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Letter by Hoover reveals malice toward Martin Luther King Jr
Washington report details a 1964 private note from FBI Director J Edgar Hoover to William C Sullivan condemning King and hoping he faced consequences. The letter, found with Hoover's 1938 book, accompanies a broader account of FBI tactics against King including wiretaps and a later anonymous threat to Coretta Scott King.
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