During the Red Scare brought on by Senator Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, an actor in Hollywood and active anti-communist, was an informant for the FBI. On October 23, 1947, Reagan testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), of which Richard Nixon was a member.

The following is an exchange between Reagan and committee staff member Robert Stripling.

Mr. STRIPLING: Mr. Reagan, there has been testimony to the effect here that numerous Communist-front organizations have been set up in Hollywood. Have you ever been solicited to join any of those organizations or any organization which you considered to be a Communist-front organization?

Mr. REAGAN: Well, sir, I have received literature from an organization called the Committee for a Far-Eastern Democratic Policy. I don’t know whether it is Communist or not. I only know that I didn’t like their views and as a result I didn’t want to have anything to do with them.

Source: George Mason University