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4 Ks | t 4 & t og a he ee eet, a — Memorandum to Mr. Beimont RE: RACIAL SITUATION ALBANY, GEORGIA ¢ theme of the article and stated, among other things, "one of the great problems ‘we face with the FBI in the South is that the Agents are white southerners who have been influenced by the mores of their community, To maintain their status they have to be friendly with the local police and people who are promoting segregation, Every time I saw FBI men in Albany, they were with the local police force," In this connection, it should be noted that of the five Agents. .assigned to the Albany, Georgia, Resident Agency, four are from northern states and only one is a native of Georgia, In this connection, it should be noted that Assistant Directors Sullivan and DeLoach have made an attempt to contact Reverend Mr, King to straighten him out concerning the work of this Bureau and they are following the matter closely until such an interview can be conducted, In all instances where allegations of civil rights violations were brought to the attention of this Bureau, appropriate investigation was conducted and the information was furnished to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, "The Worker’ mentions that one arrest was made and this resulted when an FBI man was attacked near the site of a burned church, "The Worker’ does not mention the arrests which followed the solving of the burning of two Negro churches in the Albany, Georgia, area, : ACTION: For information. /