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eT ee aM re tp , eng RUPP ora ne a re ee nc, Sener TT er i Ce Pe Te ee reir err ts Cw aoe. bie fee ee Soc ert Cr ke y NY 100-111180 conRen: sf F| LEVISON was not in complete agreement with KING on the tactics he had used and felt he was "too far out". (Disseminated to the Bureau, Atlanta and New York files in airtel and LHM dated 4/6/67 and captioned “MARTIN LUTHER KING". ) 4/8/67 According to source, LEVISON and HARRY WACHTEL were in discussion on that date concerning KING‘s speech at. . Riverside Church when he criticized the US for its actions in Vietnam. KING were inc ntact on the same date. d with KING'’s speech since it attempted to cover too mu ground, was not well thought out, was unbalanced and that it would not appeal to the average person, LEVISON suggested a full page advertisement in "The New York Times" in order for KING to clarify his position and to answer KING's enemies and critics. (Disseminated to Bureau, Atlanta and New York files by airtel and LHM dated us/LIs/87, communication capti oned "MARTIN LUTHER KING" and "CIRM". ) a 4/11/67 Source advised that KING, LEVISON,HARRY WACHTEL, ANDREW YOUNG and TOM OFFENBERGER, SCLC Public Relations Man, conferred on that date. Their conference concerned an attack made against KING by the NAACP arising from a speech by KING on 4/4/67. It was during the speech that KING urged Negroes to become conscientious objectors to the war in Vietnam. LEVISON, WACHTEL and OFFENBERGER agreed to prepare separate statements and give them to KING's secretary. Upon receiving their statements, KING and YOUNG agreed to assemble a statement from the three and then deliver the statement on 4/12/67, during a press conference in Los Angeles, California. (Disseminated by airtel and LHM dated 4/12/67, captioned "COMINFIL SCLC", copies to Bureau, Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York files.) ts I 2c weit aan