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SESRET and wilkins indicated responsible leaders of the Negro movement have been alarmed about the communist association and procommunist statements of King. willkins mentioned that James Forman of SNvcc is also believed to be affiliated with the communists and highly suspect among the Negroes. Wilkins told of his fight against the communists over the past 30 years. In conclusion, Wilkins was invited to come and visit us at FBI Head- quarters and that, if the Director was in, he would like to shake hands with wilkins. News articles indicated six top civil rights leaders, including Roy Wi met with President Johnson, 11-25-64, and expressed concern and disagreement wit ! Mr. Hoover's recent published remarks about Martin Luther King. Several demand Director's dismissal; however, Wilkins did not. Willins told a CBs-Tv, "Face The Nation, " audience that the Director was "a good public servant' with a "long and "distinguished career" who is "simply wrong in this.! . On.a 2-15-65 memorandum from Baumgardner to Mr. Sullivan, the Director noted, "I don't want anything furnished to Wilkins or Forman in view of th visit to the President demanding my dismissal because of what I had to say re King. particularly since they knew I had stated t'.e truth. H. GL9:l Q (ei6-I8-70I-E-00t) Wilkins al. ed out that "Down With The Proletariat' was becoming the battle cry of militar