</s>104-0074-10142 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM ACT RELEASE IN FULL RELEASE in CLEAVEVE 3-2299 RELEASE Rouch DREAT DREAET DREATE 1999' About three weeks ago I was in Washington and I had these two Commisarios POLICIO Federal, and I have taken them for a visit to I had International Police Academy. They were very pleased about this. They flew next to back to Miami and I Flew back to Atlanta. On the one I happened to sit next to a great big fellow, about 6'4", black, looked like a former athlete, and we got into a conversation. His name is Martin Martin and I like it happened to he had been Senator George McGovern's Yancey top, black campaign aid and I was just subsequently have verified that I got from the district. reports that things that have been that just moved in Atlanta in January. I got the district's impressions that he has been an activist in the civil rights movement for some time. He told me he had seen in Washington to address the International Association of He told he had had been in Washington in the very very good meeting. I asked Machinists and the Coalition Politics and that he had a had had had a very good good meeting, I asked him what coalition politics were and he said that's what that's when you get all the young people and the white liberals and that the Jewish liberals and the black people together. and the labor unions together and that's the Jewish liberals and when they got all the youth really doesn't don't like anything new, it's like a lot of things, and i said well, that and put a new term on it don't have you and said yes, I told you that it is. You told me that ran the Southern election fund for Julian Bond and Andrew Young that's you need it up here in Atlanta and me gave me some newspaper reprints of articles about it which were quite I'm giving for Julian Bond and Andrew young that's headquarters were quite interesting enlightening. It's a very practical black political organization and they take credit for having elected over 1400 black placks in office in the 11 states of the old confederacy. They are headquartered here in Atlanta-in they support the old conference. They have headquarters meetings with him and political support. In fact, I'm concerned after subsequent meetings with with-in-and talking to him that the next presidential election comes around the "very powerful deliver the black vote pretty well" in about 11 states that they operate-with-it-is-to- not an inconsequential force. He also told me-that he would only be in-Atlanta- until the next presidential election he also told that he would go-in. This-in -Atlanta- candidate, whoever was, as he was, was, and he was. He was, in top flight campaign agent. This was-the-democratic- established and this is, I can believe. In talking to him-i-i quickly determined-his-that-he- was a very knowledgeable insight in-black politics, obviously, he-threw-some-that.

Summary: The text details political strategies involving civil rights activism, international connections, and law enforcement interactions in Atlanta. It references Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination occurring six months prior to the document's context, with Dr. William A. Rutherford linked to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), radical groups such as the October League and Black Panther Party, and European business interests. Discussions include Rutherford's alleged intellectual influence, political campaigns, and potential CIA/FBI scrutiny. The text also mentions interactions with law enforcement, international entities like the Russian Academy of Science, and figures such as Julian Bond, Andrew Young, and Maynard Jackson. A separate summary highlights legal aid funding discussions, Soviet trade missions to Europe, and Rutherford's role as a consultant tied to education and civil rights groups, including his residence in Atlanta and associations with Ralph Abernathy and the Chamber of Commerce Crime Abatement Task Force.  

Key People:  
- Van Cleave (political operative)  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (assassinated six months prior to document context)  
- Dr. William A. Rutherford (alleged ties to SCLC, radical groups, European business interests)  
- Julian Bond, Andrew Young, Maynard Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, Yancey Martin  
- Bob Perry (FBI/counterintelligence operative)  

Key Locations:  
- Atlanta, Georgia  
- Moscow, Russia (Russian Academy of Science)  
- New York City (Committee to Defend the Panthers)  
- Europe (business dealings, radical group connections)  
- Washington, D.C., Geneva, Georgia Tech (implied)  

Key Events:  
- Discussions on political strategies and civil rights activism in Atlanta  
- Meeting between Van Cleave and Dr. Rutherford, including claims of Rutherford's intellectual leadership and ties to radical movements  
- Reference to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination occurring six months prior  
- Alleged connections between Rutherford and the October League, Black Panther Party, and anti-corporate programs  
- Legal aid funding discussions involving the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO)  
- Soviet trade mission to Europe with international delegations  

Key Organizations:  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- October League (radical group linked to anti-corporate activism)  
- Black Panther Party  
- FBI/Counterintelligence (background checks on Rutherford)  
- Chamber of Commerce Crime Abatement Task Force (Atlanta, Georgia)  
- Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO)  
- Legal aid groups (e.g., California Rural Legal Aid Group [CREA])

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