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Coistntist Party, Usa — Part 7
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is a telephone surveillance (tesur) on the-.
residence of Stanley David Levison, Apartment 3-D, 585 West End rm
Avenue, New York City. It was authorized 5/28/65 and installed -]
6/15/65. There had been prior installations dating back to 1962. #° ~~‘
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Examples of valuable intelligence derived through this
tesur during the past 90 days are as follows:
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On 4/5/67, Stanley Levison and a former business
associate were in contact and they discussed Martin Luther King,
Jr.‘s speech of the previous night at Riverside Church where he
urged others to become conscientious objectors to military service,
Levison denied writing the speech, stating that an aide of King
had written it.
Levison dictated a statement to King's secretary on
4/11/67 which was to be delivered by King at a press conference
the next day. This statement explained King's opposition to the
war in Vietnan.
It was learned on 4/13/67 that Levison wrote the speech
that King was to deliver on 4/15/67 before the Spring Mobilization
rally in New York City.
Again on 4/22/67, King requested Levison's advice as to
what he should say to the press about King's candidacy for President
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of the United States. Levison dictated a statement that King was to
use, :
On 5/11/67, information was received that the North
Vietnamese representative in Sweden wanted to meet with King
and other representatives of the peace movement in an effort to |
get a true appraisal of the peace movement in the United States.
An aide to King was seeking Levison's advice as to the advisability
of King attending such a meeting.
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