FBI CURRENT INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100160032-1
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: April 15, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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15 April 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director (Intelligence)
SUBJECT FBI Current Intelligence Analysis
REFERENCE : Action Memorandum A-222
1. The FBI has been issuing a species of news-letter
on subversive activities in the United States for a number
of years. This document, which comes out every two weeks,
has been disseminated to CIA at least since the mid-fifties.
(Memories and files do not reach back any further.)
2. This publication is concerned largely with activ-
ities within the CPUSA, although it occasionally deals also
with such organizations as the Black Muslims. The material
it contains is of peripheral interest to analysts studying
international Communism, but is of no great value. It does
not contain foreign intelligence procured by the FBI from
sensitive sources. Such intelligence is disseminated by
Mr. Hoover by letter. The publication is clearly depart-
mental, and does not duplicate any other publication known
to OCI.
3. A misunderstanding may have arisen because the FBI
has recently dressed its letter up with a cover sheet and a
new format. The context, however, appears unchanged.
4. A copy of the latest issue is attached.
Attachment: A/S
RICHARD LEHMAN
Assistant for Special Projects
Current Intelligence
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COMMUNIST PARTY, USA
May Day
Marx' slogan, "Workingmen of all countries, unite !" and the theory
of international solidarity of the working class still have tremendous influence
on the activities of the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA). Thus, each year the
CPUSA makes elaborate plans for May Day, which is observed as Labor Day
in the Soviet Union and other countries. The Party is already making prepa-
rations for this year and its Organization and Education Department has issued
a memorandum on May Day celebrations for 1963, in which May Day is described
as the historic day of international labor solidarity.
Peace and Peaceful Coexistence
This year the CPUSA is emphasizing the Soviet theme of peace and
peaceful coexistence for May Day. While peace is a universal desire of all
men, it may be difficult for the Party to convince workers in industry that it
is "the over-all central issue" for a day allegedly devoted to the interests of
labor. Nevertheless, Party members are urged to press forward demands for
universal disarmament, for a German peace treaty, for an end to the cold war,
for an end to the war in South Viet-Nam, for immediate cessation of thermo-
nuclear tests, and for a policy of "hands off Cuba. " Showing no favoritism,
the Party has instructed its forces to criticize the Administration for its
"aggressive" policies in. South Viet-Nam and Cuba and to "expose" the adven-
turous and provocative policies of the "ultra-Right" forces, the "Goldwater
wing" of the Republican Party, the "Rockefeller-Keating wing" of the Republican
Party, and the "Thurmond-Stennis Dixiecrat wing" of the Democratic Party.
Defense of the Party
Once the Party had clearly demonstrated its support of communist
causes in various parts of the world, it would have seemed logical for it to
follow with its demands for labor However, in the memorandum for May Day,
1963, the CPUSA next gives priority to its efforts to set aside Federal
legislation pertaining to subversive activities. Party members are told to
wage a fight against and to call for the nullification and repeal of the Internal
Security Act of 1950. They are exhorted to solicit support for the Party,
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General Secretary Gus Hall, National Secretary Benjamin J. Davis, and other
defendants in prosecutive actions against the CPUSA. Ignoring Hungary and
the suppression of freedom in other communist countries, the CPUSA reminds
its members to stress at all times the Party's contention that there is a
relationship between the defense of communists and the issue of democracy for
all Americans.
Domestic Issues
After disposing of issues of importance to the Party, the authors of
the memorandum for May Day, 1963,turn their attention to immediate demands
for the workers. However, support of international communism and the theme
of peaceful coexistence are woven into these issues. For example,. the Party
membership is instructed to demand that unemployment be reduced by the
development of a peace economy and by increased trade with communist
countries. Other demands for labor include the adoption of the 35-hour week
with no reduction in pay, a minimum wage of $1.50 per hour, and job security
from the effects of automation. The memorandum also states that it is
essential to warn the labor movement by leaflets, speeches, and in other ways
of the danger of new antiunion and antilabor legislation and to urge united and
militant action for the defeat of these measures. For other elements of the
population, the Party demands a personal income tax exemption of $1, 000 per
year, passage of "Medicare, " and a "Presidential proclamation ending
Jim Crow. "
Organizational Measures
Leaving nothing to chance, the Party directive contains instructions
for the May Day celebrations. The members are told to arrange meetings on
a united front basis, irrespective of the auspices. Where public meetings are
not possible, house meetings and other forms of celebration are to be under-
taken. The National Office of the CPUSA is issuing a leaflet which can be
duplicated by the various districts. Also suggested is the issuance of a leaflet
in the Spanish language. The May Day celebrations are to be used to promote
the sale of a special edition of the east coast communist newspaper, "The Worker",
CPUSA National Chairman Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's new book, "The Alderson
Story' ; and Hall's pamphlet, "The Only Choice--Peaceful Co-existence. "
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Union Square Rally
Archetype for all CPUSA May Day celebrations is the annual rally
in New York City. The March 26, 1963, midweek edition of "The Worker"
stated that delegates "representing working-class groups" met on March 23,
1963, and endorsed a May Day rally to be held at Union Square in New York City.
"The Worker" neglected to say that the New York State Board of the CPUSA
had instructed that a representative from each CP club attend this meeting.
According to "The Worker, " the meeting was addressed by Ben Luberoff, a
rank-and-file painter, who was elected as executive secretary of the 1963
May Day Committee. "The Worker" did not mention that, in addition to being
a painter, Benjamin Luberoff is a member of the CPUSA and that he has
attended meetings of the District Committee, Industrial Division, and Press
Commission of the New York District of the CPUSA.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Date - 9 April 1963
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
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SUBJECT . FBI Current Intelligence Analysis
1. In view of the current discussions with DOD directed toward
ultimately producing one intelligence daily, it is interesting to note that
the FBI has now joined the field of periodic current intelligence productions.
2. Would you have somebody follow the issue of the "FBI current
intelligence analysis" and be prepared to offer advice and guidance to the
DCI on this matter.
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
DC
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