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4 4 e a0 : % 1/17/68 : 1 Airtel 1 1 To: SACs, Atlanta ro All FOR STON CONTAINED From: Director, FBI (105-170160) ite 19 CRSA EE Attre wht ion CLERGY AND LAYMAN CONCERNED AROUT VI¥ tone Pag en INFORMATION CONCERNING (INTERNAL SECURITY) ay Fe Abas The January 13, 1968, edition of "The New York Times," page 4, carried an article entitled "Dr. King Calls For Antiwar Rally In Capital, February 5-6." The article a=s* = see eee BOT ee ee ~ stated that AL A press conference, called by the Gaptioned group on January 12, 1968, in New York City, Martin Luther King, Jr., had called for a large-scale antiwar rally to be held in Washington, D. C., on February 5-6, 1968. According to the article, the stdenent was made during a news conference which also voiced support for Dr. Benjamin Spock and the four co-defendants who were recently indicted by a Federal — . Grand Jury for counseling evasion of the draft, With regard’ - to the demonstration, King stated that while other protesters / would not be turned away, the demonstration would be primarily eu ews SF rae Tew Fee ee Se ee se r for church affiliated groups. He said details of what fora the demonstration would take have not been worked out. King ‘was quoted as stating, "We have no plana to try to close the ao Pentagon or any other Federal building--we have no illusions about that.” Atlanta and New York contact all appropriate sources for information concerning the demonstration as announced by King. Wescr PIAAISILO ER hh -WEREC UL pos —- f/7O7E¥ f All pertinent inférnation developed should be promptly furnished to the Bureau and WFO by teletype and followed by an LHM, original and nine copies, ee EE SEY SEE NOTE PAGE "WG" 29 FEB / ; ee —_—e