9 d i \ ; Memorandum for Mr, Belmont i e RE: COMMUNIST PARTY, USA NEGRO QUESTION « | 100-3-75 that would stand up in testimony in_ court or before Congressional committees that the Communist Party, USA, does wield substantial THE Ivence over Negroes which one day. could become decisive. { Lf ——T The memorandum which the Director penetratively questioned, while showing in the details the communist impact on Negroes, did suffer from such limitations. .These limitations we will make every effort to lift in the future. The great amount of attention this ‘Division is giving to communist activities directed toward the Negro i ghould enable us to do this.. 1 t ee For example, here at the Seat of Government, the Negro - | communist question takes up as a whole the time of one supervisor and _ -during the past few weeks four men have been so occupied. Additionally, ; (1) specialized instructions are regularly given the field on communist | infiltration of the Negro; (2) monographs have been written.on the . subject and widely disseminated; (3) regularly disseminated are menorands: and reports; (4) August 21, 1963, we devoted the entire Current Intclli-~ / gence Analysis to the communist plans for the Negro March of August 26, 1963, (149 copies of this-Analysis were disseminated to 44 agencies of the Government (S) much material on the issue is given to Agents at In-Service; and (6) an SAC Letter is under preparation in this Division now giving the field the benefit of what we learned from the Negro March ; On Washington and issuing instructions for increased coverage of communist influence on the Negro. . . As the memorandum pointed out, "this Nation is involved in a. form of racial revolution and the time > has. never been so right. for exploitation of the Negroes by. communist propagandists." ‘Nineteen millior Negroes constitute the ¢: greatest single “Sacial target of the Cormunist Party, USA. This is a sombre reality we must never lose sirht of. lie , , Will do everything possible in the troubled future to develop ror the 4 ;Director all available facts relating to Negro membership in the Communis- tj ‘Party, plus the more complex and difficult to ascertain influence eee of communist organizations and officials over the leaders and masses of i Negroes, We regret greatly that the memorandum did not measure up to what the Director has a right to expect from our analysis, RECOMMENDATION: | | | For the information of the Director, HW 55509 DBocld:32199526 Page 135
- | li 19. #0. 17 l INVTED STNTES GC RNMENT . a «# Dera See. wd 19 {fs WOrg—iue . . «a . C met ee tenge ; . . TO > Ur, W. OC. suirivdn, ‘ pate: September’ 16, FROM =: lir, F, J. Baumgardner, ' Po O AM a ., SUBJECT COMMUNIST PARTY, USA. - NEGRO_QUESTION COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN RACTAL MATTERS INTERNAL SECURITY - COLSIUNIST —_ gs . : ae ae This memorandum recommends increased coverage of communist | H influence on the Neerg, The history ot the Communist Party, Usa TWLUSAY, IS oaleze with its attennts_to exploit, influence and [ recruit the Kéegro, ‘ine March” on Washington, 3-28-63, was a striking Gnanplc or sutir Comaunist activity as Party leaders early put into motion efforts to accrue gains for the CPUSA from the March. VWeil- ™~ | decumented information concerning the Party's influence on a principal \ farch leader, Reverend Nartin luther King, Jr., is but an example. \ The presence at the Marca of nround 200 Party members, ranging fron Hall, to many rank-and-file members, is Clear indication of the Party's fYavorite target (vie Negro) today. All indications are that the March was not the "end of the line" and that the Party will step up its efforts to exphit racial unrest and in every possible way clain credit for itself relating to any "gains" achieved by the Negro. A clear-cut indication of the Party's designs is revealed in its plans to hold a highly secretive \ leadership meeting in hovember, 1963, which will deal primarily witi the Xecro situation. This meeting is to be preceded by aiGus Hata] \ “parnstorming" trip through key areas of the country to meet Party- / people and thus better prepare higscelf for the November ‘meeting. . ad zz The entire field is being alerted to this situation a proposed SAC Letter (attached). The fleld is being instructed to intensify our coverage of connunist influence on the Nézro by giving fullest consideration to the use of all possible investigative ; techniques. In addition, the field is ‘being’ stold to intensify its coveraze of those cesssunist fronts through which the Party channels 4ts influence and to intensify tts investigations of the many Party i members and dupes who engaac Le activities on behalf of the Party in the Negro field, Further, ee are stressing the urgent need for dmaginative and tresuawe Cacticn ta be utilized through our Counter- intelligence Pre ceancetheswe ceabgned to uttempt to neutralize or disrupt the Party's activation an the negro field. Neccssity for prompt handling of all facets of this catter to insure timely dissemi- nation te the Departhent and olmarainlerested-agencios is ing emphasizeq. i. 8 3 anny Ln - fee ee Pein 106-2-116 . ; 31 OCT 1G 1962 | _-167- a . —sy: toe oO ~- . an 7 ake so - 1 WW 55509 Docld:32199598 Page 186 several national functionaries headed byiCPUSA General Secretary Gus /.
