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cee aac a a li a ah Zia 1 PAGE Two SF 157-1264 . QUOTE... I AS DESIROUS 0 F EXPLORATORY CONFERESCE WITH OFFICERS SF MILITANT GROUPS AND PARTICULARLY WITH “You As CHAIRMAS u OF THE so "SPP. 1 DO WOT DESIRE PUBLIC MEETINGS AT THIS TIME. CANNOT ‘ARRANGE TRIP TQ WEST COAST BEFORE LATE JULY BECAUSE oF PRIOR COMMITMENTS. AS TO AREAS OF POSSIBLE AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT, IT IS PURELY An ASSUMPTION ON MY OWN AUTHORITY aS CHIEF EXECU- TIVE OF wAACP. IT Is OFFICIAL, OF COURSE, BUT #oT BaSING, WOR DOES iT HAVE FORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I SIMPLY — FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT PRESENT SITUATION OF OUR RACE REQUIRES TRYING TO REAw SOME COMMON GROUND AND ARRIVAL AT SOME SORT OF STRATEGY THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE EVEN IF PRODUCTIVE OWLY IM A FEW AREAS. I MAY BE If ERROR AWD THERE IS NOT UNANIMOUS SUPPORT EVEN AMONG MY IMMEDIATE CO-WORKERS OF STAFF. THUS ] FEEL MUST TRY. I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THE EFFORT TO ARRIVE AT A MUTUALLY SATISFAC- TORY MEETING DATE AND PLACE LATE In JULY OR EARLY IW AUGUST. SIGNED, ROY WILKINS, Ove ZERO SEVEN TWO LYNCH STREET, JACKSON, MISS. END QUOTE. SEALE STATES IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WILKINS DOES NOT WANT TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE AND THAT HE 1S SEPARATED FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY, IF WILKINS WAS REALLY CONCERNED WE WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED . A PUBLIC MEETING. "kp Pace two et tee Roe Ripe 6 Ps