Military Intelligence: Them "Twelve Million Black Voices" is subversive..

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Author Richard Wright's file contains 1942 correspondence between J. Edgar Hoover and an assistant in the Military Intelligence Service who believed Wright's "Twelve Million Black Voices" was subversive.

"Material of this character in the hands of designing persons can lead to many forms of sabotage and result in a general breakdown of morale," the MIS warned, suggesting that Wright was guilty of "treasonable utterance in time of war."

Hoover personally responded, "If your inquiry develops information of an affirmative nature, you should of course order an investigation to be undertaken as to subject's background, inclinations and current activities."