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Edna Griffin's FBI file, December 1951-February 1955

1952-05-29 Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Field Office, Report to Director, FBI Page 1

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO: Director, FBI (100-355489) DATE: May 29, 1952

FROM: SAC, Chicago (100-22938) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 02-21-2006 BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW

EDNA MAY GRIFFIN aka Mrs. Stanley Griffin, Edna May Williams 
INTERNAL SECURITY -C 
b7C

[ink stamped]
G.I. R-3 

Rerep of SA [blank box] 5/2/52, Omaha

[blank box] advised on July 11, 1946, that he had learned from GIL GREEN that one [blank box] was one of the Communist Party members recommended for the Communist Party District #8, Review Commission. 

It is to be noted that GIL GREEN is one of the eleven Communists convicted at New York in 1949, for advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States. 
b2 b7C b7D

[blank box] advised SA [blank box] by written report on July 24, 1951, that [blank box] [blank box] Chicago [blank box] the Hyde Park-Kenwood Chapter of the Civil Rights Congress as of May 9, 1951. The original report is located in A) 66-3566-1-B, 76, Chicago file. 

The Civil Rights Congress has been cited by the Attorney General as being a Communist organization withing the purview of Executive Order 9835.

The October, 1951, Chicago telephone directory listed the telephone number DEarborn 2-2096 to one WALTER A. LEEDS, optometrist, 108 North State Street, Chicago with residence at [blank box] Chicago. 

The records of the Chicago office reflect no information identifiable with [blank box] b7c

[handwritten]
0-1 to Omaha 6-25-52 (gap?)

[blank box] Chicago, telephone MUseum 4-7645, was contacted by SA [blank box] under pretext on December 11, 1951, and she advised that [blank box] negro, was self employed, and presently resides at that address. [blank box]

WID:tms RECORDED -37 
100-355589-45

[ink stamped]
EX-92
RECORDED - 37
INDEXED - 37

[hand written]
100-355489-45

REGISTERED MAIL 
cc. Omaha (Registered)

[handwritten]
fqq [?]

[ink stamped]
64JUN 11 1952 
COPIES DESTROYED 
86 1 NOV 1962

[Jss?]

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: Director, FBI (100-355489) DATE: May 29, 1952 FROM: SAC, Chicago (100-22938) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 02-21-2006 BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW EDNA MAY GRIFFIN aka Mrs. Stanley Griffin, Edna May Williams INTERNAL SECURITY -C b7C [ink stamped] G.I. R-3 Rerep of SA [blank box] 5/2/52, Omaha [blank box] advised on July 11, 1946, that he had learned from GIL GREEN that one [blank box] was one of the Communist Party members recommended for the Communist Party District #8, Review Commission. It is to be noted that GIL GREEN is one of the eleven Communists convicted at New York in 1949, for advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States. b2 b7C b7D [blank box] advised SA [blank box] by written report on July 24, 1951, that [blank box] [blank box] Chicago [blank box] the Hyde Park-Kenwood Chapter of the Civil Rights Congress as of May 9, 1951. The original report is located in A) 66-3566-1-B, 76, Chicago file. The Civil Rights Congress has been cited by the Attorney General as being a Communist organization withing the purview of Executive Order 9835. The October, 1951, Chicago telephone directory listed the telephone number DEarborn 2-2096 to one WALTER A. LEEDS, optometrist, 108 North State Street, Chicago with residence at [blank box] Chicago. The records of the Chicago office reflect no information identifiable with [blank box] b7c [handwritten] 0-1 to Omaha 6-25-52 (gap?) [blank box] Chicago, telephone MUseum 4-7645, was contacted by SA [blank box] under pretext on December 11, 1951, and she advised that [blank box] negro, was self employed, and presently resides at that address. [blank box] WID:tms RECORDED -37 100-355589-45 [ink stamped] EX-92 RECORDED - 37 INDEXED - 37 [hand written] 100-355489-45 REGISTERED MAIL cc. Omaha (Registered) [handwritten] fqq [?] [ink stamped] 64JUN 11 1952 COPIES DESTROYED 86 1 NOV 1962 [Jss?]