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Memo Smith to Sullivan RE: ADMIRALARLEIGHA.BURKE AND"SEVEN DAYS IN MAY" for a number of years. TristramCoffin Coffin was on our Special Correspondents' List on a firstname basis. until the publication of an article he wrote about the FBI. The article, entitled. "The Departnent of Justice," appeared in the March,1963, issue of"Holiday" magazine. The Director characterized references to the FBIas 'vicious' and "snidely critical." John'Swomley (Public Source) In January, .l957, Swomley was secretary of "Fellowship," an organ. . of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a socialist, pacifist group which has. campaigned for disarmament and against conscription. Swomley, a pacifist and conscientious objector, was the subject of a Sedition Act investigation which was closed in l945. He was Director of the. National Council Against Conscription in 1947 and was registered with Congress. as a lobbyist. Stanley/Kubrick Bufiles contain no derogatory information concerning Kubrick.. Comment It is entirely understandable why a military leader of Admiral I.srke's stature would find the theme of "Seven Days in May"--even though it is pu e. fiction--offensive because it'does tarnish the image of the American militsry. -6-