision of the 1.6 report will be obtained, such additional information will, of course, be transmitted to you immediately upon its radipt. incerely de Bolos

14-00000 OCONCL COUNTRY : Italy/Yugoslavia/France/at.Britain/USA SUBJECT : William Zebulon FOSTER ORIGIN London 15-1 DATE OF INFO : As stated DATE May 15, 1947 15-9 10η 15.3.47, our representative in Rome reported that FOS TER had arrived there on 14.3.47. for a stay of a few dayв. "On 1.4.47., we heard from Belgrade that gocording to logal presa reports of 25,3.47., FOSTER had left Jugoslavia on 24.3.47. No details were given regarding his destination, but the press report mentioned that he had been accompanied by Lander of the Labour Progressive Party of Can Canada. 13-4 "A report dated 1.4.47 from Paris, stated that after the British Communist Party Congress in London, several important delegates had arrived in Paris among whom were William Z. POS TER, Tim BUCK LAHAUT, Chief of the Belgian Communist Party, who had not been in London, and who arrived direct from Brust els and Harry PoLLITT. At the same time several Communist delegates who had been present at the W.I.D.F. Congross in Prague, had. also arrived in Paris, including Nina POPOVA, the U.S.S.R. dele- gato, as well as delegates from Greece, Brazil, Cube, and the Viet-Nam. Our source, however, does not know names of any axcept those mentioned. "Several meetings were held at the Headquarters of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party at 44, rue Le Paletier. At one of these meetings the following were known to have been present: William POSTER, Tim BUCK, Dolores IBARRURI, Nina POPOVA, FaurigerTHOREZ, Andre MARTY, Jacques SuCLOSAUVAIS, CACHIN, BERLIDERACHON MONMOUSSEAU RAJON, 1, Robert ARETIT, and also George WILLIAMS GAICHAILOV, Comintern Delegate. *"John PITTMAN, Paris correspondent of the American Da ly Worker' had acted as interpreter. Although our source does not know much of what happened at this meeting because great secrecy was bbserved, he states that the meeting was concerned with uniting of world democratic forces against international reaction. In this connection, the French Communist leaders are said to have very much regretted the difficulty of bringing about the union between the American Federation of Labour, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the U.S.A. ENCL. / FBEONF

14-00000 A "Jacques. DUCLOS made a special report emphasizing that this was one of the most important tasks to be carried out by the Communiste within the C.I.O. : "Besides the above, the question of Greece and Turkey was discussed, notably the question of boycotting of war materials sent to those countries. "Finally, the different speakers spoke of the necessity of dofandi: the U.S.3.R. by all possible means. "Andre MARTY is said to have specially dealt with the question of labour in the colonies, emphasising the necessity of bringing about unity of action among the black, throughout the Arican Continent, 6. g., ir. French, British and Belgian possessiona. "The above, according to our source, were the principal points which had been studied during the various moetings of Communist chfofa in Paris. "We understand that all other details about FOSTER's arrival and departure from this country have already been passed to you by Η. Ι. 5." 24 지