A REPORT BY J. EDGAR HOOVER, DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ILLUSTRATING COMMUNIST STRATEGY AND TACTICS IN THE RIOTING WHICH OCCURRED DURING HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HEARINGS, SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 12-14, 1960
PREFACE
In opening recent hearings by the Committee on Un-American Activities on Communist activities and propaganda among youth groups. I stated that although the overwhelming majority of the young people of this Nation are of unquestioned patriotism this must not beguile us into feeling that because the Communist infiltrators.
Time and time again the Committee on Un-American Activities has pointed out that the strength of the Communist movement in any of its ramifications bears little relationship to the number of its members; that instead, its strength and effectiveness are in direct ratio to the intensity of the efforts of the few who are trained and disciplined agents.
It was with only a relative few that Lenin seized control of the Government of Soviet Russia. Only a few -some 3 or 4 percent-in Soviet Russia today are Communists. Only 1 to 2 percent of the captive nations are Communists. The Communist conspiracy operating on American soil -let it be emphasized and reemphasized- is part and parcel of the world conspiracy and the thousands of Communists in the United States are for all intents and purposes foreign agents on American soil who are dedicated to our destruction.
“Operation Abolition” -this is what the Communists call their current drive to destroy the House Committee on Un-American Activities, to weaken the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to discredit its great Director, J. Edgar Hoover, and to render sterile the security laws of our Government. The Communist party has given top priority to “Operation Abolition” and has assigned agents trained in propaganda and agitation to this project. The Communist infiltration and agitation tactics among youth as described by Mr. Hoover in this report constitute just one extension of this Communist campaign which is a challenge to all patriotic Americans.
-Francis E. Walter, Chairman
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