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ReBalet 1-27•54, captioned UCOllllllUB1et Activit~•• iu tile Phtllpp1.rle Island.e1! Internal SecuritT • PI, • and the report of SA Bert P. Stiokls!+ dated 3-U•S4, captione4 as abOVe.
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The·. 'B,JnOp$18 of re:tep states that IO."e• Partridge could. tunilh no pe~i; tnformat1.on re~ f,he CommuDUt Fe.rtf' ot the PbllipP!nes. ',
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I p ' ...J:J.,. .. I ' ' was Francee La""' ·.rn.pt, aD1 whose tatber, VinceiiU Lava, sr •• · .• ,. ,·; .··. was the· General "Sec:etal'T ot 'the Commwdet Party in the
1, . :t •·· · ' ( · · · , · <·.., ,(7 • , i Pb:Uipptnee f'rorlt tm begimd.ag of tblt World war II until
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Upon receipt of the. inforr.n tion froD the Wtir,;.ore o!.fice, tm Z''!ewark ofiice Tiill sub::it appropriate corrected pages to 'the Bur~au ana the Atlanta office. This matter s~ou~d b~ ~ivon your oxr~ditious attention.
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y Hrs., Y.!ARTHltPROPPER PARIJ,lRIDGE was intervievJed 2/8/54. She stated-r~-o.,,T',, .)' she is the sister of RUTH Pl10PPER LAVA, although she· has no·t; seen · her for many years. She stated she has corresponded, infrequently,
with RUTH PROPP3R L~VA but politics or political activity of Dr. LAVA were not discussed, with the exception of his participatipn in an A:p.ti':"Japanes.e organ~l~kOJl lmm"'rn as the 11Democratic Alliance nAGtr.cv ~J..ru,.sz.t; c,,. l'tr·:J.. IJtV;c os~' ~
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DETAILS: Sil~~Q?h1i~o, P~f.~9~vSamiliar with 'nternal affairs of the J?.li.~lJ.J.).P.J.-A(=t_~,advJ.:sed on August 13, 19.53 that Dr.
VHW:C:ETI G. LAVA1 leading Philippine scientist, nov-i deceased, who t-Jas formerly the nbrains 11 of the Hu..lcs, a guerilla band in the Philippines, had an .Araer.ican wife. OCHOCO did not knovl her name but stated ths:l:; her sister, a r1rs. ?.liRTRIDG.a:, u-rho resides in Montclair, New Jersey, had written him for information concerning her sister since his return to the Unj_ted States.
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l't';.Elm'ber o:f the Communist Party in the Philippines. He described :Joctor LAVA, S1~. as being a Professor of Chemi.stry at the Univer.:.i ty of the Philippines and one of the leaders of the Communist ?~rty in the Philippines. Further, he stated that LAVA was a student of Har::cism and Leninism, 1v-ho did not attempt to hide his C? sympathies or ideas at the unive:r-sity,. APPL.~H/iN said that LAVA Has generally kno-vm as a good leader of the CP among the professional groups.
rws. A. L. \JHI~TI~i:C3R, 3708 Springdale Avenue, 1rla!~k , dunction~ Maryland, advised· in 1949 that one }k_~l!~,.EBA~T9&[.{LAVA
~~HIGHT, a Filipino, vrhose husband Has l'liLLI.:J1 J. HRIGHT, occupied 7f'a top~.rloor apartment a,t the above address for approximately
three months around the first o'i' 'January, 1949. Hrs. HHITTi.UCER ·stated she learned through conversation with 1·1rs • 'VJ:aiGHT that she had relatives named Pil.RTRIDG:J: in Fair Latvn, Netv Jersey.
Nevrark Confidential Informant T-1,, of unlmown reliability, advised on April 27, 194C that VINCENTI.LAVA, father of FHANCES LAVA URIGB;T, was the General Secretary of the CP of the Philippines at t~he start o forld trJar Il.
Dr. ROBERT ~ . PJJ:TDL2TON, Protes.Sor, John HC?pkins University, Baltimore, I1d._, an D.cqhaintance of ~.;.i~CEHTI LAVA, advised on April 27, 19!~8· that LAVA died in September, 194~.
