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oe at a .o | | | | a a v 1 ’ Memorandum te Mr. W. C. Sullivan | RE: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 100+«106670 This is a variance wath the appraisal of Stanley Levison who in 1962 passed the word to Gus Hall, General Secretary of the Communist Party, USA, that [King is a wholie- hearted Marxist who has stutied it (Marxism), believes in it and agrees with it, but because of his being a minister of religion, does not dare to espouse it publicly, {0} References to the FBI On page 227 she mentioned that when King was in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in April, 1963, she feared he was being | held incommunicado, After trying to reach President Kennedy, he called her back and told her 'We sent the FBI into Birmingham last night. We checked on your husband and he is alright," At the request of Assistant Attorney General, Burke Marshall the Bureau did interview the chief of police in Birmingham on 4/14/63 who said King was in good health and was not being held incommunicado. In fact he had conferred with four attorneys on 4/13/69. On page 247 she mentioned that the FBI had found the ‘bodies of the three civil workers slain in Philadelphia, Mississippi. On page 265 she tells about the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in March, 1955, During this march there was a rumor that King was to be assassinated by a man disguised as aminister. She then said "while we maintained unarmed. guard, we understand the FBI was on hand guarding Martin ail the time.'' This statement, while reported only ag an understanding ‘on her part, is a complete falsehood; we never guarded King.