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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . - WASRINGTON, D.C. p0eas . * September 2, 1969 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: STANLEY DAVID LEVISON INTERNAL SECURITY = COMMUNIST You have previously approved the continuation of the telephone surveillance on the residence of Stanley David ss Levison, Apartment 30, 585 West End Avenue, New York City. His split with the Comnmist Party was tactical rather than ideslaciaal He wae avin {pal “ SS wae a A ae EEE Se oe ee eS Tee PF 4 Ob SO adviser to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Since King' death he has continued to advise King's widow and the current leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Levison is currently one of the "Directors" of the SCLC according to the organization's publication. “1 ‘i NID’ * Uoseed a kg "x3 9 “BRIO MOI 0 BYE = Zz On July 8, 1969, the installation furnished information concerning @ discussion between Levison and Andrew Young, Executive Vice President of the SCLC, concerning the strike of hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina, in which the SCLC had become involved. A settlement of the strike was imminent but hospital officials did not want to put anything in writing about rehiring the striking workers. Levison told Young not to let this point stand in the way of the settlement since it would not be possible to mobilize the community on an issue @5 abstract as having something in writing. They also discussed the possibility that Ralph Abernathy, SCLC President, has a mental or emotional illness and should seek psychiatric help. ae a NTIAL ) i $ Excluded het Stacey downgradifg TO — declassif£ication . - —~ —_ A ee erm ~ ee EN - eT oa eee SF pee te, oH 7 3 F Sleek et aaa a ee GE EYER TS MT