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2/24/66 AIRTEL TO:DIRECTOR, ATTENEION:. Assistant Director WILLIAM c. SULLIVAN FROM:SAC,CHICAGO RE: MARTIN LUTHERKING SM-C Re Bureau. phone call .from Assistant Director. SULLIVAN to SACJOHNSON2/23/66. TodayI.visited His Excellency,.the Most Reverend JQHy p. CoDy, Archbishop of Chicago, at his residence.. We had a mostApleasant vlsit concerning matters in general; during which timo.His.Excellency oxpressed his very high rogard for the Director and the work'of the FBi. He Andicated that he had had the.opportunity during past years. to cooperate.with the Bureau reprosentatives and he.appeared. most appreciative,of my. visit... He indicated that .during. the. past six months, he has-tried.to bacome.acquainted.with the various.problems which facehis.church inthe.Chicago area,.but that'a.big.part.of-the six months he has.spent-in traveling and, therefore, is not as well versed'in the entire situation concerning Chicago as he would' like to be. the racial.situation in.Chicago and in strictest confidence. advised me thathe is having problems with.many of his younger priests who.becone over:zealous in some of their endeavors in the.civil xights fieid.. He told me.that.this : presents'a problem for him in giving'them guidance. in such ... a way that they.use good judgment in their endeavors but not: accuse His Ercellency of being.anti-ciyil rights. Bureau -Chicago DONOTDESTROY-PEYDING