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| M.A. Jones to DeLoach hemo, 7-16-65 RE: Judge Thurgood Marshall, Solicitor General dnvestigation of the FBI to determine why it did not maintain a record as to crimes 4m which Negroes are victims comparable to its record as to other crimes. On 4-10-47 the Director in a memorandum to the Attorney General regarding these charges by Marshall, pointed out as an example a lynching case in Georgia wherein the FBI interviewed nearly 2,800 persons and a Federal Grand Jury in Athens, Georgia, took testimony from approximately 106 witnesses. Marshall made sever: other allegations in his 12-27-46 letter to the Attorney General wherein he impugne the integrity of other FBI investigations. These were also refuted by the Director in his memo of 1-10-47 to the Attorney General. By letter dated 5-10-46, Marshall wrote the Director charging mis- 1conduct on the part of Special Agents of the Bureau in investigating cases involving " [Negroes and interviewing Negroes. The Director in his letter of 5-14-46 to Marah (assured him the Director would not tolerate any acts of misconduct on the part of F Agents and we would conduct an immediate administrative inquiry into the charges if Marshall would furnish the names of the persons making the complaints against t FBI Agents. Marshall never answered the Director's letter of May 14th, In connection with charges made against the Bureau by Marshall on 1-13- a7 in another instance, the Director wrote to Walter White, Secretary of the NAACP (now deceased) and pointed out to White the repeated efforts on the part of Thurgood Marshall to embarrass the FBI and to discredit its investigations, particularly in cases involving civil rights of Negroes. It was also noted in this co munication to White that Marshall and his associates in the legal branch of the NA/ had not rendered full cooperation and Marshall's attitude did not measure up to the standards of cooperation which had been set up by White. On 1-24-47, White acknowledged the Director's letter and stated he discussed the matter with Marshall, Marshall claimed that the Attorney General had requestéd him to bring to his attention any matters which &ifect Negroes in cor nection with the Department of Justice and it was because ofthis that Marshall con municated with the Bureau and the Department with respect to the allegations outlil above. It is noted that criticism from Marshall directed to the FBI and the Department for the most part ceased after the Director's letter to Walter White. In February, 1956, Marshall appeared at the Bureau and was appris of the Bureau's position on civil rights by former Assistant to the Director L, B. Ni At this time, Marshall expressed considerable concern over the Communist Party efforts to infiltrate the NAACP. It was recommended and approved that Nichols fu Marshall with public source material regarding the efforts by the communists to fr trate the Negro movement and in particular the NAACP. Marshall contacted Mr. -2- (Continued next page...) NY nm —_