John Barron papers, 1927-1996.

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John Barron papers, 1927-1996.

Correspondence, reports, notes, speeches and writings, and photographs, relating to Morris Childs, Federal Bureau of Investigation informant within the Communist Party of the United States; Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of the Communist Party; and the relationship between the Communist Party of the United States and the Soviet communist party and government. Includes some papers of Morris Childs. Used as research material for the book by John Barron, Operation Solo: The FBI's Man in the Kremlin (Washington, D.C., 1996). Also available on microfilm (2 reels).

2 ms. boxes.

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...

Barron, John, 1930-2005

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American journalist and author. From the description of John Barron papers, 1927-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123401696 ...

Childs, Morris, 1902-1991

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Federal Bureau of Investigation informant within the Communist Party of the United States. From the description of Morris Childs papers, 1924-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130901 Biographical Note Federal Bureau of Investigation informant within the Communist Party of the United States. From the guide to the Morris Childs materials on loan from the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation, 1924-1988, (Hoover Instit...

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

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