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SE @&_T Communist Influence in Pacial “!atters King then revealed to Levison the part of the speech he had prepared, According to Kine, he will state that the United States deliberately sabotaged the Geneva agreement by foal line for elertiane in Ssauth Vietnam ana providing that the Seventeenth Parallel was but a temporary line; that the United States deliberately put Premier Diem into power and kept him until it became tired of him, then replaced him with Premier Ky; and that the United States launched bombine raids against North Vietnam on the scale of “orld War IT. Levison was of the ovinion that King should cet a sampling of Nerro feelinz, and suggested he get a private poll project under way to prove that a majority of Negroes want the war to end. King was asreeable to the sugrestion, prompting Levison to promise that he would consider how to raise the necessary funds for such a venture. Kine revealed that he was in contact with Dr. Ralph 3unche on April 13, 1967, concerning Bunche's criticism of his Vietnam policy. And according to Kine, Sunche was very sorry for the remarks he had made and finally admitted it by saying: “Martin I vant you to know I agre2 with everything you are sayinr about Vietnam. I am absolutely opposed to our policy." The statement made by Bunche, which criticized King, wes reported in "The New York Times" of April 13, 1967. It was as follows: "He (Kine) should realize that his anti- United States in Vietnam crusade is bound to alienate many friends and su»porters of the civil rights movement and ereatly weaken it -=- an ironic twist for a civil rights leader." a ah aa ann Bailie © 5 NES Ths RT PROGR STG AE eet aren: te lara te ae . a y a - . vad + . . . a