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"~~~ ORIGINAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND XEROX COPIES TO SECRETARY OF i ——— err ena eee ee ee a ee. v ; 1 = mc. Belmont oo - ye ak i _ 1 = Mr. Mohr , a0 1 = Mr, DeLoach any OG , 1 - ¥, ) Sullivan 4 : 2 - Mi. Bland oe ene 1 = Mr. D. a Brennan 7 : August 16, 1965 oo, jv “MARTIN LUTHER “KING, JR. _ SECURITY MATTER — COMMUNIST It has been previously reported that Stanley David Levison, a long-time communist whose secret menbership in - the Communist Party, USA, has been established as recently_as July, 1963, has been influencing Martin Luther King, Jr., z concerning the Vietnam situation. The following additionaY- .< ;, information has been supplied by a confidential informant of BS. this Bureau who has furnished reliable information in the past. yi On August 13, 1965, Miss Dora McDonald, secretary. to King, contacted Levison and advised that “The New York Times", had asked King to answer twelve questions. She said that King desired Levison to prepare answers to the questions. Levison subsequently contacted Miss McDonald and furnished proposed answers to the twelve questions which Miss McDonald said she would give to King for hie approval. The questions and a — J ~~ a Levison's proposed replies are as follows: . xz . fad (1) Ip a recent statement King noted that several aes peace organizations had approached hin concerning Vietnas. Y pa tr] What specific groups are they? Reply: Among Others, the Hi . National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and Women Strike? [= aQ for Peace. (These are pacifist organizations.) by FF NO ‘= .<) 142) What is the text of the letter which King = = ~ intetids to send to President Johnson and to Ho Chi Minh, & hed { President of North Vietnam? Reply: When the text is finalized, a copy will be made available. g ie ™ ya i wat mt ie; 7 VY _— STATE RUSK, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPUTY ATTORNEY N PON its te : z. __"= ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL YEAGLEY AL HoRATON Bama tere, SS yeni seems mere. HERES USSF MALL rool] TELETYPE ‘wrt re 4 . : + s ake Mae, eter bn pene ce aid Aen hee we ae ae pe ere ere eS vena. toe) Mike re ae ke he ml