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DECLASSIFIED BY 60324 AUC BAW/CPB/CLS ON 09-, 6.2006 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Atlanta, Georgia File No. August 26, 1970. CONE DPBER?TIAL CORETTA SCOTT KING RACIAL MATTER INSTITUTE OF THE BLACK WORLD RACIAL MATTER anodes iat Declassify on: Coretta King expressed dissatisfaction with the number of employees maintained by the MLKMC, particularly in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Documentation Project, a part of the MLEMC, As a consequence, the services of approximately twenty or thirty employees were terminatedl, Sources understood that the employees whose services were términated would, on August 3, 1970, picket the residence of Coretta I King, 234 Sunset Avenue, N. W, Atlanta, in protest. (By - 1) As of August 1, 1970, the terminated employeea were of the opinion that Coretta King was essentially concerned thet financial resources of the Library Documentation Project did not justify the nunber of individuals employed and that such a continuation, if not rectified, might have a bearing upon the efficiency of the MLKMC ih ~ the eyes of future donors (identity not known) of financial aid to the MANO * NE) On August 3, 1970, Captain Jack McIntyre, External Security Tit, Atlanta Police Department, Atlanta, advised no picketing activity occurred at the Coretta King residence that date. The Atlanta Journal, daily Atlanta newspaper, on Page 2A of its Blue Streak edition of August 4, 1970, published an article captioned, "King Memorial in Need, Widow Informs Protesters", bylined Ron Taylor. This article in part revealed that on August 4, 1970, ~~ 277] eReAyCoretta King held a press conference at which time she stated, "Some Sep 9 4970 alterations" had been made in personnel of the MLKMC because of lack of funds. During this press conference, several individuals confronted ; This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions “VeronOfuteeabBI. [t is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; a - aif and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. cORELRRETTAL ENCLOSURE G2-/OE “6D