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TO ALEXANDRIA
BALTIMORE
BIKMINGHAM
BOSTON
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
DALLAS
EL PASO
INDIANAPOLIS
JACKSON
JACKSONVILLE
LOUISVILLE
LOS ANGELES
MEMPHIS
MIAMI
NEW YORK
OKLAHOMA CITY
OMAHA
PHILADELPHIA
PHOENIX
ST.
LOUIS
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAVANNAH
SEATTLE
FROM DIRECTOR (62-116395)
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SEPTEMBER 5, 1975
PERSONAL ATTENTION
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SENSTUDY 75
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"REBUTELS MAY 2, 1975, AND SEPTEMBER 4, 1975.
1. SEP 9 1975
Dep. AD Adm.
Dep. AD Inv.
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
Comp. Syst.
Ext. Affairs
Files & Com. _
Gen. Inv.
Ident.
Inspection
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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC) HAS REQUESTED WHEREABOUTS
OF A NUMBER OF FORMER FBI EMPLOYEES INDICATING THEY MAY BE
INTERVIEWED BY THE SSC STAFF. LISTED BELOW, BY FIELD OFFICE
TERRITORY, ARE THESE FORMER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR LAST KNOWN
ADDRESSES AS CONTAINED IN BUREAU FILES.
INFORMATION FROM SSC INDICATES NAMES OF FORMER SAs
LITRENTO AND STEWART DEVELOPED AS HAVING BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
SUPERVISING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE FBI AND CIA CONCERNING
MAIL OPENING ACTIVITIES. ALL OTHERS IN LIST BELOW WERE EITHER
SAC, ASAC, OR BOTH, DURING PERIOD 1959 1966 IN ONE OR MORE
OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES: BOSTON, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES, MIAMI,
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, AND WASHINGTON FIELD. THEY
PRESUMABLY ARE ALSO KNOWLEDGEABLE CONCERNING MAIL OPENINGS.
EACH OF THESE FORMER EMPLOYEES IS TO BE IMMEDIATELY
CONTACTED AND ALERTED THAT HE MIGHT BE APPROACHED BY THE SSC
STAFF FOR INTERVIEW. THE FORMER EMPLOYEE MAY, AFTER BEING
CONTACTED BY SSC STAFF, CONTACT BUREAU'S LEGAL COUNSEL DIVISION
BY COLLECT CALL FOR FULL INFORMATION TO ASSIST HIM INCLUDING
OBLIGATIONS AS TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION ACQUIRED AS
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FBI EMPLOYEE. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT BUREAU'S OFFER OF
ASSISTANCE IS NOT INTENDED TO IMPEDE SSC WORK, BUT IS DONE
AS COOPERATIVE GESTURE AND TO SAFEGUARD SENSITIVE BUREAU
INFORMATION.
CONTACTS WITH THESE FORMER EMPLOYEES TO BE HANDLED
PERSONALLY BY SAC OR ASAC. IN EVENT THIS IS NOT FEASIBLE
FOR JUST CAUSE, TO BE HANDLED BY A SENIOR SUPERVISOR.
IMEDIATELY AFTER CONTACT, RESULTS SHOULD BE FURNISHED
BUREAU BY NITEL IN ABOVE CAPTION, BRIEFLY INCLUDING REACTION
OF FORMER EL-LOYEES CONTACTED. IF A FORMER EMPLOYEE NO
LONGER IN YOUR TERRITORY OR TEMPORARILY AWAY, SET OUT LEAD TO
OTHER OFFICE IMMEDIATELY WITH COPY TO FBIHQ.
ALEXANDRIA.
W. DONALD STEWART, CRYSTAL HOUSE I, APARTMENT 202,
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
JAMES H. GALE, 3307 ROCKY MOUNT ROAD, FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
THOMAS E. BISHOP, 8820 STARK ROAD, ANNANDALE, VIRGINIA
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BALTIMORE:
ANTHONY P. LITRENTO, 2810 STONYBROOK DRIVE, BOWIE, MARYLAND
PAUL O'CONNELL, JR., 2417 STRATTON DRIVE, FOTOMAC, MARYLAND
DONALD E. RONEY, 131 CAMBRIDGE DRIVE, WINDSOR HILLS,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
VICTOR TURYN, 2645 TURF VALLEY ROAD, ELLICOTT CITY,
MARYLAND
DONALD W. MORLEY, BOX 222, NEW MARKET, MARYLAND
BIRMINGHAM:
JOHN DAVID POPE, JR., 221 REMINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM,
ALABAMA
BUSTON:
LEO L. LAUGHLIN, 9 EVERETT AVENUE, WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
EDWARD J. POWERS, 10 COLONIAL DRIVE, BEDFORD,
NEW HAMPSHIRE
J. F. DESMOND, 185 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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CHICAGO:
MARLIN W. JOHNSON, CANTEEN CORPORATION, THE MERCHANDISE
MART, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
HARVEY G. FOSTER, 1012 SOUTH HAMLIN, PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS
CINCINNATI:
PAUL FIELDS, 2677 CYCLORAMA DRIVE, CINCINNATI, OHIO
HARRY J. MORGAN, 5314 ELMCREST LANE, CINCINNATI, OHIO
DALLAS:
PAUL H. STODDARD, 3014 CHATTERTON DRIVE, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
KENNETH E. COMMONS, 2458 DOUGLAS DRIVE, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
EL PASO:
KARL W. DISSLY, FOST OFFICE BOX 9762, EL PASO, TEXAS
INDIANAPOLIS:
DILLARD W. HOWELL, 6413 CARDINAL LANE, INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA
ALLAN GILLIES, 8228 HOOVER LANE, INDIANAFOLIS, INDIANA
JACKSON:
WILLIAMS W. BURKE, JR., 1847 AZTEC DRIVE, JACKSON,
MISSISSIPPI
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JACKSONVILLE:
DONALD K. BROWN, 826 BROOKMONT AVENUE, EAST JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA
WILLIAM M. ALEXANDER, 4857 WATER OAK LANE, JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA
LOUISVILLE:
BERNARD C. BROWN, 2301 NEWMARKET DRIVE, N.E., LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY
LOS ANGELES:
WILLIAM G. SIMON, 2075 LOMBARDY ROAD, SAN MARINO,
CALIFORNIA
WESLEY G. GRAPP, 4240 BON HOMME ROAD, WOODLAND HILLS,
CALIFORNIA
ARNOLD C. LARSON, 4232 ABBINGTON COURT, WESTLAKE VILLAGE,
CALIFORNIA
JOSEPH K. PONDER, 3719 CARRIAGE HOUSE COURT, ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 3030 SOUTH RED HILL AVENUE,
SANTA ANA,
CALIFORNIA
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MEMPHIS:
E. HUGO WINTERKOWD, 1550 NORTH PARKWAY, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
MIAMI:
THOMAS MC ANDREWS, 324 NEAFOLITAN WAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA
FREDERICK F. FOX, 11450 W. BISCAYNE CANAL ROAD, MIAMI,
FLORIDA
NEW YORK:
JOSEPH L. SCHMIT, 656 HUNT LANE, MANHASSET, NEW YORK
HENRY A. FITZGIBBON, 76 EASTON ROAD, BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK
OKLAHOMA CITY:
JAMES T. MORELAND, 108 FERN DRIVE, POTEAU, OKLAHOMA
LEE O. TEAGUE, 2501 N.W. 121ST STREET, OKLAHOMA CITY,
OKLAHOMA
OMAHA:
JOHN F. CALLAGHAN, IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY,
CAMP DODGE, POST OFFICE BOX 130, JOHNSTON, IOWA
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PHILADELPHIA:
RICHARD J. BAKER, 219 JEFFREY LANE, NEWTON SQUARE,
PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN F. MALONE, 25 GARFIELD AVENUE, CARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
PHOENIX:
PALMER M. BAKEN, JR., 3832 EAST YUCCA STREET, PHOENIX,
ARIZONA
ST. LOUIS:
THOMAS J. GEARTY, 6630 CLAYTON ROAD #105, RICHMOND HEIGHTS,
MISSOURI
WESLEY T. WHALEY, 286 GREEN TRAILS DRIVE, CHESTERFIELD,
MISSOURI
SAN DIEGO:
FRANK L. PRICE, 2705 TOKALON STREET, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO:
CURTIS O. LYNUM, 644 EAST HILLSDALE BOULEVARD,
SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA
HAROLD E. WELBORN, 13067 LA VISTA COURT, SARATOGA,
CALIFORNIA
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SAVANNAH:
TROY COLEMAN, 36 CROMWELL ROAD, WILMINGTON PARK,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
JOSEPH D. PURVIS, 721 DANCY AVENUE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
SEATTLE:
LELAND V. BOARDMAN, ROUTE 3, BOX 268, SEQUIM, WASHINGTON
RICHARD D. AUERBACH, P. O. BOX 1768, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
JAMES E. MILNES, 4317
WASHINGTON
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PAUL R. BIBLER, 15134
38TH AVENUE, N.E., SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON
NOTE:
Referenced Bureau teletypes furnished field general
background and instructions relating to our cooperation with
the SSC and procedures concerning interviews of current and
former employees. Former employees listed herein derived
from an SSC request dated 8/19/75, to which we have responded
by LHM 9/5/75 being furnished the SSC through the AG. After
dispatch of instant teletype, we will arrange for copies to
be filed in the respective personnel files of the former
employees listed.
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Mr. Daly
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Dep. AD Inv.
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
Comp. Syst.
Ext. Affairs
Files & Com.
Gen. Inv.
Ident.
Inspection
Intell.
Laboratory
Plan. & Eval. _
Spec. Inv. _
Training
Legal Coun.
Telephone Rm. _
Director Sec'y
SENSTUDY 75
RE BUREAU TELEPHONE CALL 9/5/75.
THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE HAS REQUESTED THAT SPECIAL
AGENT DOUGLAS MAC DOUGALL, BE MADE AVAILABLE IN WASHINGTON,
D. C., FOR INTERVIEW BY THAT COMMITTEE ON 9/9/75 AT 10 A.N.
THE INTERVIEW WILL INVOLVE SA MAC DOUGALL'S KNOWLEDGE IN THE
PARTICIPATION IN MAIL COVERAGE.
SA NAC DOUGALL SHOULD ARRANGE TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON,
D. C., IN TIME TO BE BRIEFED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LEGAL
COUNSEL AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISIONS AT 3 P.M. OH 9/8/75 IN
ROOM 4509 II: THE JUSTICE BUILDING.
REC-47, 62 11638-619
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NOTE: James Dick, Senate Select Committee Staff Member, made
the request for the interview of SA MacDougall concerning mail
covers. This interview will be a Staff interview. Reference
phone call to advise the New York Office of this request and
of the fact that SA MacDougall should be available for the
briefing on 9/8/75 by the Legal Counsel and Intelligence
Divisions. This communication will serve as approval for the
waiver of an existing employment agreement signed by SA
MacDougall for purposes of this interview.
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ALL INFORMATION-CONTAINED_
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/17/00 BY STRANKO
SBALMKO
GPO 1975 O-569-920
Mr. W. R. Wannall
A. B. Fulton
Mr. W. R. Wannall
Mr. W. O. Cregar
1 - Mr. J. G. Deegan
8/12/75
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Mr. R. L. Shackelford
1
Tir, A. B. Fulton
Mr. D. Ryan
1
Mr. D. K. Pettus
COINTELPROS
This is to identify additional copies of excised material
which is being made available in room 4171 of the JEH building for
review by staff members of the Senate Select Committee (SSC). The
copies have been excised to protect sensitive sources and delete infor-
mation from other agencies where there were sensitivities.
Each serial, prior to being made available for review to
members of the SEC staff in room 4171, is approved by the responsible
Section Chief.
Attached for the file are 23 copies of excised serials
regarding the New Left which were made available for review to the
CSC on 8/7/75, and 336 copies of the Black Extremist which were
made available on 8/8/75 for review. The latter 330, which consists
of four volumes, are being maintained in room 4426, JEH.
ACTION:
Enclosures
None. For information.
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1-100-448006 (Black Extremist)
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A. B. Fulton
1 - Mr. R. Wannall
1 Mr. V. O. Cregar
1 - Mr. J. G. Deegan
1- Mr. K. L. Shackelford
8/5/75
Mr. A. B. Fulton
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Mr. D. Ryan
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Mr. D. K. Pettus
COINTELPROS
This is to identify additional copies of excised serials
which are being made available in room 4171 of the JEH building for
review by staff members of the Senate Select Committee (SSC).
Copies have been excised to protect sensitive sources and delete
information from other agencies where there were sensitivities.
Each serial, prior to being made available for review
to members of the ESC staff, is approved by the appropriate responsible
Section Chief.
Attached for the file are 44 copies of excised serials
as they were made available for review to the SSC on 8/1/75: 36
relate to the Communist Party, USA, Cointelpro, five to the New
Left and three to the Socialist Workers Party Cointelpros; 105
copies regarding the New Left Cointelpro which were also made
available on 8/1/75, and 41 copies of New Left Cointelpro which
were made available for review on 8/4/75.
ACTION:
None. For information,
Enclosures
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1- 100-449698 (New Left)
1100-3-104 (CPUSA).
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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY SPBALMKY
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The Attorney General
Director, FBI
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
1- Mr. B. Adams'
1 Mr. J. A. Mintz
1- Mr. W. R. Wannall
1 – Mr. W. O. Cregar
August 18, 1975
1 - Mr. A. B. Fulton
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1 Mr. D. Ryan
MDR-16.