-; Nevrark Confidential Informant T-2, of known reliab~4-j. ty.,
advised that as of April 22, 1949, I'1r. andJ1rs • .UILLIAH J~iRIGHT listed their forwarding address as 5 Auduoqn~~~~9~.~ ~F~~~.~~wn,
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f.Lj )'tc4' ·~·-!£The Fa~r Lawn, Net·T ~ersey · ty D~rectory l~sts . GH 11.. ~ART?IDg~4 as residing at 5 Audubon Place, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
' lis ted hi s Hi fe 's Ifa111G as l1ARTHA and his two sons as andL _ ~ J His occunation is listed as ·
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The Credit Bureau of Bergen and Passaic Counties, 25 Church Street, Paterson, New Jersey, had -phe follo.win·g information regarding HUGH R. PARTRIDGE in their files:
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HUGH R~ PARTRIDGE, 5 Audubon Pl.;1ce, Fair La111n, New Jersey, is 54 years of age and married. He has lived at this address since 193 7 and previous to this at 1 Bolton Place, .. Radburn, New Jersey since 1931, and before this at 125 West l76th Street,. New York, New York for six years. He r-£e his wife and two sons as dependents, and nothing of an adv~rse nature was le~rned regarding his personal reputation. Regarding his occupation, -i~ was noted that PARTRIDGE was employed as Assistant Secretary of H. H. Pike & Sons, 6,; Wall btreet, New York, New York, and has been employed there since 1932. Previous. to that, he was with Montgomery Scott & Company,, 10 Broadway, New York, New York, for about one year. The records'of the Credit Bureau reflect that the home at 5 Audubon Place is a one-fami~y dwelling in a desirable residential section of the community which PARTRIDGE rents from the Radbury Managemen~ Corporation, Radburn, New Jersey. Monthly . rental is estimated at ·~85. They live there under favorable conditions and are well regarded locally. It is to"be noted that the Credit Bureau report is dated July 26, 1946.
· Ivirs. RONNIE S'PT~.ITTtL, Radburn 1vfanagement Office, Radburn Plaza Building; ·Radburn, .New Jersey, advised he has known PARTRIDGE for approximately twenty years and knows nothing unfavorable concexning him. SPEITTEL further ~d,d~ed he does not know any of. his as~ociates and stated PARTRIDGE has a~)od reputation in the community ancJ knows of nothing concerning him, which might indicate disloyalty to the United States.
.t!i-. On December 18, 1953~ Capta~ LOUIS J •. REISACHER, Fair Lawn
~lice Department, advised that HUGI0ARTRIDGE and his ·wife, lviARTHA_ PARTRIDGE, and their two sons, J rand I I presently reside at 5 Audubon Place, Fair Lawn New ersey. He further stated that he has information that birth date isl I and that II was born on Through liaison with the New York Poirce' Department,· apta REISACHER stated it was determined that birth records of New York County reflect thatl lwas born to MARTHA PROPPER PARTRIDGE oniL..--------'
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. . Files of the Newark Office cont<;lin no derogatory information
concerning I~RTHA PROPPER PARTRIDGE or HUGH PARTRIDGE.
INTERVIEW WITH. MRS. WtARTHA ?ROi?PER. PARTRIDGE
On February 8, 1954 Speciai Agents EDv{AP.D G. BURKE and the writer interviewed Mrs. MARTHA ::?RO?PER "PARTRIDGE at 5 Audubon Place, Fair Lawn, New Jersey. She ackriowledged that she is the wife of HUGH PARTRIDGE and the sister of RUTH ~ROPPER LAVA, who was married to Doctor vnrciD.'iTTI LAVA of the Philippines, now deceasedc. Mrs. PARTRIDGE stated that she has not seen her sister~ RUTH PROP~ER LAVA, for approximately twenty yearso She s~id that RUT~ met Doctor VINCID~TI LAVA during a visit to the Philippines and although her fa~ily objected , married him a short time later in East Jlforiches, Long Island, in the early 1920's.
