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===Communist infiltrate the Democratic party===

===Communist infiltrate the Democratic party===

An [[FBI]] memo in 1950 reported that informant Robert Kenpa advised members of the [[subversive]] element in Honolulu were  

In 1950, the Hawaiian Communist Party went underground. Quoting Robert M. Kempa, a communist party informant who agreed to cooperate with government investigators, an [[FBI]] memo states,

{{Cquote|concentrating their efforts on infiltration of the [[Democratic party]] through control of Precinct Clubs and organizations. He said they were spending

{{Cquote|In 1950 after the Communist Party had conducted a series of control interviews. Dwight James Freeman known to me as a Communist Party Organizer, told me that the Party was being reorganized and was going underground. Freeman explained to me that the Party was being broken down into 'Groups of 3's' and that I was being made chairman of Group #6 and in addition given the assignment of being contact man for my own group and four other groups. Freeman advised me that Chairman of Group #10 was Frank Marshall Davis and I was to contact him ....

considerable time urging support for their candidates in these Precinct Club elections. In

 

this regard, he noted on April 6, 1950, that subject [Davis] had been elected Assistant Secretary and Delegate to the Territorial Democratic Convention...attendance of Davis at the Territorial Democratic Convention was verified by [Kempa]. This convention took

Late in the fall of 1950, I started contacting Frank Marshall Davis in connection with Communist Party matters, and relaying to him information received from my superior contact in the Communist Party, either James Freeman or [redacted].

place on April 30 at Kalakana Intermediate School."}}

 

During a portion of 1950, 1951 and part of 1952, I continued contacting Frank Marshall Davis and also transmitted dues for the Communist Party received from him to my contact above. During the period of my contacts with Frank Marshall Davis, he advised me that his wife, Helen was a member of Group #10. I was never advised of the identity of a third of that group, or the fact that there was a third member in the group. During a portion of 1951 [redacted] took over contacts with the Davis group but I resumed contacting Davis in 1952 and continued meeting him on Communist Party matters until I left the Party in June of that year."<ref>FBI file Frank Marshall Davis, memo November 10, 1953.</ref>}}

 

A 1950 memo reports that members of the [[subversive]] element in Honolulu were  

{{Cquote|concentrating their efforts on infiltration of the [[Democratic party]] through control of Precinct Clubs and organizations. He said they were spending considerable time urging support for their candidates in these Precinct Club elections. In this regard, he noted on April 6, 1950, that subject [Davis] had been elected Assistant Secretary and Delegate to the Territorial Democratic Convention...attendance of Davis at the Territorial Democratic Convention was verified by [informant]. This convention took place on April 30 at Kalakana Intermediate School."}}

==International affairs==

==International affairs==