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY SP
Reference is made to the August 8, 1975, meeting
In your office, wherein members of your staff and officials of this
Bureau discussed matters relating to the current inquiries of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities as relates to
our Counterintelligence Programs (Cointelpros) documents and to
the protection of FBI sources utilized in these programs.
At your request there is attached a memorandum
summarizing known results in our Cointelpros directed against the
Communist Party, USA, Socialist Workers Party, White Hate
Groups, New Left and Black Extremists. These summaries do
not indicate any actions were conducted under these programs
which resulted in physical injury to the targets or that electronic
techniques, surreptitious entries, or mail openings were used in
connection with Cointelpro actions.
Enclosure
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ENCLOSURE
1- The Deputy Attorney General (Enclosure)
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The Attorney General
NOTE:
The Attorney General, on 8/8/75, and the Deputy
Attorney General, met with Associate Director Nicholas P. Callahan,
Assistant Director W. Kaymond Wannall, and Inspector John B. Hotis
to discuss the request of the Senate Select Committee for the identities
of sources utilized to effect Cointelpro activities. The Attorney General
indicated prior to discussing this problem, which relates to the over-
all confidentiality of FBI sources, with Senator Church, Chairman of
the Committee, he desired to be furnished information which would
enable him to insure himself there were no Cointelpro activities of a
scandalous or infamous nature which at a later date could cause em-
barrassment to the Department. The attached memorandum was
prepared during the period 8/8-12/75 by personnel of the Internal
Security Branch of the Intelligence Division. It represents a careful
review of all Cointelpro actions where results were known. It is
pointed out in the majority of authorized Cointelpro actions results
were not recorded. Also, because of the wide variety of Cointelpro
actions, results in many areas are not subject to measurement. For
example, there is no way of determining how many individuals left the
Communist Party as a result of our documented mailings relating to
Soviet anti-semitism.
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DATE: 14/16/00 BY SPALNKY
SECRET
1- MJ. B. Adams
1- Mr. J. A. Mintz
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Mr. W. O. Cregar
Mr. A. B. Fulton
August 18, 1975
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
Classified because sets forth information which,
if disclosed, could compromise sensitive intel-
ligence sources and methods.
In an effort to assess possible damage incurred by
subversive and extremist organizations and individuals as a result of
Counterintelligence Program (Cointelpro) activity, a current review®
has been made of the programs relating to the Communist Party, USA,
Socialist Workers Party, White Hate Groups, New Left and Black
Extremists.
The "Study Committee Report on FBI Counterintelligence
Programs, " prepared in May, 1974, by the Department-FBI Committee
headed by former Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen, tabu-
lated 3, 208 proposals for counterintelligence action during the period
1956 until all programs were discontinued on April 28, 1971. Of these,
according to the Petersen report, 2,340 were reported approved and im-
plemented and results were reported as known in 516 instances. Our
current review has developed 620 instances where results of varying
degrees are known. Excluding results of actions which appear to have
been appropriate and proper law enforcement procedures, we have
summarized results in 164 instances. In any instance where there
was any question regarding the propriety of the action, doubts were
resolved by preparing a summary.
For ready review, summaries of the actions in these 164
instances have been placed in categories and are attached as follows:
1. Anonymously furnishing information. (34 instances)
Pages 3-36.
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ORIGINAL FURNISHED THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
COPY FURNISHED THE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Exempt from GDS, Category Number 2
Date of Declassification Indefinite
ENCLOSURE
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Fages 37-75.
Pages 76-84.
2. Furnishing information to news media. (39 instances)
3. Use of informants for disruption. (9 instances)
4. Alerting employers, credit bureaus and creditors
to illegal, immoral, radical or subversive activity. (10 Instances)
Pages 85-94.
5. Alerting business and individuals with whom indi-
vidual or group has economic dealings to illegal, immoral, radical
or subversive activity. (16 instances) Pages 95-110.
6. Alerting religious and civic leaders and organizations
to immoral, subversive, illegal, or radical activity. (22 instances)
Pages 111-132.
7. Alerting family or associates to illegal, immoral,
radical or subversive activities. (5 instances) Pages 133-137.
8. Alerting educational institutions to immoral, illegal,
radical or subversive activity. (17 instances) Pages 138-154.
9. Miscellaneous. (12 instances) Pages 155-166.
Extreme care should be exercised in connection with
any use of the attached material. Public disclosure of some of this
material could result in physical jeopardy to present and former FBI
sources utilized in these programs.
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Counterintelligence Programs
In July, 1964, an anonymous letter was sent to
a number of individuals in the Superior, Wisconsin, area
who advertised in "Tyomies-Eteenpain," a Finnish language
newspaper published in Wisconsin noting the similarity
of editorials in "The Worker," published by the Communist
Party, USA, to alert these advertisers to the communist
nature of this newspaper so they might withdraw their
support.
There was no known withdrawal of support for
this newspaper, but at the same time, the newspaper was
applying for membership in the Superior, Wisconsin,
Chamber of Commerce and their application was denied.
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Counterintelligence Programs
In December, 1969, an anonymous letter was directed
to selected members of the United Klans of America, Inc. (UKA),
by the Richmond Office. This letter denounced Robert H.
Hudgins, Grand Dragon of Virginia, characterizing him as one
interested in personal gain only. The content of the letter
wuggested that it had been prepared by Raymond Adams, a
former UKA member, who had been banished and had been at
odds with Hudgins.
The anonymous mailing resulted in continuing
disruption and mistrust in certain Elan units. Hudgins'
Leadership was challenged. The unrest at Danville, Virginia,
caused a great reduction in income for the UKA in Virginia,
and affected Hudgins' salary and expenses. Information
available does not indicate whether money for Hudgins' salary
and expenses obtained from UKA or his employer.
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SECRET
Counterintelligence Programs
FBI Headquarters, in October, 1962, authorized
the preparation of an anonymous mineographed leaflet
criticizing individuals and small groups with communist
backgrounds who consistently attacked the United States
but never took a stand against the Soviet Union. This
was to be done in connection with the scheduled October 31,
1962, appearance of Herbert Eugene Aptheker, a member of
the National Committee, Communist Party, USA, at the
State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), as a part
of a lecture series entitled "A Political Spectrum of a
Contemporary World." Such individuals had been openly
critical of an earlier appearance by a British fascist.
Authority was also granted to anonymously mail
public source information on Aptheker to Dr. Charles
Ebert, UB, a faculty member critical of the far left.
The leaflets were anonymously distributed to
the local news media, the student newspaper and to 28
campus organizations and/or students.
Aptheker's scheduled speech was deferred by
a last minute injunction in New York State Court. It
is not known if the leaflets or letter had any bearing
on the injunction. An appellate court later ruled the
University had the right to invite Aptheker to speak.
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Counterintelligence Programs
In August, 1963, the FBI in Seattle, Washington,
became aware that a factional problem existed in the
Communist Party (CP) Northwest District as a result of
the Sino-Soviet split in which the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA),
supported the Soviet Union.