Mrs. PARTPtDGE continued that RUTH was very devoted to and "worshiped" her husband. Since RUTH's return to the Philippines with her husband in the "1920's", 1·1rs. 'PARTRIDGE sa:i.d her only contact with her has been infrequent letters and the enterta~ing of acquaintances of the LAVAs who came to the United States from the Philippines.
Mrs. PARTR.IDGE said at no time has RUTH PROPPER LAVA ever discussed politics or her beliefs or mentioned any of the political activities of her or her husband in her letters, vdth the exception of mentioning that they were active members in some "Democratic Alliance" organization ... J~rs. LAVA did not clar:i,.i'y this organization in her correspondence other than pointing out that it consisted of people in the Philippines who were Anti-Japanese and who were trying to get people into legislature.
Mrs. PARTRIDGE S:ated that during ~Jorld -~(ar II, she lost touch with her sister until one morning when she heard a radio news report which advised that Dr. VINCENTI LAVA and his Yiife, v1ho during the Japanese occupat:l.on of the Philippines had "hidden out" with the Huks, a guerilla band in the Philippines, were how safe in that Republic.
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Since the news broadcast announcing the welfare of the LAVAs, Mrs. PARTRIDGE said that she and her sister have corresponded infrequently and she reiterated that no p~litics or subjects related to it were discussed. by RUTH PROPPER LAVA.
Ivrrs. PARTRIDGE stated that she could not set( actually what RUTH's feelings were toward Communism, although she knows that "RUTH was very devoted to her husband•" She also stated that RUTH PROPPER LAVA is presently residing with her son; VINCENTI~VA, JR~and his wife at Johns:ton and Ortaga Stre'ets; San Juan, in the Philippines.
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. . Mrs. ~ARTRIDGE; stated that Mrs. LAVA is intending to apply
to visit the United States to be with her daughter, Mrso FRANCES WRIGHT, who is now expect;.ing a child. Mrs. PARTRIDGE advised that she thought that actually RUTH would like to return to the United States permanently.
She continued, that all she knows about Dr. LAVA and_his assqciation with the Huks and the Communistic nature of the Huks, she ~as read in mag~Zines and b~lieves them to be true. Mrs. PARTRIDGE advised she originally thought the intervie'IJVing Agents had come to interview her concerning a deportation proceeding against FRANCES WRIGHT, which she belieyes has been under investigation for over tw~ years •.
Mrs. PARTRIDGE stated that FRANCES LAVA, RUTHts daughter, who ma~ried WILLIAM J. ~RIGHT, is currently residing in Cottonwood, Arizona, and that she and her husba~d were publishing and editing a small newspaper called "V~rde Independent.''
Hr.s* PARTRIDGE stated that she did not believe FRANCES WRIGHT was leftist or Comm~nistically inclined and felt positive·that although F~JCES respected and loved her father a great deal, she would gladly dj_scuss with the Federal Bureau .of Investigation anything connected h with him. ~~·,rp"::
Mrs. PARTRIDGE stated she has met, f.l'lom ·time to :tjme0riends of the LAVAs' who have come to the United States• She saigyJ.:~wever, she could only recall the names of tw.p :tndiyiduals, CARL~QJJ.AS, (Phonetic), ., an att.¢ney from the PE_ilippin~~.., ~conti:ected with the United N'at;pns, an.d -~:._. VISHYi:'GOKHALE_ (Phqnetic) ,. a mathemati9ian whom everyone callec;i~OKE, r: .S:; -/ (Phonetic):- She advised that she could not state whether or n9t-either[)l/
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of these two gentlemen were Communists; although she lmows they were very devoted to Dr. LAVA.
