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: ‘ be . . Te ay “oe 1 rn re - ve a ae Cn Pee CE Scr ve CT Ot ct bees A tk ce ale ete oe cel det Sa he tid, aim lathal e Iy alae De ed k heee ur, ¥. c. Sullivan - Apri 6, 1966 7 " itr. r. a Bamngardnar . ie ir. Sullivan peo, 2 commer pinrr ~ Ut a BS aman? CONTAINED | ENTERWAL SECURITY ~ COMMIT Webs ain |e sos pF so furnished inforaation ae & conversation | ~ petween Btanley on ané Clarence Jones the aight of 4/34/64 relating to Martin Luthur King’s press release of 4/33/64 attacking the Directer's * Budget testinony on coomunist influence in racial matters. 2 gation was in extrenely guarded language as a result of which ou geatyets i of its true meaning must necessar ve lative. Ve are C) Yo mac theae #peculation only because of our EIS knovledge ef what the -2 King camp intended Going. My memoranda to you 4/21,%3,24/64 inforned ef ; advice given to King by Levison and Jones that King wust pot remain silent cone . after the 4/15/64 Soseph Alsop article expressing King‘s conmunist : * gonnections. King instructed an associate, Valter Fauntroy, to see Burke os Marshall on 4/22/64 concerning the matter. Then, after the 4/21/64 releast ; of the Director's budget testimony, the King cazp decided én a public. “ : = response by King in the fern of a press release Which would attack both | i, the Director's toatinony and the article, _ ve The Levison—Jones eonversation na/es contained the tottoving © Jones said th that King's relesse @n both the article and Hoover's statement: --: is being widely publicized in Californian nevsp Levison commented we =-; that Hoover did act directly relate to the artic @. "Jones waid are ~— : but statement was a broad statement." (Appareatly relating to . a = = pelease), Levison asked if statenent vas a ¢isavowa. of Sonnections | =* (apparent reference te King's couzunist connections). Jones geld, We rg] investigations). jevisce and Jenes agreed that King's release was e. \ 3a veal bead-on attach, = ee, ty Sen y Ls > and placing the issue within the context ef the movecent, particu as relates to unsolved boub , eto.” (I¢ is noted that King’s relesse ends with a eritieisnz ef the reau's alleged failures in bombing a “HR. rs tevinin pict 47 thes had talked to anybody and Jones answered, “\ “{hreugh @ representative.” eis gould well refer to Fauntrey act xt for King). Levison anked the result and Jones replied, "That 4 ‘i; felt it was iuportant to sake a statements ss Just as we had indica 100-3-116 a | 100-37 372453_— oe NoT RECORDED fe 100-106670 ntartin tathur x1 CF 190-300453 (Stanley Davis pu «TO MAY & 1968 i q ORIGTNAL FILED I = 100-40701 ‘eo saga bre Ee ee —