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ee eee ee Ba ee oe A ogee eigen tone gtr ge The Bureau provided us with no documentation » that the SCLC under Dr. King was anything other than a legitimate organization devoted to the civil rights move~- ment. The ean: FL that en avaertiwnad TaaboaA am infre- we Tee ek wany hod hele We mation that the alleged Commmists’ advice was dictated by the CPUSA or inimical to the interests of the United States. Indeed, in early 1963 the Bureau learned through reliable sources the principal advisor had disassociated himself from the CPUSA. His reason was the CPUSA was not suffi- ciently involving itself “in race relations and the civil rights movement (HQ 100-392452-195). 3. King-Hoover Dispute The flames of Director Hoover's antipathy for Dr. King were farmed into open hostility in late 1962 when Dr. King criticized the Bureau's performance during an investigation of a racial disturbance in Albany, Georgia. Efforts to interview King by the Bureau were not successful (AQ 157-6-2-965) and the matter lay dormant for a tim. The controversy was publicly rekindled in early 1964 when the Director testified before a House appropriations subcommittee that he believed commmist influence existed -125- a