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

1953-01-21 Omaha Field Office Report on Edna Griffin ""Save the Rosenbergs"" campaign Page 1

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SECURITY INFORMATION 

Form No. 1 
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA 

REPORT MADE AT Omaha, Nebraska

DATE WHEN MADE 1-21-53

PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 12-11,22,23,30-52;1-19-53 

REPORT MADE BY 
[blank box] b7C RMF

TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka., 

CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY - C 

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, [CP Organizer, States of Iowa and Nebraska] present at home of subject. Des Moines, Iowa during first week of October 1952. Subject active in distributing leaflets " asking to save the ROSENBERGS" and had article on editorial page of Des Moines Sunday Register newspaper, December, 28 1952, criticizing the " death penalty" against the ROSENBERGS. 

[handwritten]
4-14 

(U) 

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cc [D7R?] Posted [3?]-5-53 JTH

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G.I.R. -8

-P [?]-
DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW ON 02-21-2006

DETAILS: BACKGROUND

 Confidential Informant [blank box] of known reliability advised the subject still resides at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is still a housewife.

CONNECTION WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS 

Confidential Informant [blank box] advised that during the first week in October, 1952, OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM was at the home of EDNA GRIFFIN, 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
b2 b7D

[handwritten]
7.30.87 #-861840[?] 

Confidential Informant [blank box] of known reliability , [described OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM as Organizer of the Communist Party in the State of Iowa and the State of Nebraska] (U)

APPROVED AND FORWARDED
[LDM?]
[ink stamped]
COPY IN FILE

SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE 
SECURITY INFORMATION

DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES 
[handwritten]
100-355489-50 

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RECORDED-82
INDEXED-82  

COPIES OF THIS REPORT 
5- Bureau (100-355489) 
(Registered Mail)
3- Omaha (100-4095)

[ink stamped] 
79 FEB 9-1953 

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JAN 23 1953 

PROPERTY OF FBI - THIS CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF THE AGENCY TO WHICH THEY ARE LOANED. 

[ink stamped]
COPIES DESTROYED
85[?] 1 NOV 7 1952

U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1952-O-210616 16-59255-2

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SECURITY INFORMATION Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA REPORT MADE AT Omaha, Nebraska DATE WHEN MADE 1-21-53 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 12-11,22,23,30-52;1-19-53 REPORT MADE BY [blank box] b7C RMF TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka., CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY - C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, [CP Organizer, States of Iowa and Nebraska] present at home of subject. Des Moines, Iowa during first week of October 1952. Subject active in distributing leaflets " asking to save the ROSENBERGS" and had article on editorial page of Des Moines Sunday Register newspaper, December, 28 1952, criticizing the " death penalty" against the ROSENBERGS. [handwritten] 4-14 (U) [handwritten] cc [D7R?] Posted [3?]-5-53 JTH [ink stamped] G.I.R. -8 -P [?]- DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW ON 02-21-2006 DETAILS: BACKGROUND Confidential Informant [blank box] of known reliability advised the subject still resides at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is still a housewife. CONNECTION WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS Confidential Informant [blank box] advised that during the first week in October, 1952, OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM was at the home of EDNA GRIFFIN, 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa. b2 b7D [handwritten] 7.30.87 #-861840[?] Confidential Informant [blank box] of known reliability , [described OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM as Organizer of the Communist Party in the State of Iowa and the State of Nebraska] (U) APPROVED AND FORWARDED [LDM?] [ink stamped] COPY IN FILE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE SECURITY INFORMATION DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES [handwritten] 100-355489-50 [ink stamped] RECORDED-82 INDEXED-82 COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5- Bureau (100-355489) (Registered Mail) 3- Omaha (100-4095) [ink stamped] 79 FEB 9-1953 [ink stamped] JAN 23 1953 PROPERTY OF FBI - THIS CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF THE AGENCY TO WHICH THEY ARE LOANED. [ink stamped] COPIES DESTROYED 85[?] 1 NOV 7 1952 U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1952-O-210616 16-59255-2