A Red Chinese letter stating their position in
the ideological dispute was condensed; criticisms of the
CPUSA pro-Soviet position were added, and an anonymous letter
prepared and mailed to 25 selected CP members in the Northwest
District.
The Seattle FBI Office later reported that some
members of the Seattle area CP registered their disapproval ·
with the National CP pro-Soviet position and that this
contributed to some disharmony in CPUSA circles.
letter was discussed at CP state and local club levels
in Seattle.
The
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SECRET
Counterintelligence Programs
During May, 1967, a leaflet was mailed to about
40 individuals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area. Recipients
were labor union leaders, churchmen, members of the American
Society of Friends, and the American Legion Posts in vicinity
of the residence of Arthur Edelman. Some of the recipients
were associated with Edelman in promoting demonstrations
against the war in Vietnam and the leaflet was designed
to present the membership and leadership role of Edelman
and his wife, Beth, in the Western Pennsylvania Communist
Party (CP).
Arthur Edelman, after being made aware of leaflet,
announced it was time to come out in the open. An informant
advised that Arthur Tuden, a college instructor in Pittsburgh,
who was active in the antiwar movement, commented he was.
considering being more circumspect in his dealings with
Edelman. Subsequent to circulation of leaflet, Edelman
claimed the organization Trade Unionists For Peace in
Pittsburgh was on verge of collapse because of friction
among its leaders.
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SECRET
Counterintelligence Programs
During mid-1966, the New Orleans Office mailed a series of
letters to Assistant Grand Dragon Bill Windham, Louisiana United Klans
of America, Inc., in the name of a fictitious organization, The National
Committee for Domestic Tranquility (NCDT), an anti-Klan group. The
letters, which indicated that Windham was cooperating with NCDT, were
addressed in a manner that they would be intercepted by a Klan member
and furnished to another Klan leader.
Resulted in a split in Klan leadership and ultimately in
Windham's resignation from the Klan.
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The Philadelphia FBI Office was authorized to mail an
anonymous letter to Robert Shelton, Imperial Wizard, United Klans
of America (UKA), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, from a "member of the
Minutemen" in Pennsylvania, urging that Shelton drop Roy Frankhouser
from Ku Klux Klan leadership in Pennsylvania. This letter would also
suggest that Pennsylvania authorities, although not true, were consider-
ing Frankhouser as a murder suspect at that time.
During March, 1967, Robert Shelton mentioned he had
dropped Frankhouser from membership in the UKA and that he had
written acknowledgment from Frankhouser of this fact.
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The Philadelphia FBI Office during June, 1964,
mailed an anonymous letter, ostensibly prepared by a disgruntled
Communist Party (CP) youth in Philadelphia, to Gus Hall, General
Secretary, CPUSA, complaining about the domineering and over-
bearing attitude toward the CP youth on the part of Frances Gabow,
Organizational Secretary of the CP of Eastern Pennsylvania and
Delaware. The letter indicated Gabow had also lost the respect of
adult members because of her relationship with a married man.
Gabow lost her position as CP Organizational Secretary.
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During August, 1968, the Los Angeles Office mailed
an anonymous letter to selected faculty associates of
Robert A. Nieman, an Assistant Professor at California
State College and a candidate for the Peace and Freedom
Party for the California Assembly. The letter ridiculed.
Nieman, pointing out that he was white, did not truly
represent the blacks, that he had been arrested for
possession of marijuana, and of his background with tl
Studenta for a Democratic Society (SDS). Nieman was
very active in SDS and supported SDS in anti-Vietnam
War demonstrations. His arrest record, under FBÍ
Identification Number 274-888-G, reveals that he was
arrested by the Los Angeles, California, Police
Department, on 9/29/67 for violation of the Health and
Safety Code (Possession of Marijuana).
Nieman lost the election, which he said he
expected, but also stated that the letter had caused him
much embarrassment, both at the school, where an effort
was being made to remove him, and among black militants,
who in some cases were being taught by him.
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A leaflet entitled "Call...to Progressive-Minded
America Announcing the Holding of a Conference Preliminary
to the Founding Convention of a New, American Labor-Negro
Vanguard Party" in November, 1961, was sent anonymously by
the Newark Office to Communist Party (CP) officials throughout
the country. The aim was to hinder the formation of the
American Labor-Negro Vanguard Party (ALNVP) which was a
project of the Harriet Tubman Section which had already
It
been expelled from the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA).
was also to make the Harriet Tubman Section appear as a
provocative agent of the FBI trying to raid the CPUSA of
its membership and financial support.
The mailing created considerable confusion in the
CPUSA, which found it necessary to warn its members through
its newspaper, of the formation of the ALNVP and to warn
against being taken in by this group.
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During June, 1970, the Charlotte Office prepared
about 100 copies of a leaflet, in the form of a news item,
prepared by a reporter for Southern Vanguard Revolutionary
Party, (a defunct extremist organization formed by purged
Panther Jose Gonzalvoz). The leaflet, sent to news services
and to a number of residents in the vicinity of Black
Panther Party (BPP) headquarters, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, was intended to publicize the split in the
BPP group at Winston-Salem and to highlight that outside
leadership has been brought to the HPP Winston-Salem.
Leaflet mentioned Douglas Miranda, former BPP leader in
New Haven, Connecticut, had been transferred to Winston-
Salem and also attacked Larry Little, a BPP leader in
Winston-Salem, as radical and insinuated he is pocketing
donations obtained for BPP Breakfast for Children Program.
The leaflet contained truthful information..
After distribution of this leaflet, sales of the
EPP newspaper in Winston-Salem dropped considerably and
respect for BPP leaders in Winston-Salem was reported to
have been lost by members.
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Douglas Paul Miranda was a successful leader and
organizer of the Black Panther Party (BPP) during 1969 and
1970 in New Haven, Connecticut. An anonymous letter was
sent to EPP Headquarters in San Francisco in March, 1970,
using EPP slang alleging that Miranda had embezzlęd BPP
funds and questioned whether his promiscuity was in the best
interest of the EPP. There was no specific information
known to the FBI that Miranda was, in fact, embezzling EPP
funds, but allegations had been received that he was having
sexual relations with numerous females in the New Haven
area.
Miranda fell into disfavor with the BPP leadership
and disciplinary action was taken with the approval of the
national office. He was transferred to Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
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On June 9, 1969, an informant advised that Michael
Baynham, a Detroit Black Panther Party (BPP) member, disappeared
from Detroit June 6, 1969, after taking $150 of BPF funds. He
allegedly purchased a gun with part of this money and left Detroit.
The BPP was reportedly very upset over Baynham's actions.
On June 12, 1969, Lt. William McCoy, Special Investigations
Bureau, Detroit, Michigan, Police Department advised that Baynham
was found fatally shot that date in the hallway of Jackie Spicer's
residence, 13529 Dequindre, Detroit, Michigan. Spicer was present
at the time of the shooting and advised police he had committed
suicide.
