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(continued) | The Department requested the Bureau to interview Rev. Blake _ _to obtain the full details of this complaint. aE =. es | A copy of the telegram and letter as _ @nclosed oo om Bey 44-23130-1 ‘. i a / \p1 ) | (3) | fe = (sy P Ww P furnished detailed _ informati6n regardin venth annual Natio vention of the SCI: (157-632) held Sept, 24-27, 1963 in Richmond advised the progr. of activity for 9/26/63 called for a public o be held at the - Belgian Building, Virginia Union Universit » at 8:00 p.m., to hear an address om - Wilkins, National Executive-Secretary, NAACP, NYC. According t approximately 900 persons attended this meeting to ; hear Wilkins spe@n, and about 125 members of the Youth Chapter, NAACP, . wore signs stating "Hi Roy, Virginia Union NAACP," F The 9/27/63 issue of the "Richmond Times Dispatch," a daily newspaper, in reporting on the SCLC convention stated that Wilkins, : in his address, urged "caution and Statesmanship" in the XNegroes' civil. rights campaign. He stated among other things, "sometimes we must : hit heavily, but at other times a light tap is just as effective to achieve the desired end." ¥ se ee ae (continued on next page) fine