REPORT ON COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC)
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
From: FBI, SENTINELLA, ALAN
Document date: 05/19/1967
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

## Page 1

Date: 12/08/04

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER: 104-10063-10200

RECORD

SERIES : JFK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI

SENTINELLA, ALAN

TITLE : REPORT ON COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC)

SUBJECTS : SCLC

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CLASSIFICATION

: SECRET

CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED IN FULL

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

COMMENTS : 07/13/93

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

104-10063-10200

HH 50529

DocId: 32346752

Page 1

---

## Page 2

Copy 10:

Report of:

Dale:

Field Office File #:

Title:

UNITED STATES DEFARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SECRET

DBC. 43657

1

- G-2,

- OSI,

Third Army, It. McPherson, Ga.

Robins Air

(RII)

Force Base,

Ga.

(RAI)

- NIS, Charleston, South Carolina (RM)

SA ALAN G. SENTINELLA

May 19, 1967

100-5718

Ofice:

Atlanta, Georgia

Bureau File R:

100-438794

COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Cheracter:

Synopsis:

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

National headquarters Southern Christian Leadership

Conference (SCLC) continue to be located at 334 Auburn Avenue,

N. E., Atlanta, Ga. Offices also mainteined in Grenada, Miss.,

Louisville, Ky., New York City, New York, and Selra, Ala.

Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., continues to serve as President

of SCLC. Identity of officers,

personnel and organizational structure set forth, CAROL HOOVER,

who has former Connunisi Party

(CP) affiliation, recently added

to SCLC executive staff as fund-raising officer and will be

responsible for arrangements re forihcoming SCLC annual

convention. Financial status and principal sources of SCLC

income set forth. STANLEY LEVISON and HARRY YACHTEL, YAO have

prior CP background, active In SCLC financial matters. Reverend

KING continues to seek and rely upon advice of LEVISON.

• LEVISON,

RANDOLPH I. BLACKVELL, ALFRED DUCKETT, CHARLES HAYES,

CAROLI

HOOVER, CORDE I. VIVIAN, and HOSTA VULLIAMS attended

SCLC

conference March 1967 at wlich changes in personnel and

organization structure discussed. BLACKVELL, DUCKETT, HAYES,

VIVIAN,

and WILLIAMS have past CP backround and/or affiliation.

SCLC major projects and activities as well as position re

U. S. participation in Viet Nan Var set forth:

SECRET

GROUP I

Excluded

from Automatic

Downgrading and Declassification

7143

100-300-071

This document contains reither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the r9l and is looned lo

your agency: it and its contents are not lo be distributed outside your egency.

0520 RegId: 32346752

Pave 2

---

## Page 3

Date: 12/08/04

JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD

NUMBER

:104-10063-10200

RECORD

SERIES

: JEK

AGENCY FILE

NUMBER

: 80T01357A

- --------=

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM

: FBI, SENTINELLA, ALAN

TO

TITLE

DATE

PAGES

: REPORT ON COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC)

05/19/1967

1

SUBJECTS : SCLC

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CLASSIFICATION : SECRET

RESTRICTIONS

& POSTPONED IN FULL

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

: 07713/93

COMMENTS : JFK10 : F2 : 1993.07.13.15:21:18:960520 : FBI DENIED

IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97.

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

104-10063-10200

NH 50529

DocId: 32346752

Page

3

---

## Page 4

UNITED STATES DEFARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SECRET

DBE 4365>

Copy 10:

1 - G-2, Third Army, It. McPherson, Ga. (Ril)

- OSI,

Robins Air

Force Base,

Ga. (RM)

I - NIS, Charleston, South Carolina (RM)

Report of:

Dale:

Field Office File #:

SA ALAN G. SENTINELLA

May 19, 1967

100-5718

Ofices. Atlanta, Georgia

Burcau File &:

100-438794

Title:

COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Character:

INTERNAL

SECURITY - C

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

Synopsis:

National headquarters Southern Christian Leadership

Conference (SCLC) continue to be located at 334 Auburn Avenue,

N. E., Atlanta, Ga.

Offices also maintained in Grenada, Miss.,

Louisville, Ky., New York City, New York, and Selra, Ala.

Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., continues to serve as President

of SCLC. Identity of officers,

executive board menbeis, executive

staif, and field organizers set forth. Recent changes in

personnel and organizational structure set forth. CAROL HOOVER,

who has former Connunist Party (CP) affiliation, recently added

to SCLC executive staff as fund-raising officer and will be

responsible for arrangements re forihcoming SCLC annual

convention.

Financial status and principal sources of SCLC

income set

forth. STANLEY LEVISON and HARRY WACHTEL, YAo have

prior CP background,

active in SCLC financial matters. Reverend

KING continues to seek and rely upon advice of LEVISON.

LEVISON,

RANDOLPH I BLACKHELL, ALFRED DUCKETT, CHARLES HAYES,

HOOVER, CORDY I.

• VIVIAN: ana HOST VILLANS attended scic

CAROL-

conference March 1967 at wlich changes in personnel and

organization structure discussed.

BLACKWELL, DUCKETT, HAYES?

VIVIAN, and WILLIAMS have past CP hackeround and/oz affiliation.

SCLC major projects and activities as well as position re

U.S. participation in Viet Nan Var set forth.

SECRET

GROUP I

Excluded from Automatic

Downgrading and Declassification

7143

100-300-040

This document contatns reither recommendations nor conciusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the fBi end is loaned to

your agency: it and lis contents are not lo be distributad outside your egency.

HH 50529 DocId:32346752 Page 4

---