The Wayne County, Michigan Medical Examiner's Office
subsequently advised Baynham's death could possibly have been a
suicide.
On September 15, 1969, FBI Headquarters authorized Detroit
Office to mail an anonymous communication to a "representative num-
ber of Detroit BFP leaders" and members and to BPP National officer,
David Hilliard. This communication, mailed September 17, 1969,
would question the death of BPP member "Brother Michael Baynham,'
who it was believed committed suicide and would raise the question
of possible responsibility on the part of national BPP leaders for
the suicide. The letter would also be prepared in a manner to
cause suspicion that Jackie Spicer, a BPP leader in Detroit, was
the author of the letter and thus cause disruption in the BPP.
On September 19, 1969, an informant advised the receipt
of the letter by Detroit BPP personnel convinced them that Jackie
Spicer and Anita Hartman (also BPP member) wrote the letter. As a
result, Frank Meyers of the Detroit Chapter contacted BPP National
Headquarters on September 18, 1969, to so advise them. As a result,
Meyers was told to stay away from Spicer since she was probably ad
police informant and the letter had come from the police through her.
At a BPP meeting held September 18, 1969, a decision was
made to confront Spicer regarding the letter and consequently, she
and Anita Hartman were purged from the Detroit BPP group.
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The Richmond Office of the FBI prepared an anonymous
letter addressed to George Lincoln Rockwell, National Commander
of the American Nazi Party (ANP) wherein it was alleged Alan
Welch, Deputy Commander of the ANP, is a homosexual and had
engaged in an unusual sex act with another ANP member. Further
that Welch was turning away recruits from the National Head-
quarters who appeared to be "too manly." A source who had
furnished reliable information in the past, advised that Welch
had been described by Rockwell in the past as "a reformed queer."
The Richmond Office furnished this letter to the Dallas Office
where it was mailed on September 23, 1965.
On November 26, 1965, Rockwell appeared at the
Alexandria, Virginia, Resident Agency of the FBI with four
letters he received, one of which was the above, inquiring
if these letters were in violation of Federal law. Rockwell
advised the above letter caused a great deal of disruption
in the ANP and it cast suspicion on one of his most trusted
workers, namely Welch.
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On October 3, 1969, the Salt Lake City Office sent an
anonymous letter to James Lucien Bever, President of the University
of Utah chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
alleging that Larry Hammel, a University of Utah student leader
devoted to SDS, was an informant. On October 7, 1969, Bever
appeared at an SDS meeting and confronted Hammel. Bever announced
that he received information that Hammel was a traitor to SDS prin-
ciples and an informant for the "Feds."
The above resulted in considerable dissension among
SDS adherents at that meeting and in future meetings. Hammel's
loyalty to SDS remained in doubt even though he attempted to refute
the attack. Shortly after the above action SDS became totally
inactive at the University of Utah.
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In February, 1971, the Scattle Office advised that the
iollowing action was taken to discredit Michael Thomas Justesen
and Clayton Van Lydegraf among their fellow New Left associates.
During December, 1970, in connection with the "Seattle 3" trial,
it was apparent that the defendants and their attorneys were
under the impression that the Government intended to uncover
other informants in addition to the one who was surfaced for
testimony. (The "Seattle " is a name coined by news media to
describe eight persons indicted by a Federal Grand Jury at
Seattle, Washington, on April 16, 1970, for violation
of the anti-riot law and conspiracy to destroy Government
property.) Although there was general speculation that one
of the defendants was a Government informant, this was not
true. The Government had no other informants to uncover.
following the declaration of mistrial in the case, an
anonymous call was made to Defense Counsel Jefirey Steinbora.
(The mistrial was declared as a result of actions by a defendant
who was cited for contempt.) The anonymous caller offered to
help Steinborn in defense of the case but related a fear that
Steinborn's phone might be bugged. Steinbora was instructed to
proceed to a particular pay telephone booth directly across
Irom the Seattle Police Department. o was observed entering
the phone booth and the call was placed to him. Steinbora was
advised that he was then under observation by the caller which
leit the impression that the call emanated Irom the Seattle
Police Department. The caller disclosed an intention to get
even with United States Attorney Stan Pitkin of Seattle, and the
FBI for what they did to the Seattle Police Department. (It is
noted that Pitkin handled the Government's case concerning the
"Seattlo 3," and also received considerable publicity in 1970
in connection with an expose or police corruption before the
Federal Grand Jury.) The anonymous caller advised hii chat
Michael Justesen and Clayton Van Lydegral were FBI informants.
(Justesen was in fugitive status at the time and Van Lydegra£'s
whereabouts were not known.) In reality neither was an informant.
United States Attorney Pitkin was not aware of the above action.
As a result, Steinborn confronted Pitkin a few months
later and warned that disclosure during; any inture trial that one
of the defendants was actually an ruI informant would jeopardize the
Government's case. Fitkin denied any knowledge that the FBI might
have an undisclosed informant within the "Seattle 8." Information
from other sources indicated that some persons sympathetic with
the "Seattle 8" felt that Justesen was an informant.
This gave
iurther indication of the eifect of the anonymous call made to
Steinborn.
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Philadelphia office submitted anonymous letter to
Gus Hall, General Secretary of the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA),
and Mortimor Daniel Rubin, responsible for Farty youth activities
discrediting Jarvis Tyuer as being ineffective in making
arraugements for a convention and establishing a working
organization.
Tyner was subsequently downgraded in his position
within the Party and had to coordinate all matters with
other individuals in New York.
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In January, 1967, James Dolsen; Communist Party (CP) leader
in Philadelphia, was informed by the FBI, through an anonymous telephone
call, of current status and trial date concerning Aaron Libson, a CP member
arrested for sodomy. This was a continuation of previous anonymous infor-
mation provided Dolsen in November, 1968, about Libson's arrest.
After Libson entered a guilty plea in February, 1967, the fact
was published in a newspaper. Daniel Rubin, National Organizational
Secretary, stated Libson was dropped from CP,
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In September, 1966, an anonymous letter was mailed
by the Jackson Division to United Klans of America (UKA)
leaders and members near the Headquarters of the Knights of
Green Forest (KGF) denouncing Dale Odus Walton, Imperial
Wizard, KGF, in typical Klan language.
Many Klansmen discontinued their support of
Walton and this organization became inactive.
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In May, 1967, George Lucas, Miami Communist Party
(CP) Chairman since May, 1966, was engaged in an attack on
the primarily Jewish CP membership in the Miami area. It
was approved that an anonymous letter in Tiddish about this
situation be sent to Isaac Dantzig, Vice Chairman of the
Miami CP who was regarded as a Leader of the progressive
Jewish movement in the area. The letter was to question
the loyalty of Lucas and his wife to the CP. It was also
approved, since Lucas had been determined as the source of
a series of anonymous letters to the FBI, that a number of
CP members be interviewed about the letters in a way that
they suspect Lucas as the writer.
