</s>FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74) FBI Date: Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) Vin (Precedence) PAGE FOUR, PD 100-100-10198 INFILTRATION OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. 5. COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN RACIAL MATTERS (CIRM.) PD 100-1050B IS ENTITLED "COMMUNIST IN RACTIAL INRACIAL MATTERS [CIRIM), INTERNAL SECURITY - C - 00:NEW YORK." THIS FILE CONTAINS ONLY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. THE 1A SECTION CONTAINS ONE ITEM, A BULLETIN, NO SUB FILES WERE MAINTAINED. THIS CASE REPRESENTS SIX VOLUMES CONSISTING OF 198 SERIALS. THIS CASE WAS OPENED AUGUST 28, 1964, CLOSED JUNE 27, 1973. THE BULK OF THE FILE CONSISTS OF QUARTERLY REPORTS OF THE NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND DIVISIONS. THE PORTLANDS. THEPORTLAND DIVISION FREQUENTLY REPORTED VERY LITTLE COMMUNIST INFLLUENCE WITHIN THE STATE OF OREGON. 6. CPUSA - NEGRO QUESTION. PD 100 - 3952 SUB 13 IS ENTITTLED "CPUSA - NECRO QUESTIO, IS - C" AND CONTAINES ONLY ROUSTINE CORRESSPONDENC. THIS SUB FILE REPRESENTA'S A SUBDIVISION OF THE PORLAND INVESTIGA- TION OF THE CPUSA. THIS SUB FILE WAS OPENed OCTOBER 29, 1954, AND CLOSED OCTOBBER 17, 1963. THIS FILE WAS CONTAINED IN FOUR VOLUMENS REPRESENTING 341 SERIALs. AT THE TIME IT WAS OPENENED, SERIAL 1 Approved: Special Agent in Charge Sent M Per 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document details administrative directives and procedural guidelines for reviewing FBI field office files related to investigations involving Martin Luther King Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), communist infiltration, and associated matters. It specifies that field offices in Birmingham, Charlotte, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Omaha, St. Louis, San Francisco, Springfield, Washington, and Portland were instructed to submit copies of serials from specified files to FBI Headquarters by October 26, 1976. Offices such as Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and Baltimore were noted for partial or planned future reviews. The Portland Field Office maintained primary files on MLK and the SCLC, with certain sections excluded (e.g., photographs, newspaper clippings). A cutoff date of January 1, 1960, was applied to some files, excluding those related to King, SCLC, and Stanley David Levison. The review also included cost data for manpower expenses in Portland during 1975–1976 and referenced a Congressional inquiry involving SAS William Kusch and Ramon Stration scheduled for November 1977. Additionally, the document mentions an earlier task force review initiated August 9, 1976, by the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) to assess the FBI’s investigation into MLK’s assassination, which reviewed files from multiple field offices and planned visits to locations such as Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, etc.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (subject of investigations)  
- James O. Ingram (Deputy Assistant Director, FBI General Investigative Division)  
- Stanley David Levison (investigated in separate files)  
- SAS William Kusch, Ramon Stration (involved in Congressional inquiry)  
- J. Stanley Pottinger (Assistant Attorney General, oversaw task force)  
- Special Agent in Charge (Portland Division)  
- Deputy Assistant Director Ingram (recipient of submitted documents)  

Key Locations  
- FBI Headquarters (FBIHO)  
- Portland Field Office  
- Birmingham, Charlotte, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Omaha, St. Louis, San Francisco, Springfield, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Baltimore (field offices involved in file submissions or reviews)  

Key Events  
- Review of field office files by the OPR Task Force regarding MLK, SCLC, and communist infiltration investigations  
- Submission of serials from specified files to FBI Headquarters by October 26, 1976  
- Congressional inquiry involving SAS William Kusch and Ramon Stration scheduled for November 1977  
- Administrative instructions for handling document copies, including exclusion of certain file sections  
- Task force review of FBI’s MLK assassination investigation initiated August 9, 1976  
- Submission of “MURKIN” files (codename for MLK assassination records) by field offices to OPR task force  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Task Force  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division  
- FBI field offices (Portland, New York, San Francisco, etc.)

MLK Declassified Files

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