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a TE ee. ec Ce an leat ere nena a ote a tl i aad OO et dA Soe alt i TM AE Es. Sr a QiFTEP STATES DEPARTMENT OK USTICE FEDERAL BUREAD OF INVESTIGATION New York, New York | In Reply, Please Refer to April 18, 1968 File No. , . Bufile 100-106670 NED ALI INFORMATION CONTAINED fT HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED / EXCEPT "VERE SHOWN > OTHERWISE _ Martin Luther King, Jr.; Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (SCLC) - Racial Matters On April 17, 1968, a confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past, ascertained that on that date Stenley Levison was in contact with Dora McDonald, © Secretary to Martin Luther King, Jr., deceased head of the SCLC, and thereafter Coretta King, wife of Martin Luther King. McDonald told Levison that "Meet the Press" wants Ralph Abernathy, successor to Martin Luther King as head of the SCLC, ‘to appear on this program as soon as possible and Coretta King at a later date. She stated that she had not talked to Abernathy who was still in Memphis. Levison questioned if Martin Luther King had not been scheduled to appear on "Face the Nation" then added that "Meet the Press" was the roughest one. He said he had talked with Abernathy and advised him not to appear on "Face the Nation" at the present time because- . he believed Abernathy was gambling with his reputation and if Abernathy "falls on his face" he would do so before the whole - nation. He said Abernathy egreed, Levison added that as far — eas Abernathy is concerned, it would be best if he put off any eppesrance until just before the Washington Campaign (Poor People's Campaign scheduled for Washington, D.C.) and that Abernathy acknowledged that he needs to study up on current legislation and political facts. CLASS. & EXT. By af _DATE OF REVIEW Ne TINS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER KECOMMENDATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FEL IT IS THE property OV TEE FRE AND IS LGANED TO YOUR AGENOY IT AND FPS CONTENTS ANE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE YOUR AGENCY. ENCLosur> th Om