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

1954-09-30 Omaha Field Office Report, Confidential Informant report on Edna Griffin Page 1

[handwritten]
CF 10-14 
Post RAB 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

FORM NO. 1 
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA 

REPORT MADE AT OMAHA 
DATE WHEN MADE 9/30/54 
PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 9/21,29/54
REPORT MADE BY MW b7C

TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka 

[handwritten]
Mrs Stanley Griffin

CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY -C 

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:

[ ]  of known reliability, characterized subject as an " intense Communist Party member." [ ] states she regularly receives the " Daily Worker" and maintains a Marxist library in her home. [ ] stated she remarked in a speech: " The ROSENBERG case in a manifestation of the growing American anti-Semitic campaign." [ ]  of known reliability, advised subject has become quite inactive in CP circles in the Des Moines, Ia., ares. 
b2 b7C b7D

DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 ON 02-21-2006 TAM/DCG/JW 

[ink stamped & handwritten]
Posted, RAB 
10-20-54
RS-0-6
[ jas-cjn ?]

DETAILS : BACKGROUND

RESIDENCE
Subject resides at 1108 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is a housewife. 

CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS

Confidential Informant [ ] of unknown reliability, advised he met subject at a Progressive Party meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during May or June, 1952. he advised that sometime after that, during the summer of 1952, he ascertained that subject and her husband, Dr STANLEY GRIFFIN 
b2 b7D

APPROVED AND FORWARDED 
F.W. [Wierron?] 
letter sent 10/13 [?]

SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE

 
DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES

[handwritten]
100-355 489-54 

[ink stamped]
RECORDED-87

COPIES OF THIS REPORT 
5- Bureau (1003554890 (RM)
3- Omaha (100-4095) 

[ink stamped]
OCT 21/13 1954 

[handwritten]
[? name ?]
 
[ink stamped]
INDEXED- 87 
EX-110

PROPERTY OF FBI - THIS REPORT IS LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI, AND NEITHER IT NOR ITS CONTENTS ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED. 

U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16 -59255 3

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[handwritten] CF 10-14 Post RAB FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FORM NO. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA REPORT MADE AT OMAHA DATE WHEN MADE 9/30/54 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 9/21,29/54 REPORT MADE BY MW b7C TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka [handwritten] Mrs Stanley Griffin CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY -C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: [ ] of known reliability, characterized subject as an " intense Communist Party member." [ ] states she regularly receives the " Daily Worker" and maintains a Marxist library in her home. [ ] stated she remarked in a speech: " The ROSENBERG case in a manifestation of the growing American anti-Semitic campaign." [ ] of known reliability, advised subject has become quite inactive in CP circles in the Des Moines, Ia., ares. b2 b7C b7D DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 ON 02-21-2006 TAM/DCG/JW [ink stamped & handwritten] Posted, RAB 10-20-54 RS-0-6 [ jas-cjn ?] DETAILS : BACKGROUND RESIDENCE Subject resides at 1108 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is a housewife. CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS Confidential Informant [ ] of unknown reliability, advised he met subject at a Progressive Party meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during May or June, 1952. he advised that sometime after that, during the summer of 1952, he ascertained that subject and her husband, Dr STANLEY GRIFFIN b2 b7D APPROVED AND FORWARDED F.W. [Wierron?] letter sent 10/13 [?] SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES [handwritten] 100-355 489-54 [ink stamped] RECORDED-87 COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5- Bureau (1003554890 (RM) 3- Omaha (100-4095) [ink stamped] OCT 21/13 1954 [handwritten] [? name ?] [ink stamped] INDEXED- 87 EX-110 PROPERTY OF FBI - THIS REPORT IS LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI, AND NEITHER IT NOR ITS CONTENTS ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED. U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16 -59255 3