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aan Tey lu aw a. 20 4 : ’ DECLASSIFIED BY 60324 AUK_BAW/CPB/CLS ¥ 7 > / 7 09-15-2006 CONMpeacia! a . FiperttlAl, February 1, 1971 | Mon YY vA NA In addition to information previously furnished the White - House on January 26, 1970, on captioned me our files ay the following. Bory wel ipajay y Hei! ty In March, 1970, information waé received from a" Lf confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past indicating that at a commemorative service held for Martin Luther King, Jr., in Atlanta, Georgia, under the sponsorship of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Céntér (MLEMC), a program was distributed which revealed that Mrs, King was the President of MLKMC and 19 other individuals made up the Board of Directors, including Stanley Levison, Harry Wachtel, and C.T, Vivian. Prior Communist Party (CP) connections and/or sym es on the part of these individuals fave been established by the FBI, tT Our files also reveal that Mrs. King continues to rely on and confide in Levison and allegedly has become more dependent on Harry Wachtel's advice, Wachtel is a New York City Attorney who was _ @ member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). His name appeared on a ligt of names in a local CP headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944, (0) In connection with Mrs. King's book entitled "My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr. ," which was published during the Fall of 1969, Mrs. King pmressed appreciate to various individ als : sista: bh the : ai 2 Kk, ins ng Th emt T i: ” bé bic b7D - Callahan Casper Courad —— Pre sident. ra JCF:meb™ (7) Syars “Ti Mc. Room \ Se. MAIL ROOML__] TELETYPE UNIT(__} = £4 ion BO 5A (7