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es often STATES DEPARTMENT OF Onc: | Ba Poh FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION y an Atlanta, Georgia — ‘February 19, 1970 DECLASSIFIED BY 60324 auc BAW /CPB/CLS co _ AL ON 09-15-2005 oo CORETTA SCOTT KING oo ~ RACIAL MATTER On February 18, 1970, a confidential source advised he tad learned that Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther. King, Jr.,(former President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference ¢SCLC),\ contemplated pursuing.ih the near future a program of voter; registration in several southern states. (In this activity King will be assisted by Andrew J. Young, Ryecutive Vice President, SCLC. [SJ (0) It was source's understanding that Hosea Williams, 7p Director of Voter Registration and Political Education, SCLC, has not been consulted by King or Young regarding this activity. Williams recently expressed es (7 felt | Young's apparent interest in King's contemplated program of voter registration was based upon a selfish motive related to Young ‘Ss desire to seek election to the United States Congress. /. (I) This document contains neither recommendations nor comlusions ‘of the FBI. It is the property of the. FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not ‘to be distributed outside your agency, ENCLOSURE 2-10P053 - 5b