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the Negro, while accounting for 10% of the population, was SO located in cities throughout the country that if the 180 million white people . Memorandum to Mr, Wick Re: Meet the Press, Channel 4 TV ; Meredith claimed that Negroes have never engaged in ‘violence although the white people did. He said that if the white people would not remove the killers of the Negroes, then the black ‘people should do so. He said he knew and the white people knew who the killers of the Negroes were but since the whites refused to do any~ thing, the Negroes should arm themselves and do the job the whites ‘refused to do. Stokley Carmichael agreed with Meredith, stating that - iturned on the Negro, all would go down together. He noted the Army i ; { i H b was integrated and that 40% of the Army in Vietnam was Negro and they would not permit the whites to attack Negroes without retaliating. Roy Wilkins said Carmichael abounds in the provocative statement and that no one believes the Negro would take up arms. Carmichael noted that Students’ Nonviolent Coordinating Committee would attend the War Tribunal trial of President Johnson called for by Sir Bertrand Russell. Carmichael said he would like to attend the trial as he felt the Vietnam { War was immoral. RECOMMENDATION: This memorandum be brought to the attention of the Domestic Intelligence Division in view of Carmichael's seditious remarks. Vs. ds