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{{cquote|We of the NAACP remember that during the war when Negro Americans were fighting for jobs on the home front and fighting for decent treatment in the armed services we could get no help from the organizations on the extreme Left. They abandoned the fight for Negro rights on the grounds that such a campaign would "interfere with the war effort." As soon as Russia was attacked by Germany they dropped the Negro question and concentrated all effort in support of the war in order to help the Soviet Union. During the war years the disciples of the extreme left sounded very much like the worst of the Negro-hating Southerners.<ref>Gilbert Jonas, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=i8-SAgAAQBAJ Freedom's Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969]'' (Routledge, 2005) ISBN 1135930880, p. 144</ref>}}

{{cquote|We of the NAACP remember that during the war when Negro Americans were fighting for jobs on the home front and fighting for decent treatment in the armed services we could get no help from the organizations on the extreme Left. They abandoned the fight for Negro rights on the grounds that such a campaign would "interfere with the war effort." As soon as Russia was attacked by Germany they dropped the Negro question and concentrated all effort in support of the war in order to help the Soviet Union. During the war years the disciples of the extreme left sounded very much like the worst of the Negro-hating Southerners.<ref>Gilbert Jonas, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=i8-SAgAAQBAJ Freedom's Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969]'' (Routledge, 2005) ISBN 1135930880, p. 144</ref>}}

On October 25, 1946, Rustin was arrested in Harlem for commission of a lewd act. He was again arrested on January 21, 1953, in Pasadena, California, on a charge of sex perversion. He pleaded guilty to propositioning two males to engage in sodomy and admitted he had previously been arrested on the same charge in New York City. He was sentenced to 60 days.<ref></ref>

On October 25, 1946, Rustin was arrested in Harlem for commission of a lewd act. He was again arrested on January 21, 1953, in Pasadena, California, on a charge of sex perversion. He pleaded guilty to propositioning two males to engage in sodomy and admitted he had previously been arrested on the same charge in New York City. He was sentenced to 60 days.<ref>[https://vault.fbi.gov/bayard-rustin/bayard-rustin-part-02-of-07/view#document/p127 FBI file: Bayard Rustin, Part II, p. 127]</ref>

In 1955, Rustin became personal secretary to the Reverend Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. The following year. he introduced King to underground Communist [[Stanley Levison]], who would become King's "most influential white counselor."<ref>David J. Garrow, "[http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/07/the-fbi-and-martin-luther-king/302537/ The FBI and Martin Luther King]," ''The Atlantic'', July/August 2002</ref> Levison was a contact of high-ranking KGB agent Victor Lessiovsky, who was in New York under cover as personal assistant to United Nations General Secretary U Thant.<ref>John Barron, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mNFVfqDy960C&q=%22victor+lessiovsky%22#v=snippet&q=%22victor%20lessiovsky%22&f=false Operation Solo]'' (Regnery Publishing, 2013) ISBN 1621570991</ref> Lessiovsky specialized in recruiting "Third World" peoples as Soviet assets.<ref>Samuel Francis, "[http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2003/January/27/1/magazine/article/10826341/ Comrade King?]," ''Chronicles'', December 2, 2002</ref> In 1957, Rustin renewed his relationship with the Communist Party, when he attended the CPUSA's 16th National Party Congress by invitation.<ref>John D'Emilio, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C1xJ5ONWltYC Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin]'' (Simon and Schuster, 2003) ISBN 0684827808, p. 251</rev>

In 1955, Rustin became personal secretary to the Reverend Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. The following year. he introduced King to underground Communist [[Stanley Levison]], who would become King's "most influential white counselor."<ref>David J. Garrow, "[http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/07/the-fbi-and-martin-luther-king/302537/ The FBI and Martin Luther King]," ''The Atlantic'', July/August 2002</ref> Levison was a contact of high-ranking KGB agent Victor Lessiovsky, who was in New York under cover as personal assistant to United Nations General Secretary U Thant.<ref>John Barron, [https://books.google.com/books?id=mNFVfqDy960C&q=%22victor+lessiovsky%22#v=snippet&q=%22victor%20lessiovsky%22&f=false Operation Solo]'' (Regnery Publishing, 2013) ISBN 1621570991</ref> Lessiovsky specialized in recruiting "Third World" peoples as Soviet assets.<ref>Samuel Francis, "[http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2003/January/27/1/magazine/article/10826341/ Comrade King?]," ''Chronicles'', December 2, 2002</ref> In 1957, Rustin renewed his relationship with the Communist Party, when he attended the CPUSA's 16th National Party Congress by invitation.<ref>John D'Emilio, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C1xJ5ONWltYC Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin]'' (Simon and Schuster, 2003) ISBN 0684827808, p. 251</ref>

A secret Federal Bureau of Investigation memorandum reported that "reliable information" (FBI code for electronic surveillance) revealed that CPUSA National Secretary Benjamin Davis informed a meeting of the CPUSA National Committee in 1965 that he was maintaining liaison with Rustin.<ref> [https://vault.fbi.gov/bayard-rustin/bayard-rustin-part-01-of-07 FBI file: Bayard Rustin, Part 1], p. 1.</ref>

A secret Federal Bureau of Investigation memorandum reported that "reliable information" (FBI code for electronic surveillance) revealed that CPUSA National Secretary Benjamin Davis informed a meeting of the CPUSA National Committee in 1965 that he was maintaining liaison with Rustin.<ref> [https://vault.fbi.gov/bayard-rustin/bayard-rustin-part-01-of-07 FBI file: Bayard Rustin, Part 1], p. 1.</ref>