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oie 186 MemorandumROUTE I Ex LORE: Telsor GeLonck Wer: Caspe: Caliana- Conrad Fett < SETATE 40 FLY “bla 9 “SssvlD “11 WIDA-NOSTHE ag >, w 19 Mr, ¥. Cc. Sullivan w” Pe TO DATE: 1/19/66 Tavel Trover 1 - Mr. DeLoach VA Wek __ FROM ¥. J. Baumgardner; 1 = Mr. Sullivan Yotmeme ———— —_—_- aA [NE 1 - Mr, Baumgardner °°" SUBJECT: STANLEY DAVID LEVISON 1 ay (>! INTERNAL SECURITY - COMMUNIST he has been a close R For many years, Suze Bie ~ ‘advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., and has exerted considerable 7 Re = influence in the civil rights movement through his counseling 42-~¢ of King, Wevison is in close contact with Bayard Rustin, “= § Clarence Jones and Harry Wachtel, all of whom have subversive t= 2° backgrounds and serve as key adv ng. In view of these ges facts, a technical su lance was installed on = a4- |Levison on . It was reinstalled = on 6/15/65, BE ( This source continually furnishes information concerning ‘contacts between Levison and King as well as contacts between Levison, Rustin, Jones and Wachtel, It is evident from this source that King readily accepts advice from Levison and that Levison prepares a considerable amount of both written and spoken statements made by King. On 8/27/65 and 9/10/65, we furnished the White House information from this source concerning “an article Levison was The \nelping King prepare for "The New York Times Magazine." source furnished the results of a conference on 9/12/65 between _ King and some of his advisors concerning the position King took ‘efter his 9/10/65 meeting with United States Ambassador to the We furnished this veniened > ence United Nations Arthur J. Goldberg. to the White House on 9/15/65. Again on 9/30/65, we furnished the White House information from the source concerning a conf between King, Levison, Rustin and Wachtel concerning the role King should play in peace issues, particularly concerning Vietnam, TIAL REC-§1 /00-392 ¥52X-26 3 oe 3 | oat , ; on jee ae tT ee » Cre = 55 ret & $e cy b= — BE = ae s >