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Negro, James Chaney, 21, of Meridian Miss ‘Their bodies were found in a deep grave near Philadelphia about two months after they were last seen alive. They had) been shot. Today was the first time the FBI officially admitted it knew the identities of the slayers. ‘The FBI spokesman said: “The FBI launched a mas- sive investigation following the! disappearance of the three civ- il rights workers in the vicinity’ of Philadelphia, Miss., on June 21, 1964. The FBI located their bodies in an earthen dam and has developed information iden- tifying those respons King Sends Telegram King had cited the lack of ar- rests in the Philadelphia and Birmingham killings in a tele- gram to FBI Director J. Ed-; gar Hoover. King said those and! other incidents showed inade-! quate FBI protection for Ne- groes in the South. King sent the telegram in re- ply to Hoover's charges that King was the “most notorious| liar in the country” for saying! the FBI refused to act in South- Ga. ern civil rights cases because agents were Southerners. In his telegram to Hoover, King also charged that no ar: rests had been made as a result, of brutalities to Negroes par- taking in mass civil rights meet- ings in Albany, Ga.,. during the Summer of 1963. ss Replying to King’s statement, the FBI spokesman conceded! no arrests had been made. But he added that the FBI had sub mitted to the Justi ot. the! results of investigi one of the Albany, Ga. complaints. “The Department of Justice} did -not believe there were grounds to prosecute any of the; incidents arising out of these demonstrations,” the spokesman said Sources said Hoover has re- ceived 2000 letters and other icommunications about his ex- jchange with King. Only about 10 were critical of Hoover, the source said Complains to LBJ Ten Negro leaders officially ‘presented King’s complaint about the FBI to President John- son at the White House last ‘week. The FBI spokesman also listed FBI accomplishments in the field of civil rights in the South. They included: “Arrest of Deputy Marshall Denver E, Short Jr., in ‘Sasser , 20 miles from Albany on charges that ke cursed voter registration workers and fired his gun at the tires of ‘their cars. Short was acquitted by a district jury in Georgia, 125, 1963. —Arrest_ of four ‘white men: who were chatged with burning’ the Mount Hope ‘Negro—Baptist |Church near Dawson, Ga., Oct. 17, 1962. Three ‘of the men were |sentenced * to seven years in ‘prison and’ ‘the “tourtha” juveniie, © was put on three Years ba tion. burning of the Shady Grove Bap- tist Church near Leesburg, Ga Nov. 4, 1962. Grand juries fused to indict the men. Investigations leading fo ii tarrests in McComb, Miss... {state charges involving bombing and other violence. —Seven arrests ‘in Natchez, Miss., on state charges in Shoot. ings and beatings. “Seven arrests for ri violénce in, Pike County, jigs. —Five arrests of present ant former law enforcenient” vf. ficers in Neshoha*@oanty~Miss.; on charges of police Brutality. Jan., i