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Negro, James Chaney, 21, of Meridian, —Sligs. Their bodies were found in a deep grave near Philadelphia about two months after they) were last seen alive. They had been shot. Today was the first time the FBI officially admitted it knew the identities of the siayers. | The FBI spokesman said: “The FBI launched a mas- sive investigation following the disappearance of the three civ- il rights workers in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Miss., on June 91, 1964. The FBI located their bodies in an earthen dam and has developed information iden- tifving those responsible.” King Sends Telegram King had cited the lack of ‘ar- resis in the Philadelphia and: Birmingham killings in a tele- gram to FBI Director J. Ed- gar Hoover. King said those and: other incidents showed inade- quate FBI protection for Ne- groes in the South. re King sent the telegram in re- ply to Hoover's charges that King was the “most notorious iar in the country’? for saying ‘the FB! refused to act in South-|G ern civil rights cases because agents were Southerners. In his telegram to Hoover,; King also charged that no ar- rests had been made as a result, of brutalities to Negroes par-)2 taking in mass civil rights. meet- ings in Albany, Ga.,. during the Summer af 1963. ———; Replying to King's statement, the FBI spokesman conceded, no arrests had been made. But he added that the FBI had sub- mitted to the Justicg Rept. the results of investigstions of the Albany, Ga. complaints. “The Department of Justice did not believe there were incidents arising out of these f said. ceived 2000 letters and other Ucommunications about his ex- change with King. Only about 10 were critical of Hoover, the souree said. Complains to LBJ Ten Negro leaders officially presented King’s complaint about the FBI to President ‘John- son at the White House last ‘week. The FBI spokesman also listed FBI accomplishments i in. the field of civil rights in the South. They} included: —Arrest of Deputy Marshal Denver E, Short Jr., in ‘Sasser a., 20 miles from “Albany an charges that he cursed voter registration workers and fired his gun at the tires of their cars. Short was acquitted by a ae jury in Georgia, Jan., 1963. arrest of four ‘white men: who were charged with burning! the Mount Hope ‘Negra--Baptist Church near Dawson, Ga., Oct. 17, 1962. Three ‘of the men were sentenced ~ to seven years - in grounds ta prosecute any of the fused io indict. the men, demonstrations,’ ” the spokesMani arrests in McComb, Miss., Sources said Hoover has Fe-jand other vialence. Mel gd lig eRe. « SoHspt and ‘the fourth: ‘a juvenile, was put on three Feats Btoba- ; tion. a ae ve NIE —Arrest of tw ! ; charges in connection. with ‘the . burning of the Shady Grove Bap. | tist Church near Leesburg, Gai; * Nov. 4, 1962. Grand jurie r = —Investigations ‘Jeading cn LV: on, state charges involving bombing —Seven arrests ‘in Natchez; Miss., on state charges in ‘shoot- ings and beatings. att vv Seven arrests _for- “racial violence in Pike County, Miss. a —Five arrests’ of present “ar former law enforcement’ of ficers in Neshoha*@eantyMiss., on charges of police’ brutality.