Hemerandum to Hr. Sullivan ; RE: COMMUNIST PARTY, USA NEGRO QUESTION COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN RACIAL MATTERS (1o0-3-116 J . . a The proposed SAC Letter requires key security offices to submit to the Fureau, within 30 days, an analysis of their current coverage of communist activities in the Negro field plus details of thesr plans for intensification, Also, those 16 offices participating in the Counterintelligence Program on a | regular basis are being required to include in their next monthly letters due 10--15-63 their plans to neutralize or disrupt Party activities in the Negro field, . , ~~ Sy RECOMMENDATION! | “ . . If approved, attached SAC Letter go forward apprising ‘ § 2 the field as above and urging full implementation so that the ~- 4 > desired results may be achieved. Also attached for approval are wi _necessary Manual changes. cee : - - eh oo, St + \ 2 Cad sf Y ( Bo ment VGN Pa cat at oe : 1 cy im Lo wy DTI a “e ~168- f HW 55509 Docld: 327199576 Page 187
Ce bel: “wnt Moti —_—o =f. Cannes Callahan —___ , td ae —2 - _— /G3 | Tele. Room ee 63 . Hslmes , " Gandy ° MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIREC TOR While the atlached memorandum _ bears the initials of Mr. Bauingardner, it was prepared from a rough- ar aft furnished to him by Mr. Sullivan. _ . It should be understood that Sullivan, Baumgardner, Sizoo and Belmant read the memoranduin and agreed with it prior to its submission. REC © See Ss meters A ga ttt 5.1969 - , Clyde Tolson -e a / ce co ; ee we v; alee nas . £ \ CT:LCB- wine ae rapes SON ; apr bet ; om ee oe A “~ ° wn beee. t =¢ af , : . Abs Pea SOUT titer. a ¥\ sewn A aa ~ ek Ngee. nay Ae . ~” ASURE Fo FON way NAL f 2 a rou =U, ~~ : “awe Moe ‘ae OS A me ee Lt -.. ae ene A e a pa MS Va at vat a cee in eee a7 bd t / pet Qt aa vga . rn  lo,- Py ary 4 ry ; ee } 70 oe? es | voy tte fe LO ae a ae ie ae e ome OMS ,. ~\ a ct -169- fF WW 55509 DocId: 3219945298 Page 1869
. ~ ™ 4, . s ™ “yh ~ x. ‘, <i id wo ne nace ein a . wn OV Beene 1 /| To: Mr. A. H. Belmont . Date: September 25, 196% 40 “t . ° fj : Mr. Inaee - jl From; Mr. W. C. sulttye “: Mr. Sule’ i oO oS : . } fr. 3s. __. | Re: COMMUNIST PARTY, USA Bins Deettet oa NEGRO QUESTION : V4 Tele. Too: COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN RACLAL WATTERS ° bliss Gandy. “ INTVENWAL SECURITY = C . __— Predication: Reference.is made to the enclosed memorandum dated 9/16/65 ‘and ‘to the attached proposed SAC Letter. On returning from a few days leave I have been advised of the Director's continued dissatisfaction with the manner in which we prepared a Brief on the above-captioned matter and subsequent. | memoranda on the same subject matter. This situation is very disturbing to those of us in the Domestic Intelligence Division responsible for this area of work, and we certainly want to de . everything pessible to correct our shortcomings. We absolutely will not be stubborn about admitting any mistakes we have made or be stiff-necked and unbending concerning our analysis of this matter. The Director indicated he would not approve our last SAC Letter, until there was 2 clarification and 2 meeting of minds relative to the question of the extent of communist influence cover Negrocs and their leaders. In this memorandum I will seriously and sincerely. \ try to clarify a most regretable situation. It is prepared not on ™ official office memorandum but rather on plain bond believing that this discussion need not be made a matter of official record, ———— df: Common Agreement: *- . First, I am sure we all are in agreement.on the following which was in both the cover memorandum and the detailed brief attached: (1) for the past 44 years the Communist Party, USA, has spent enormous sums of money and ceaseless efforts to influence Negroes and to make communists out of them; (2) the 19 million Negroes in the country today constitute the greatest single reeial target of the Communist Party, USA; (3) Negro leader Martin Luther King, _ ‘does have as an extremely important advisor a 1 (4) we are right now in this nation engaged in a form.of social -revolution and the time has never been so right for exploitation of the _ Negroes by communist propagandists; and (5).-the Communist Party . could in the future make prodigious strides and great successes with the American Negro to the serious detriment of our national security. In addition to the above, the material furnished contained inany pages of specific examples of communist ‘Bolicies. progranmd-—ant-xttivities kK Enclosures Sant p- a -d ‘a WH ' -170- ——— . . Lee HW 55509 Docld:32199526 Page 191