Mrs. 'PARTRiDGE said that whenever either of these men were at her home for dinner she noted that in normal after4nner talk they seemed to cleverly avoid discussing certain subjects~ She could not recall anything specific, but it was so noticeable that she considered it clear that they did not wish to be frank on the St?-bj.ect of politics. She wrote her sister and requested that she not put her in touch with persons of that kind. She said it did.not prove GOI(HALE and ROMAS were Communistic but it led her·to believe th~t they were, She advised that she believed.Rffi.~S· retu~ned to the ?hilippines and GOKHALE stayed in the United States ?nd is teaching k~thematics at some college in the South. . ·
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Mrs. PARTRIDGE said she has never visited the Philippines and is not familiar with the LAVAs' friends or activities ther~~· She ~lso advised that she believes RUTH PR.Oi?PER LAVA is presently more interested in her grandchildren and her children than pqlitics and would probably ba cooperative if ·the Federal Bureau of Investigation would care to interview her,"
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One copy o£ this report is designated for the Atlanta Of£ice for in£ormation since VISHNU GOitHALE is subject of that office.
Nev1a1•k letter to Bureau, 1/7 /5L~. Report of' SA l'iiLLif'.JYi C. 0 tDOHIIJ!:LL entitled, uSI!-1EON
OCHOIW, IS-PI 11 , dated 8/2L~/53 at New York. Report of SA NGRBERTO ~UINTANA, dated 3/28/52 entitled,
11FRlUTCES LAVA vJRIGHT, IS-R & P:f" at Ne1v-ark. Baltimore letter to !~lew-ark dated 7/1/1~9 entitled.
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Mrs; l\ffiRTHA P}\OPPER PARTRIDGE was :i.ntervlewytl on 2/8/54. She stated that spe is the sis~r of RUTH PROPPER LAVA, although she has not seen her for many years .. \!3he stated that she has .corresponded, infrequently, with RUTH PROP':)ER LAVA ~ut politbs or politiqal activity of Dr. LAVA were not discussed, with th~\exception of his pCJ¢ticipation in an Anti-Japanese organization known a'S. the 11Democrati9· Alliance." Mrs. PARTRIDGE
/ I could furnish no pert~ent information regarding the CP 9f the _ I \ · Philippines. '\ "'l1.-;.; ~,_.1 .~:~:)'·~;. ttl-t~ ... ~ (..~~:;t.;.(t.-~ I. ,.
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/ '\ SDmON->'UCHOCO, a person familial\ with internal affairs of the Phil:j.ppines, advised on August }3, 1953 ~hat D~. VINCENTI G. LAVA, leading Phi).ippine scientist, now de9eased~, who ·was formerly the "brains" of the Huks, a guerilla 'tapd in the Philipp: es, had an American wife. OCHOCO did not know her name ·but stat d that her sister, a Mrs. PARTPJDGE, who resides ~n Montclair, N Jersey, had written him for information conce:r:ning her sister si.flce , is return to the United States.
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member of tH Communist Party in the Philippines. He described Doctor LAVA, SR. as . eing a Professor of Chemistry at the ~i~ersity of the Philippines an o~e of the leaders of the Communist P~rty in the Philippines. 1Jii, ther, he stated that LAVA was a st1,1dent of Marxism and Leninism, who did not attempt ~o hide his Communist Party sympathies or idea at the university,. Ai?PLEillAN ·said that LAVA was generally knovm as good leader of the Commun~st Party among the professional groups. Referral/Consult
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\v •'J)\2:...:. FRANCES~V~IGHT, and :whof?e fath:~r, VINCBNTI LAVA, SR.~ ~~~~ t~e 1. ¥~. .. .-'J\, General Secretary of th~· Co:q1munist !\arty in the· Philippin~s-from -~ne tl" // . · beg~ning of the ~Jorld. -~Jar II until .. ~is death in September, 1942 • ..,....
J. / T-2 advised that Mrs., -~11RIGHT b,ad rela ives in Fair La·wn, New Jersey / by the name of ?ARTRIDGE • ./
/ Newark P'onfidential Informant T-3-,_ of _knov~n reliaSJ.1ity,
advised that as .of April 22, 1949,. _M:r. a d Mrs. yif!LLIAH J ?.YmiGHT listed their forwarding address as 5 Audu~on Place •... fai:r_La~, Ne'! Jersey. / A 1 ·- --V . , . /(:
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/t'ARTRIDGE '7S residng at .5 Audu.bcn Pl~ce, Fa:J!,r Lmm, New Jersgy, .U.· . also listetlJlis wile t s name as i fARTHA and his\ two sons as I r .-1 1.:. ft~ I_ l J -
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formation set out in~altimore letter to Newark, 7/1 4?, 0aptioned, ·nn§HNU DATTAREYA GOKHALE_., Slv~"• Ori · al source of ~formation un~own.