Mr. Lucas and his wife were both given indefinite
suspensions by the CP. However, Lucas had also been sending
anonymous letters to the FBI and through interviews with CP:
members they became aware that Lucas was the writer of these
letters. Ruth Lucas was interviewed but was uncooperative.
Also, CP operations in the area were thoroughly disrupted,
CP membership became disorganized, and CP sources of funds
dwindled.
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In October, 1901, Communist Party literature was
anonymously mailed to the residences of a cross section of
employees of the Olson Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
creating an indignant reaction by the recipients. Kr. Peter
Olson, an executive of the company, felt one of his employees,
Mary Blair, was responsible for the mailings as she was the
only known communist in the company.
Mary Blair was discharged from her
Olson Publishing Company on November 9, 1961.
loyment the
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In November, 1966, 250 post cards cancelling a fund
raising bazaar in Detroit, Michigan, scheduled by "The Volunteers, "
a front group of the Michigan District Communist Party (MDCP) to pro-
mote "The Worker, " were anonymously mailed just before the opening -
of the bazaar. It was anticipated the mailing would be blamed on Break-
through, a conservative anticommunist group in Detroit, since the
communists knew a member of Breakthrough had infiltrated "The
Volunteers" about three years previously and would therefore have a
mailing list. It was also anticipated that this action would lead to the
criticism of William Allan, a top MDCP functionary, as he sponsored
the infiltrator.
Attendance at the bazaar was less than half of the
previous year's attendance, and proceeds for "The Worker" were
also less than half of the previous year's proceeds. The proceeds
for the 1966 bazaar were $428.00.
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During July, 1969, the Los Angeles Office sent
anonymous leaflets to selected leaders and members of the
Black Panther Party (HPP) and New Left organizations
accusing Donald Freed of being a police informant. Freed
was active in the Los Angeles area in developing a close
working relationship between the BPP and New Left organizations.
During a meeting of the EPP United Front Against
Fascism where the leaflets were also distributed, Freed
abruptly left and never returned. Although given a vote
of confidence by "The Friends of the Black Panthers"
few weeks later, he showed a noticeable effect of the
experience and it may have impaired his efficiency and
command of his following.
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By letter April 23, 1969, FBI Headquarters
authorized Jackson Office to mail anonymous letter to
Donald Wilson Jackson, also known as Muhammad Kenyatta.
Letter would be ostensibly from a student defense
committee and designed to discourage Jackson from returning
to Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi. Jackson and
his associates, all associated with the Black Panther Party
and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, had been
involved in incidents of violence on the campus during
week of April 10-13, 1969. Letter was mailed to Jackson on
April 25, 1969.
Jackson Office subsequently advised that through
a confidential informant, it was learned that Jackson · WAS
disturbed about the letter and on May 23, 1969, planned
to leave the Jackson, Mississippi, ares and to return to
his home in Pennsylvania.
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"
Fanny Nachtman of the New York Communist Party, in
1965, was a hard and successful worker for the cause of
"The Worker, a national publication of the Communist
Party, USA. Hechtman was reported to be extremely neurotie.
The New York Office made a pretext telephone call to
Nechtman on May 7, 1965, wherein the caller advised
Rechtman she was a friend of hers and wanted to warn
Hechtman that the national Communist Party leadership was
contemplating removing Hochtman from the national office.
and transferring her to Philadelphia because of her
neurotie tendencies.
Hechtman advised a friend later of this call and
was visibly upset and disturbed by the phone call,
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The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
(NCASF) annual rally was held in Carnegie Hall, New York,
on November 12, 1964. Prior to the rally, 238 bogus post-
cards were mailed by the New York Office to selected
Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), members in the New York area
with a message denouncing the Chinese communists and
calling for support of the "new Soviet leadership."
cards were mailed to the member's place of employment.
The
William Melish, Chairman, NCASF, denounced this
as an attempt by an unknown right-wing group to embarrass
and disrupt the NCASF. Many of the recipients of these
postcards may have been subjected to embarrassment at their
places of employment.
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In 1964 a fraudulent FBI informant report which
implicated William Albertson, member of the National Committee,
Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), as an FBI informant was purposely
misdirected to the CPUSA office in New York. The report was
read and believed by the CPUSA.
Albertson was subsequently expelled from the CPUSA
causing a major disruption in the CPUSA leadership.
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The San Francisco Office placed an anonymous telephone
call to Mrs. Thelma Seale, mother of Bobby Seale, National Black
Panther Party (BPP) leader. Seale, after a speech in Connecticut on
May 19, 1969, was to make speeches in Eugene, Corvallis and
Portland, Oregon. Telephone call was ostensibly from a "brother"
in Oregon telling Mrs. Seale it would be dangerous for Bobby to make
the Oregon appearances. Mrs. Seale told BPP Headquarters about
the call and it was decided that Seale should not go.
Results, as reported in San Francisco letter May 26,
1969, were that Seale passed up $1, 130 in Eugene and $600 in Corvallis
and possibly caused rift with affiliates of the Students for a Democratic
Society who were to appear with him.
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An anonymous letter was prepared and sent by the
Pittsburgh Office on April 24, 1969, to 35 individuals and
leaders of Pittsburgh area peace organizations alleging that
Walter and Kay Tillow, leaders of the Pittsburgh Peace and
Freedom Center, were being unduly influenced by members of
the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA). The publication 
of the
Center was likened to that of the "Guardian" and "Daily
World" in content. The letter also alluded to the Tillows'
association with Art and Beth Edelman, who in turn were
alleged to be associated with CPUSA leader Gus Hall.
The letter resulted in controversy. An informant
advised that Walter Tillow believed that the letter was
written by the FBI in an attempt to harass him.
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Information was developed through informants that
Albert Taylor, a member of the United Xlass of America (UKA),
Lawrence Lodge #610, Montgomery, Alabama, was suspected by
George Harris, another member of that lodge, of being an
FBI informant. Taylor was not an informant of the FBI. On
March 17, 1971, a letter, designed to confirm Harris'
suspicions, was mailed by the Nobile Office to Harris.
Additimally, an MI automobile was driven through an area
near Tayler's place of employment in a further attempt to
convince Harris of Taylor's alleged cooperation with the FBI,
According to informants, since the time of the
mailing of the letter, Taylor has not been seen at meetings
of Lodge #610. .
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Headquarters sent to Southern offices having substantial
Klan activity a supply of three different post cards to be malled anony-
mously to a selected number of known Klan members. These post
cards contained a caricature of a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
in his hood and robe and two attacked the Klan's secrecy of membership
and the other inferred the Klan leaders are using Klan money for high
living, both sensitive points in the Klan.
Numerous mailings were made, some of which received
newspaper publicity thereby causing disruption in the Klan membership.
Specific individuals to whom mailings were made are not identified in
Headquarters files.
