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FBI affairs, as did tne Director's artritude toward the Coommist Party. On August 23, 1963, then Assistant Director of the Domestic Intelligence Division, William C. Sullivan, pursuant to the Director's request, presented a seventy-page analysis of exploitation and influence by the Commist Party on the American Negro population since 1919 (HQ 100-3-116-253X). This report and Mr. Sullivan's synopsis showed a failure of the Commmist Party in achieving any significant inroads into the Negro population and the , civil rights movement. Director Hoover responded: — "This mem reminds me vividly of those I received when Castro mate omemes Maal | ee tock over Cuba. You contended then that Castro and his cohorts were not Commmnists and not influenced by Commmists.. Time alone proved you wrong. I for one can't ignore the mems as having only an infinitesimal effect on the efforts to exploit the American Negro by Coommists” (HQ 100- a A994 ASM 3-116-253K) . The Director's coment had a resounding effect on Mr. Sullivan. Seven days later, he replied: “The Director is correct. We were completely wrong about believing the evidence was not sufficient to determine sane years ago that Fidel Castro was not a commmist or under cammmnist influence. In investigating and -116-