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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: The FBI's Man in the Kremlin]'' (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>

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: The FBI's Man in the Kremlin]'' (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>

During the 1960's Rustin was a member<ref>{{cite book|last1=Forman|first1=James|title=The Making of Black Revolutionaries|date=1972|publisher=University of Washington Press|pages=220}}</ref>of the [[League for Industrial Democracy]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carson|first1=Clayborne|title=In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s|date=1981|publisher=[[Harvard University]] Press|pages=29}}</ref>. He would remain a member for years, and became vice president during the 1980's<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/WorkersRightsEastAndWestAComparativeStudyOfTradeUnionAnd|last1=Karatnycky|first1=Adrian|last2=Motyl|first2=Alexander J.|last3=Sturmthal|first3=Adolph|title=Workers' rights, East and West : a comparative study of trade union and workers' rights in Western democracies and Eastern Europe |date=1980|publisher=Transaction Publishing / [[League for Industrial Democracy]]|pages=150}}</ref>.

During the 1960's Rustin was a member<ref>{{cite book|last1=Forman|first1=James|title=The Making of Black Revolutionaries|date=1972|publisher=University of Washington Press|pages=220}}</ref> of the [[League for Industrial Democracy]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carson|first1=Clayborne|title=In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s|date=1981|publisher=[[Harvard University]] Press|pages=29}}</ref>. He would remain a member for years, and became vice president during the 1980's<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/WorkersRightsEastAndWestAComparativeStudyOfTradeUnionAnd|last1=Karatnycky|first1=Adrian|last2=Motyl|first2=Alexander J.|last3=Sturmthal|first3=Adolph|title=Workers' rights, East and West : a comparative study of trade union and workers' rights in Western democracies and Eastern Europe |date=1980|publisher=Transaction Publishing / [[League for Industrial Democracy]]|pages=150}}</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>