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In order to increase the friction between the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the
Black Panther Party (EPP), the New York Office, in August,
1968, made pretaxt telephone calls to the SNCC office in
an attempt to convey the impression to SNCC that the EPP
was “out” to get them.* Purpose was to increase existing
friction between SNCC and EPP.
This was effected and subsequently our
New York Office received information indicating that
James Forman, SNCC leader, was recently threatened by the
EPP who said they would "get him.” Forman was making himself
scarce with his location known only to his wife and SNCC
officials.
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On October 18, 1960, the San Francisco Office directed a letter
to the San Francisco Branch Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party
(SWP) inviting attendance at an address to be given by Daniel Rubin, National
Youth Secretary of the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), on October 19, 1960,
at the Peter Wright School of Dance in San Francisco,
Trotskyist SWP members attended meeting, as did a reporter.
Trotskyists caused considerable disruption and exposed Rubin as being a
communist, which he was attempting to conceal by claiming to be merely the
editor of "New Horizons." The SWP Trotskyists identified "New Horizons"
ás a communist paper being published by the Communist Party attempting
to influence youth.
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Anonymous letters were mailed by the Chicago
Division on September 11, 1961, to Board members and
on September 14, 1961, to rank-and-file members of the
Chicago Council of American-Soviet Friendship (CCAST)
relative to a Board meeting of the CCASF held September 13,
1961, to discuss a policy statement on the Soviet Union's
resumption of nuclear testing.
The CCASF released a statement which incorporated
a critical approach to the Soviet Union resuming nuclear
retesting. The First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy,
Dmitri D. Maraviev, appeared at the Offices of the CCÁSF
and reprimanded Hedda Basker, a member of the Beard of
Directers.
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On May 21, 1966, Jim Felder, UPI reporter at Montgomery,
Alabama, was confidentially contacted and furnished information about the
resignation, for financial reasons, of United Klans of America (UKA) Grand
Dragon William Brassell. Prior to that date, there had been no local publicity
in Montgomery papers and Bureau efforts were directed toward discrediting
Brassell.
On May 23, 1966, a UPI story by Felder regarding Brassell's
ouster from the UKA appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser Journal,
resulting in adverse publicity to the UKA.
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Miami Division advised Isadon Nochman, Bureau Chief,
"Palm Beach Post-Times," Belle Glock, Florida, of a severe
beating of a white male teenager following which a Klansman
placed a card on the victim stating, "You have just served a
proud Klansman, United Klan of America, Incorporated, Palm Beach;
County. Yours to good health, in God we trust." Newspaper
article resulted in unfavorable publicity regarding the Klan.
As a result of the publicity, one of the Klansmen :
involved in the beating resigned from the Klan and was
discharged from his employment due to his public identification
as a Klansman. This individual's identity was not shown.
Publicity also caused a great deal of internal criticism
in the Klan of Klan leader. Lee Granins.
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In early 1966, the Miami Office determined that
a building located at 232 Southwest 30th Street,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was being used as a United Klans
of America, Incorporated, (UKA) operation. This informa-
tion was disclosed to Milton J. Kelly, Managing Editor
of the "Ft. Lauderdale News," and J. Lester Holt, Chief
of Police, Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, was notified
after a joint meeting of all klaverns commenced in the
Klan building that this was the opportune time to set
up roadblocks.
•
The April 19, 1966, edition of the "Ft. Lauderdale
News" contained an article captioned "Check Follows Meeting
Here Klan Says Police Violate Rights" reported that a
group of suspected Ku Klux Klansmen returning from a
secret meeting April 18, 1966, ran into a police checkpoint.
Newspaper photographers took pictures and numerous Klansmen
were identified. Among those stopped by police were:
David J. Zbin, 2600 Southwest Second Avenue; Richard Harley,
4600 Southwest 32nd Drive, West Hollywood; Drew Eugene
Johnson, 1429 Southwest 33rd Court; Frederick Paul Attix,
1625 Northwest 15th Place; Sam Richard McBroom, 1420 North-
west First Avenue; Jessie Gay Taylor, 1425 Northwest First
Avenue; Conda Lewis Mc Connaughay, 612 Southwest Eighth
Avenue, and Harold Carlstedt, 3205 Northwest Third Street.
Chaos and confusion was created among the Klansmen and
the affair was given extensive publicity.
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¡Miami Division alerted "Fort Lauderdale News" of Klan and
National States Rights Party rally at Vero Beach-Winter Park, Florida,
August 29, 1966, and participation of Charles Baker Riddlehoover,
Newspaper articles of a negative nature were written regarding the
Klan and Riddlehoover.
As a result of unfavorable publicity in newspaper articles,
Riddlehoover's organization failed to gain a following and rally at Winter
Beach was a failure.
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Counterintelligence Programs
Public source information which exposes the
Communist Party affiliation of Hunter Pitts O'Dell, a
consultant to the field staff of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC), was furnished October 19,
1962, to contacts in the news media field in Augusta,
Savannah, Charleston, and Atlanta.
The exposure of O'Dell's communist background
in newspapers resulted in his resignation from SCLC.
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Counterintelligence Programs
The Portland Office contacted Richard Ross,
News Director, Station KGW-TV, Portland, Oregon,
'
concerning planned arrival in Portland of Hyman Lumer,
National Committee member, Communist Party, USA (CPUSĂ),
on February 25, 1964. Lumer was to conduct a class in
Marxism for CP youth and intended CP members. Ross
arranged coverage of Lumer's arrival in Portland.
Luner was incensed at the attempted interview
and photographing of his arrival at the Portland airport.
He cursed Richard Ross and swung his briefcase at the photog-
rapher. The film clip of Lumer's conduct was shown locally
in Portland and subsequently on February 27, 1964, by NBC
on the nationally televised Huntley-Brinkley. news broadcast.
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The Cleveland Office furnished questions relating
to the background and activities of Frank Wilkinson, Executive
Director; National Committee to Abolish the House Committee
on UnAmerican Activities, and Richard Criley, member of the
District Committee, Commmist Party of Illinois, for the use
en May 18, 1962, when the two were to appear on the Mike
Douglas Show on KYW-TV in Cleveland.
Wilkinson was evasive and on the defensive during
his appearance. Criley did not appear due to a change in
plans.
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FBI contacted Norris Litman of the "Philadelphia
Inquirer” to alert him to the background and plans of the
Philadelphia branch of the W. B. B. DuBois Clubs of America
(DCA) and specifically its plans to picket the Democratic
National Convention. The point to the contact was to uncover
the DCA effort to conceal its Communist Party association.
Articles appeared in the July 27 and August 23, 1964, issues
of the "Inquirer."
The DCÀ members admitted "Inquirer" articles
hindered their organization efforts and that the articles
reduced the number of persons who ultimately traveled to
Atlantic City, New Jersey, to picket the convention.
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Counterintelligence Programs
On July 14, 1964, Milford Sutherland held a press
conference in Seattle, Washington, where he announced his
intention to run for Governor of Washington. One hundred
nominating signatures were required to be placed in nomina-
tion.
