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Edna Griffin's FBI file, April 1948-October 1951

FD-75
(1-10-49)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FORM No. 1 
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA 
FILE NO.

REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA 
DATE WHEN MADE 10-23-51
PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 7-14,17,18,23,31; 8-4,16; 9-11,20,21,22,27,29;10-4,9-5 
REPORT MADE BY /pm b7C

TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka Mrs. Stanley Griffin, Edna May Williams
CHARACTER OF CASE SECURITY MATTER - C

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: 

[handwritten]
[W7?] 4-1 11-1
yes

Investigation Des Moines, Iowa, reflects subject in continued contact with OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, reportedly organizer for CP in Iowa. Also in contact with WILLIAM R. SMITH, President, Iowa Progressive Party, resident at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Subject and husband, STANLEY, attended as delegates at the National Committee meeting of the Progressive Party August 18 and 19, 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also attended the American Peoples Congress and Exposition for Peace held in Chicago, Illinois June 29, to July 1, 1951

-P-

[handwritten]
. cc to D/R 11-03-51 Jbs/[?]

[ink stamped]
G.I.R-2 

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 02-09-2006 BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW

DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA

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

ACTIVITIES

Confidential Informant, [ ] of known reliability, advised that on July 14, 1951, the automobile of OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM was parked in front of the home of the subject. EDNA GRIFFIN at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa. OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM is reportedly the Communist Party organizer for the State of Iowa. On July 17, 1951, according to [ ] the 1951 Green Pontiac Sedan, Iowa b2 b7D

APPROVED AND FORWARDED: J.L Dalton SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES 

[handwritten]
100-255489-34

[ink stamped]
RECORDED- 119 
INDEXED 119
EX - 3 

[ink stamped]
COPY IN FILE 
SECURITY INFORMATION

COPIES OF THIS REPORT 
5- Bureau ( 100-355489)
2- Minneapolis
2- Chicago
3- Omaha (100-4095)

[ink stamped]
OCT 25 1950
13[?]

PROPERTY OF FBI - This confidential report and its contents are loaned to you by the FBI and are not to be distributed outside of agency to which loaned. 

[ink stamped]
COPIES DESTROYED 
85 1 NOV 7 1962
58 NOV 27

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-60637-1

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FD-75 (1-10-49) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FORM No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA FILE NO. REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA DATE WHEN MADE 10-23-51 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 7-14,17,18,23,31; 8-4,16; 9-11,20,21,22,27,29;10-4,9-5 REPORT MADE BY /pm b7C TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka Mrs. Stanley Griffin, Edna May Williams CHARACTER OF CASE SECURITY MATTER - C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: [handwritten] [W7?] 4-1 11-1 yes Investigation Des Moines, Iowa, reflects subject in continued contact with OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, reportedly organizer for CP in Iowa. Also in contact with WILLIAM R. SMITH, President, Iowa Progressive Party, resident at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Subject and husband, STANLEY, attended as delegates at the National Committee meeting of the Progressive Party August 18 and 19, 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also attended the American Peoples Congress and Exposition for Peace held in Chicago, Illinois June 29, to July 1, 1951 -P- [handwritten] . cc to D/R 11-03-51 Jbs/[?] [ink stamped] G.I.R-2 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 02-09-2006 BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA BACKGROUND Subject is still a housewife and resides at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa. ACTIVITIES Confidential Informant, [ ] of known reliability, advised that on July 14, 1951, the automobile of OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM was parked in front of the home of the subject. EDNA GRIFFIN at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa. OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM is reportedly the Communist Party organizer for the State of Iowa. On July 17, 1951, according to [ ] the 1951 Green Pontiac Sedan, Iowa b2 b7D APPROVED AND FORWARDED: J.L Dalton SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES [handwritten] 100-255489-34 [ink stamped] RECORDED- 119 INDEXED 119 EX - 3 [ink stamped] COPY IN FILE SECURITY INFORMATION COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5- Bureau ( 100-355489) 2- Minneapolis 2- Chicago 3- Omaha (100-4095) [ink stamped] OCT 25 1950 13[?] PROPERTY OF FBI - This confidential report and its contents are loaned to you by the FBI and are not to be distributed outside of agency to which loaned. [ink stamped] COPIES DESTROYED 85 1 NOV 7 1962 58 NOV 27 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-60637-1