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Edna Griffin's FBI file, April 1948-October 1951

FD-72 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

Form No. 1 
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA NEBRASKA FILE NO. 100-4095

REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA 
DATE WHEN MADE 5-7-48
PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 4-22,24,26,27; 5-3,4,5-48
REPORT MADE BY b7C JRS

TITLE 
STANLEY GRIFFIN;
EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka Mrs. Stanley Griffin 
CHARACTER OF CASE SECURITY MATTER - C 

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: 

[handwritten]
Yes 

Subjects STANLEY and EDNA GRIFFIN, negroes of 1108 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa, active in affairs of Des Moines Branch of Communist Party, USA, District #32. EDNA is Secretary and Treasurer of local branch and is also a member of the Iowa Wallace for President Committee. She was born October 23, 1909 at Massachusetts and is a graduate student at Drake University. STANLEY, born 2-9-13 in North Carolina, is a student at the Still College of Osteopathy, [ ] advises that meetings of the Des Moines Branch of the Communist part are being held in [ ] 
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[handwritten]
RM 1-3  208

-P- ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 02-21-2006 BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW

DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA:

CONF. INFT.

Investigation in the instant matter is based upon information received from [ ] whose identity and reliability is known to the Bureau, that the subjects, STANLEY and EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, have been active in Communist Party affairs in Des Moines, Iowa. 
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Confidential Informant [ ] of the New York Division furnished information that Office in the form of a letter addressed to ELIZABETH FLYNN, Treasurer, 35 East 12th Street, signed STANLEY and EDNA GRIFFIN, and stating as follows: " Please find enclosed the first part of our 

[ink stamped]
UNRECORDED COPY FILED IN 

APPROVED AND FORWARDED: [J. Dalton?] SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES

[handwritten]
100-355489-2 

[ink stamped]
SE24

COPIES OF THIS REPORT 
5- Bureau
2- Memphis
2- Omaha

[ink stamped]
COPY IN FILE 

[handwritten]
CC- Dir [of Read?] 6/4/48 [WJ ?]

[ink stamped]
FBI 
31 MAY 8 1948
FIVE

[ink stamped]
RECORDED-47
INDEXED- 47

[ink stamped]
50 JUN 7 1948 
COPIES DESTROYED
85 1 NOV 7 1962 

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [?]

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FD-72 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA NEBRASKA FILE NO. 100-4095 REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA DATE WHEN MADE 5-7-48 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 4-22,24,26,27; 5-3,4,5-48 REPORT MADE BY b7C JRS TITLE STANLEY GRIFFIN; EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka Mrs. Stanley Griffin CHARACTER OF CASE SECURITY MATTER - C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: [handwritten] Yes Subjects STANLEY and EDNA GRIFFIN, negroes of 1108 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa, active in affairs of Des Moines Branch of Communist Party, USA, District #32. EDNA is Secretary and Treasurer of local branch and is also a member of the Iowa Wallace for President Committee. She was born October 23, 1909 at Massachusetts and is a graduate student at Drake University. STANLEY, born 2-9-13 in North Carolina, is a student at the Still College of Osteopathy, [ ] advises that meetings of the Des Moines Branch of the Communist part are being held in [ ] b2 b7C b7D [handwritten] RM 1-3 208 -P- ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 02-21-2006 BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA: CONF. INFT. Investigation in the instant matter is based upon information received from [ ] whose identity and reliability is known to the Bureau, that the subjects, STANLEY and EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, have been active in Communist Party affairs in Des Moines, Iowa. b2 b7D Confidential Informant [ ] of the New York Division furnished information that Office in the form of a letter addressed to ELIZABETH FLYNN, Treasurer, 35 East 12th Street, signed STANLEY and EDNA GRIFFIN, and stating as follows: " Please find enclosed the first part of our [ink stamped] UNRECORDED COPY FILED IN APPROVED AND FORWARDED: [J. Dalton?] SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES [handwritten] 100-355489-2 [ink stamped] SE24 COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5- Bureau 2- Memphis 2- Omaha [ink stamped] COPY IN FILE [handwritten] CC- Dir [of Read?] 6/4/48 [WJ ?] [ink stamped] FBI 31 MAY 8 1948 FIVE [ink stamped] RECORDED-47 INDEXED- 47 [ink stamped] 50 JUN 7 1948 COPIES DESTROYED 85 1 NOV 7 1962 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [?]