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oy ENO *) Q FBLA rs Nghe l= Mr. Sullivgi” OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ; Me 5010-104 . ». 2 . § Mr . : i ai Sir. UNITED STATES GOWRPNMENT | Mr, Gallshap sy, & Mrz Copty47.. £ Memorandum qe IE | Mr. Matons TO ¢ Ure Belmo . DATE! 2/5/62 ad Mr. Rosen Aieoene vee ses “yf Mr? Seflivint__.. 2 <a eiiantT CONT ea me oan . OS ee iT AST 6) . Mr. Trotter tu... FROM : A. RoselS7, 2 Pekan 8 Uae? L Tele. Room... ag re WERE Mr. Ingram 0 F Earle nla oe seamacle SUBJECT: SOUTHERN REGIONAL COUNCIL ' INFORMATION CONCERNING . Miss Gandy... Ji The Southern Regional Council (SRC) of Atlanta, Georgia, | Bas published a Special Report, “Albany,'' by. Howard Zinn dealing with the racial unrest in Albany, Georgia, during November and December, 1961, The Bureau has conducted no investigation concerning the Howard Zinn is a professor of History and Social Science at Spelman Collége;—Atianta, Georgia, a Negro college, Hé has ~ been the subject of a security investigation by this Bureau a (100~360217) and was reportedly a member of the Communist Party (CP) from 1948 to 1951, SRC, The report is a slanted and biased document which could be expected from a person of Zinn's background,. It does not add anything to the clarification of the racial problem in the South, In one place in the report it is set forth that circumstances concerning the ordering of Negroes from a white a waiting room of a bus station in Albany on 11/1/61 were reported : to the FBI and “there was no apparent result."" Bureau files indicate that the facts concerning this incident were promptly furnished to the Department and no investigation was requested, In another place in the report it is indicated that ‘FBI men were reported cruising the streets in cars" during the | arrests of various persons in Albany, Georgia, on 12/16/61. Several Agents of this Bureau were in fact in Albany, along with SAC Charles Es Weeks to afford complete coverage of the situation. The Department was kept fully advised of.all information. The Departmeut of Justice is criticized in the report for not taking appropriate action in Albany, Georgia, © OV - $602 - ACTION: Qe 2 COLL us The existencerof this yggokts ig bgpng brought to the at tion of the Department, f *- 4; -¢ | a eye Ba 2S & FEB 7 1962 wee A fuller digest of the report Is” eteached heretod =i ~e Pa i eo he oan « 5 int} in <7 5 EnclesureAz.cZ 2- G-€2, fd we eg “Mr, DéLoach © 1 = Mr. Evans/ -. RBL: cag (10) . ORIGINAL COPY FILED IN