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*'f-*0 REFEF.ENCES: Newark letter . o Bureau,, 1/7/54. ~ut'o(!()
Report of SA }nl;..LIAM. c.. 0 r·-nONNRI.I. e titled, ''SD'iiEON ®@HQKQ, IS-PI" dated 8f2!t/53 at New :Cork ·
Report .of S4 NORBERTO QUINTANA, dated /28/52 entitled, "FFWIT LAVA WRIGHT, ;rs --R and P · ' at Newark-. .
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SUBJECT: COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE ~. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS I I , ___ _,.,..(_ ~ IS-PI l f.) ~- •. ;)) I I I
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Attached are amended pages which Bureau and Atlanta are requested to insert in rarep.
Newark Office has already inserted amended pages in its copies of instant report~.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
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June 23, 1954
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover 0 d 0 m lb u I'II.S .( Y o.Jo~ ~
Director " Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. c. Dear Mr . Hoover: / I I Stand_s_
Two years ago I spent a month in the Philippi~ out in the provinces visiting with lawyers and judges.
One day I discussed the Communist Politburo in the Philippines with the judge who tried that case. He later had prepared and sent to me a transcript of the testimony in English and a copy of his decision. I have had them here in the office since.
l It occurred to me that possibly your office would
like to have this transcript to study for comp~rative Communist methods.
I shall be happy to send it to you if you wish, requesting only that you send me a Government frank to use so that I will not be out the personal transportation ex- ) pense. ~
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Honorable Robe-rt G.-8i14W.Qrts ·Oh. t.ej Just fee of -the Supreme Cou.rt Lincoln~ Nebraska
JJy dear Judge:
.I have receiued your letter dated July -=-JI
195<!~ ca t:ell as the transcrip·t; oh tch you sent nc
o! the testimony of the Oommuntst trtals held in
the Ph~l.'tppine Islc.nrJ.s. I am. r::.otrli grateful to you
for maktng thte matertal rtvail~ble to thta Bure~u.
Stncer~ly yours~
:s, Ed:;:rt:r Hoovol1
NOTE: Judge Simmons-on ~une 28, 1954, wrote the Bureau stattng that he had a copy of this transc~ipt in the English language and said he would furn ish:...;.i1i to the Bureau if the Director desired to have it. · The Donesttc Intelligence Divis}on advised that tt would, like to receive it, and on June 29, 1954, a self• ~: ... addresoed frank was sent to "Judge S17'i';»vons tn orde~ ,
Tolson that he could forward this material 1J(} the Bur_..e&,Jo "c., B?ardman-/ This testimony is too bulky -:t.Q.:l(!.jCt!()mpQ.ny th tt:'-(\lette~"' ...
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"The Philippine-Chinese Anti-Communist League was founded in 1951 by a group of Chinese residents of the Philippines. Its main objective is to mobilize puolic opinion in support of the national policies of the Philip.l-'ine and Chinese governments to t·omoat Communist aggression. infiltration and .5ubversion. A total of 72 branches have Leen established in various parts or the Phlli!Jpines.
"On September 27, 1956, a convention is to be held in :rv:amla. The convention is composed of representatives 0f the .:5everal branches as well as the national officers of the League. The main purpo.5e of the Cunvention is to map up a eomprehenbi ve program for the League tu meet the current iri ve on the part of the Communists in various parb of Southea.5t Asia.
''The headquarters of the League is located at 936 Benayides Street, 2nd floor, P. 0. Hox ~n. 274, Manila, Philippines. The Chairman of the Preparatory C•1mmittee of the Convention is Mr. Sy En.'!
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In view of the above information, it is not believed advisable for the Director to furnish a greeting for captioned organization and that Mr. Nichols' Office so advise Mr. Mandel.
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