an AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR ' FROM TO _ TITLE . DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION - RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS Date: 03/25/02 Page: 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION CIA. 104-10063- 10261 _ OFK 80T01357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI FBI, GA., ATLANTA FBI, HEADQUARTERS. ‘COMMUNIST INFILTRATION. OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES . 06/19/67 2 KING, M.L. SCLC PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT : SECRET POSTPONED IN FULL 07/14/93 JFK10:F6 1993.07.14.07:04:17:030140: PAGE 1 AND 24; PER ARRB 10/97, NOT ASSASSINATION RELATED - DIF HW 50529 Docld: 32346613 Page 1
“ok mek f . ae glee eg) — p . -. ve . 7 7 ae , “a . e@ ‘s - a Te _ _ oe . e oa . - an ote . a ag UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ~ BN fo, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . . ae ; : DBE Y3ES SECRET . 1- G-2, Third Army, Ft. iicPherson, Ga. (Ril) r 1 - CSI, Rebins Air Force Base, Ga. (RM) } _ py, tos 1 - NIS, Charleston, South Carolina (Ru) i Report oft SA ALAN G, SENTINELLA Ofc: Atlanta, Georgia ao Date: May 19, 1967 a Field Office File #: 100-5718 a, "  . * Boreau File fe 100~438794 if Titles oo COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF - fo a SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE an 7 Co oo ~ CIAHAS NO OBJECTION “a 7 + > Characters INTERNAL SECURITY ~C °. DECLASSIFICATION ANDIOd oo. Synopsis: National headquarters Southern Christian Leadership Ga Conference (SCLC) continue to be-located at 334 Auburn Ave nue, qr "ON. E., Atlanta, Ga. Offices also maintained in Grenada, Miss., Louisville, Ky., New York City, New York, and Selma, Ala, Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., continues to serve as President mle f 6ef SCLC, Identity of officers, executive board members, executiv ere ‘Staff, and field organizers set forth. Recent changes in - , velit personnel and organizational structure set forth. CAROL HOOVER, ST... 6 Who has former Communist Party (CP) affiliation, recent y added Ser '. to SCLC executive staff-as fund-raising officer and will be responsible for arrangements re forthcoming SCLC annual Ba convention. Financial status and principal sources of SCLC ee -income set forth. STANLEY LEVISON and HARRY WACHTZL, who have re prior CP background, active In C financial matters. Reverend KING continues to seek and rely upon advice .of LEVISON. LEVISON, LPH 2, BLACKWELL, ALFRED DUCKETT, CHARLES HAYES, CAROL © HOOVER, CORDY T, VIVIAN, and FB TANS attended SCLC © _ conference March 1967 at whch changes in petsonnel and _ ete organization structure discussed. BLACKWELL, DUCKETT, HAYES, VIVIAN, and WILLIAHS have pa 2cker 2 or axfiliation. SCLC major projects and activities as well as position re- U. S. participation in Viet Nam War set forth. + “a te -.P =. ot oc SECRET GROUP J Excluded 7 Downgradin — om Automati [oO 335 2 a r ic 3 and Declassification ¥ [oo0-300-07"G4 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. {t ts the property ef the FE! and ts loaned to your agency; ft and {ts contents are not to be distributed outside your sgency. Cae AE a a eat | HW 50529 Docld: 32346813 Page 2
. AT 100-5718 During the above conference, a discussion ensued as to wnether SCLC should institute a policy _of charging admission to Reverend KING's speeches. Reverend KING deciared it had always been his feeling _that the public should hear him free of charge. LEVISON . objected to Reverend KING's thought in this regard and ‘said in- his opinion the civil rights. movement as a : whole had reached a point where the public should expect to pay in order to hear Reverend KING speak. A decision was | hot reached concerning this” matter. 2 Oo (AT T-7, 11/66) Also during the ‘aforementioned. conference, a discussion took place regarding SCLC approaching. ‘leading officials of labor organizations for financial contributions. STANLEY LEVISON referred to a meeting recently held between Reverend - KING and JAMES HOFFA, President of the Teamsters Union. .He pointed out this - had been an excellent meeting and very "fruitful" (not. explained). LEVISON suggested SCLC consider utilizing - HOFFA's cooperation and selling individual memberships ~ “.in“SCLC to influential Negro ‘and ‘white’ persons ‘within’ the sphere of HOFFA's influence including people both in and out of organized labor. He contended. that. HOFFA knows |.” - Many such people who would be only too happy to become * affiliated with SCLC through an honorary-—type membership - '. . and periodically assist SCLC financially. . LEVISON » went on to suggest that the sale of memberships through. the assistance of HOFFA not be limited to proféssional people but include the so-called working class. He made effort to differentiate between professional groups and the working class by pointing out that it will be ‘the working class,‘ not the professional people, who will ultimately look to SCLC for assistance —~ * in seeking “social change", (not defined). Thereafter, -— LEVISON said SCLC could use. this and its working class memberships as a practical lever when seeking "social change". ; (. 24 HW 50529 DBocld:32346813 Page 3