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# CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH3. RODIGAST reports that Identity A is charming, highly female,   definitely intelligent and something of an "actress" in that she is   often willing to tell people what they want to hear; indeed, this is   what she did at the public discussion mentioned above. At the same   time she is committed to the civil rights movement. You will note   from the biographical data which we are forwarding under separate   cover, that she has worked in civil rights activities before and at   one point assisted in the organization of a march led by Dr. King.   RODIGAST, who is a personal friend of the family (she is divorced   and has a teen-aged girl) in addition to being the representative of   her publisher, has gotten to know her very well over the past years.   He reports that she is basically a loyal, moderate and anti-Communist   person who comes from a middle class family in Detroit where her   parents were active in the anti-Communist activities of the United   Auto Workers. At one point RODIGAST had proposed her for possible   use since she might be able to gain access to North Vietnam. This   was rejected, however, because she was thought to be too moderate,   respectable and pro-American to be of interest to the North Vietnamese.4. All this has been altered by her recent involvement in the   SNCC activities, and it is now RODIGAST's opinion that she offers   what may be a unique opportunity to obtain the collaboration of   someone in a position to report on the attempts by Communist, Castro-   ist, and radical forces to influence and use the civil rights move-   ment. Through her involvement in SNCC she has developed contacts   with various groups which are flirting with SNCC such as the French   Vietnam National Committee, Vietnamese student groups and the Che   Guevara Circle-all targets of WOFIRM.5. At the moment she is the most glamorous figure the SNCC   returns to the US this Spring, Identity A could easily develop into   a leading public representative of SNCC. Another candidate for a   leading role in SNCC following the departure of Identity B is the   Marxist oriented Identity C-although she is somewhat shy and prefers   to operate behind the scene. Thus we can envision a situation where   Identity A might become most influential, if only by default.6. RODIGAST is convinced that Identity A would be willing to   collaborate with her government but stresses that the approach to   her would require great skill and must be done by an individual with   whom she could feel rapport. He reiterates that she is sincerely   anti-Communist, and that she does not share the beliefs of the   militant black racists, although she certainly is a convinced ad-   vocate of the civil rights struggle. RODIGAST suggests that any   approach to her must stress respect for her commitment to the civil   rights movement. This approach should emphasize that Communist   exploitation of the movement is in the interest of neither the move-   ment nor the nation and should request her collaboration in report-   ing on foreign (and only foreign) attempts to exploit the situation.   As an alternative to this direct approach, we believe that consider-   ation should be given to the desirability of merely stating that   because her activity in the civil rights movement she has been   thrown into contact with Vietnamese, Cubans, etc. of interest to   WOFIRM and on whom we would welcome reports. This line has the   virtue of having less blow-back potential should our approach be   declined and we would hope that once a relationship with her had   been established she would volunteer information on SNCC and its   foreign involvement. Reinforcing the approach RODIGAST suggests   that she be offered a small payment of, say, $200 per month to assist   her in meeting the obligations of living abroad. This payment will