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Coretta Scott King — Part 5
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On 4/1/62[—___ istrict sates manager, Swissair
Airlines,Idlewild Airport, » advised that the Women's Inter-.
national Strike for Peace (WISP) (62-107350) booked passage for
50 women on Flight 801 which departed from Idlewild on 4/1/62
due to arrive Geneva, Switzerland 4/2/62. This group had booked . 06
return flight 800 which would depart Zurich, Switzerland::on 4/6/62, b7¢
WTO stopover in London, Engtand and would arrive Idlewild on
On 4/2/62 Detective, eax hires of Special
Services, NYC Police Department, Furnishe ist of the names and
addresses of the delegates of WISP who boarded flight 801. Shown on
this list was Carlotta King aka Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. 563
Johnson Avenue N.E. Atlanta, Ga., Passport No. C 224842.
62-107350-109 p.5
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In reference to above the Atlanta Office was requested to -
furnish information maintained in their files pertaining to King.
This Office advised that the 3/27/62 issue of "The Atianta Journal"
carried an article entitled "Lillian Smith, Georgia Writer, To Be
Honored" which pertained to an autograph tea to be held at the Atlanta
Biltmore on 3/31/62. King was Listed as a hostess for this affair.
This reference identified Smith as a member of the SOcialist
Party, Workers Defense League and a member of the National Board of the
American Civil Liberties Union.
(25 107350-113 p.1 and enci. p.1
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_ The 4/7/62 issue of the "People's World" published an article
entitled "Women Deliver Peace Message to Geneva" which pertained to the
"Women's International Strike for Peace’ (62-107350) delegation which
fiew to Geneva to protest the testing of mhuclear weapons. Mrs. Martin
Luther King, Jr.,was. in this delegation. These women were received by
the Soviet delegation chiefs at the Geneva conference, Soviet Depity
Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin and Semyon K,. Tsarapkin.
63¢107350-A "Peoples World" 4/7/62
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