Martin Luther King Jr — Part 2

113 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Aug 25, 1967 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Martin Luther King Jr · 103 pages OCR'd

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. . * *. Memorandum for Ur, Belmont “| °- RE: COMMUNIST PARTY, USA : . NEGRO QUESTION * 100-3-75 j that would stand up in A testimony in_ court or before Congressional committees that the Communist Party, USA, does wield substantial tntluence over Negroes which one day could become decisive. r . The memorandum which the Director penetratively questioned, while showing in the details the communist impact on Negroes, did -| surfer from such limitations, .These limitations we will make every effort to lift in the future. The great amount of attention this ‘Division is giving to comnunist activities directed toward the Negro should enable us to do this.. For example, here at the Seat of Governnent, the Negro = communist question takes up as a whole the time of one supervisor and -during the past few weeks four meh have been so occupied. Additionally, {1) specinlized instructions are reqularly given the field on communist Bee SP CV ene Ae Bek ee Me we ee eS ee infiltration of the Negro; (2) monographs have been written on the . Subject and widely disseminated; (3) regularly disseminated are menorands and reports; (4) August 21, 1963, we devoted the entire Current Intclli- gence Analysis: to the communist plans for the Negro March of August 26, 1963, (149 copies of this: Analysis were disseminated to 44 agencies of the Government), (5) much material on the issue is given to Agents at In-Service; and (6) an SAC Letter is under preparation in this Division now giving the field the benefit of what we learned from the Negro harch on Washington and issuing instructions for increased coverage of communist influence on the Negro. . + -, As the memorandum pointed out, “this Nation is involved in a. form of facial revolution and the time has never been so right_for l exploitation | “of the Negroes by_ communist “propagandists. “Ninetcen millior " Negroes constitute the g: greatest single “racial target of the Communist Party, USA. This is a sombre reality we must never lose simht of. We , Will do everything possible in the troubled future to Gevelop tor the "Director all available facts relating to Negro membership in the Comzunis- ‘Party, plus the more complex and difficult te ascertain influence tof communist organizations and officials over the leaders and masses of yNegroes. _ ~ We regret greatly that the memorandum did not measure up to what the Director has a right to expect from our analysis, RECOLNENDATION: For the information of the Director. see

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Memorandum for Ur, Belmont “| °-
RE: COMMUNIST PARTY, USA :
. NEGRO QUESTION *
100-3-75
j that would stand up in A testimony in_ court or before Congressional
committees that the Communist Party, USA, does wield substantial
tntluence over Negroes which one day could become decisive.

. The memorandum which the Director penetratively questioned,
while showing in the details the communist impact on Negroes, did

-| surfer from such limitations, .These limitations we will make every
effort to lift in the future. The great amount of attention this
‘Division is giving to comnunist activities directed toward the Negro
should enable us to do this..

For example, here at the Seat of Governnent, the Negro =

communist question takes up as a whole the time of one supervisor and

-during the past few weeks four meh have been so occupied. Additionally,
{1) specinlized instructions are reqularly given the field on communist

Bee SP CV ene Ae Bek ee Me we ee eS ee

infiltration of the Negro; (2) monographs have been written on the

. Subject and widely disseminated; (3) regularly disseminated are menorands
and reports; (4) August 21, 1963, we devoted the entire Current Intclli-
gence Analysis: to the communist plans for the Negro March of August 26,
1963, (149 copies of this: Analysis were disseminated to 44 agencies of
the Government), (5) much material on the issue is given to Agents at
In-Service; and (6) an SAC Letter is under preparation in this Division
now giving the field the benefit of what we learned from the Negro harch
on Washington and issuing instructions for increased coverage of
communist influence on the Negro. .

+
-, As the memorandum pointed out, “this Nation is involved in a.

form of facial revolution and the time has never been so right_for

l exploitation | “of the Negroes by_ communist “propagandists. “Ninetcen millior

" Negroes constitute the g: greatest single “racial target of the Communist

Party, USA. This is a sombre reality we must never lose simht of. We

, Will do everything possible in the troubled future to Gevelop tor the

"Director all available facts relating to Negro membership in the Comzunis-

‘Party, plus the more complex and difficult te ascertain influence

tof communist organizations and officials over the leaders and masses of
yNegroes. _ ~
We regret greatly that the memorandum did not measure up to
what the Director has a right to expect from our analysis,
RECOLNENDATION:

For the information of the Director.

see