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SAD TT eee QT Te Bureau 100-3-226 SR OT PRN a RMR eu gee UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION New York, New York October 23, 1963 a ‘ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED - Re: Communist Party, EXCEPT WHERE SHOWS United States of America ygenwisk -~ Negro Question Communist Influence In Racial Matters internal Security = ¢ On October 16, 1963, ea confidential source, who has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished information which indicated that on that date, Martin Luther King was in contact with Clarence Jones. King stated that he 18 coming tc wew York to speak at Madison Square Garden - on October 23, 1363, for the District 65 Anniverssry. King-~ said that he plans to speek on the unions, "where we have come BO far and where do we go from here", King inéicated that he consideiz's this speech to be very important, and he requested Clarence Jones to get some material together with their mitual friend. Jones said he thought they could get the draft to him by Monday in Atlanta, Jones indicated that he thought if they had the week-end to work on it, they could get it done, . With respect to ihe foregoing, it is to be noted that it has been dete:mined from this same confidential source that in the past when King and Jones referred to their mutual friend, they were referring to Stanley Levison, The District 65 centioned is District 65 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Orgenizations. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside our agency. y agency Lar {3|? Stans ee gg. & EXT. BY G Ww It. PEASOR-FC! DATE OF REVIEW 1-2.4.2 ®- whe, zi Excifddd from automatic , dowlgra§ing and "4 if deflassi¥ication