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a er oe i d Wilkins indicated responsible leaders of the Negro movement have been alarmed about the communist association t and procommunist statements of King. Wilkins mentioned that James Formanof + ENVCC is also believed to be affiliated with the communists and highly suspect. : 4 among the Negroes. Wilkins told of his fight against the communists over the past © 30 years. In conclusion, Wilkins was invited to come and visit us at FBI Head- —— quarters and that, if the Director was in, he would like to shake hands with Wilkins. ie News articles indicated six top civil rights leaders, including Roy Wi \ met with President Johnson, 11-25-64, and expressed concern and disagreement wit i{Mr. Hoover's recent published remarks about Martin Luther King. Several demand | Director's dismissal; however, Wilkins did not. Wilkins told a CBS-TV, "Face The ! , Nation, " audience that the Director was “a good public servant" with a "Iong and aged at Stay ‘ {distinguished ¢ career" who is "simply wrong in this." . > ‘On. a 2-15-65 memorandum from Baumeardner ts te Mr. sullivan, the . * Direc*‘or - noted, "I don't want anything furnished to Wilkins or Forman in view of the . ad to sav re King visit to the President demanding my dismissal because of what I particularly since :