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vise at she attende € press conference conducted by James H. Meredith in Memphis on 11/10/62, in the office of A. W. Willis, Jr., Memphis Negro attorney. She stated that when someone from the"Commercial Appear asked Meredith if he had written the story about himself in the recent issue | of the "Saturday Evening Post," he evaded an answer at first but finally said he had written it. ws Re " “that Roy Wilkins, Natio The "Worker" of 12/2/62 contained an article entitled "Negro Leaders Back Africa's Liberty Fight," which reported that almost 10 : of the nation's Negro leaders, meeting in Harriman, N.Y., over the weekend, adopted a program of action to aid the newly independent African states. This meeting, Which was called American Negro Leader- | ship Conference on Africa (105-116631), was called by six Negro leader including Roy Wiikins, executive secretary, president, Negro American Labor Council, The program embodied seven resolutions dealing with South Africa, South West Africa, Portuguese Africa, the Central African Federation, the Congo and Kenya and the issue of equal participation of Negro Americans in US programs in Africa. 105-116631-1 Z (6) On 12/17/62 the Washington Capital News Service reported ‘ that a group of Negro leaders, including Roy Wilkins, and Martin Luthe : King, Jr., were scheduled to confer with President Kennedy at the Whit © House, on 12/17/62, to urge a greater role for Negroes in US African policies, This group was critical of the State Department for not placing more Negroes in the Foreign Diplomatic Service, particularly n the critical areas of Africa. torr oe Washington Capital (6) News Service 12/17/62