On August 5, 1964, Lyle Burt, Reporter, Seattle
Times, contacted the Seattle Office for background Information
regarding Sutherland, which Burt said he would publish in the
August 9, 1964, issue of the newspaper. Material relating to
Sutherland's Communist Party background was given to Burt.
Such an article was published documenting this background
information, and on September 4, 1964, Sutherland withdrew
his candidacy for Governor. Sutherland blamed the Attorney
General's Office, the Secretary of State (California), and
the Washington State Supreme Court for dilatory tacties in
not making a decision regarding his refusal to sign a loyalty
oath..
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Counterintelligence Programs
On May 28-30, 1966, a convention of the Northwest
District, Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) was held at Seattle.
The CPUSA intended this convention to be secret.
Confidential sources of the Seattle Office were
made aware of this "secret" convention which resulted in
considerable newspaper and television publicity given to
the event. Additionally, anti-CPUSA leftists and members
of the Socialist Worker's Party were invited via an FBI
produced invitation. Upon appearing at the convention these
people were denied admittance or expelled from the convention,
thus bringing the convention into disarray.
Reporter Jack Eddy, KIRO-TV, one of the newsmen
confidentially advised of the convention, and his cameraman,
were recommended for a raise as a result of their outstanding
news coverage of the CPUSA convention and the general manager
of the station indicated that he was interested in nominating
Eddy's coverage for a Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence
in television reporting the next time such awards were to be
granted.
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St. Louis Office of FBI furnished to Richard Amberg,
Publisher, St. Louis "Globe Democrat," a copy of Law Enforcement
Bulletin plus 19 newspaper articles relating to W. E. B. DuBois Club
of America (DCA). Information was used to publicize appearance of
Herbert Aptheker, theoretician of Communist Party (CP) and member
of National Committee CP, before DCA group in St. Louis on
February 14, 1965. Publicity in newspapers resulted.
Adverse publicity resulting was assessed by St. Louis
Office as having dealt DCA in St. Louis a severe blow.
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In November or December, 1965, information regard-
ing a replevin suit filed by Almoreen R. Woods against three Klansmen
who took his Klan robes and book from his car after he was thrown out
of the Lake Wales Klavern of the United Florida Ku Klux Klan was
furnished "anonymously" (method of transmittal unknown) to the
"Lakeland Ledger Daily" newspaper.
Klan received bad publicity.
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Counterintelligence Programs
On April 2, 1969, the Pittsburgh Office furnished information
regarding David Owens to Sherley Uhl of the "Pittsburgh Press" newspaper.
Owens, a candidate for Pittsburgh City Council and an employee of the Urban
League, was arrested March 30, 1969, following a gun battle between Detroit
police and members of the Republic of New Africa (RNA). Since Owens was.
on bond in Pittsburgh following involvement in a shooting incident with
Pittsburgh police, it was hoped Uhl's disclosure would cause Owens' bond
to be revoked. Also, the Pittsburgh Office furnished this same information
to an informant of that office.
Information furnished to Mr. Uhl resulted in unfavorable
publicity for Owens as a City Council candidate. The information furnished
to the informant resulted in Owens losing his Urban League job.
1
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Counterintelligence Programs
In February, 1960, an anonymous letter was mailed to the
publisher of the Chicago neighborhood weekly newspaper "Southwest
News Herald," which enclosed a copy of a "Chicago Daily Tribune" article
dated December 5, 1956, which names Vicki Starr and her husband
·Ed Starr as communists. Vicki Starr was a candidate for the President of
the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the Mark Twain Public School
in Chicago. The "Southwest News Herald" was a conservative neighbor-
hood newspaper which regularly reported the activities of this PTA.
The December 3, 1959, issue carried a photograph of Vicki Starr and
described her as vice president of this PTA group.
It was learned from an informant that Vicki Starr was no
longer considered a candidate for the position of PTA President.
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Counterintelligence Programs
Public source information was furnished to Dennis M. Higgins,
special features reporter, "The Philadelphia Inquirer," to expose activities,
programs, officers, and true nature of the Philadelphia Social Science
Forum Committee (PSSFC), a Communist Party, USA front group. Two
articles were prepared to be published about January 17, 1965, and
January 24, 1965, in the newspaper. The publications were to bracket
a scheduled PSBFC meeting on January 22, 1965.
One article was printed on January 10, 1965. The meeting on
January 22, 1965, where Dirk J. Struik spoke attracted 125 persons.
Prior meetings with other speakers had attracted 200 persons. A follow-
up article appeared on January 23, 1965. Elease Sullivan, a member of
the Independent Citizen's Committee, a communist front group, was
blamed for furnishing the information to the "Inquirer," which was
included in the "Inquirer" article of January 23, 1965.
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Counterintelligence Programs
The National States Rights Party (NSRP), Jackson,
Hississippi, intended to use a building located at 188
Longino Street, Jackson, as a meeting hall and in an attempt
to organize a new HSRP unit and recruit new members. In May
1970, a letter, purportedly a complant from a neighbor on
Longino Street that Number 188 was being used in violation
residential zoning laws, was mailed by the Jackson Office
to the "Jackson Daily News 'Jack Suan'” column. The letter
pointed out that Number 188 had been used for a meeting on
April 26, 1970.
On June 1, 1970, the letter appeared in the "Jackson
Daily News." Although the precise results were unknown, no
further public meetings were held by the NSRP at 188 Longino
Street.
The NSRP was organised in 1957 in Knoxville, Tennessee
and through propaganda promotes hatred of Jews, Negroes,
Communists, and certain law enforcement agencies.
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Counterintelligence Programs
An article prepared at FBI Headquarters concerning
Martin Luther King, Jr., being the keynote speaker at a
fund-raising activity sponsored by the Communist Party-
controlled Freedomways Associates, publishers of the maga-
zine "Freedomways," on February 23, 1968, was released to
the mass media prior to the date of the speech.
Article appeared in "The Birmingham News,"
Birmingham, Alabama, on March 7, 1968, and March 10, 1968,
which set forth King's Communist Party connections in the
past and updated his connections with the "Freedomways"
magazine.
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Counterintelligence Programs
The Philadelphia Office furnished public source
information to Ivan Scott, announcer for radio station WIP,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prior to March 31, 1962,
depicting the true facts in regard to Morton Sobell's trial
and conviction for Conspiracy to Commit Espionage in effort
to counteract propaganda being spread by the communists.
Scott interviewed several pickets during a demonstration
on March 31, 1962, sponsored by the Committee to Secure
Justice for Morton Sobell at Philadelphia and asked if
they were communists.
Tapes made during interviews were played on news
broadcast March 31, 1962, and portion used was to the dis-
advantage of the National Committee to Secure Justice for
Morton Sobell and the Philadelphia Sobell Committee.
was felt questions by Scott may have the effect of curtailing
future picket activities of the Sobell Committee.
It
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In October, 1968, the St. Louis Office confidentially
advised Mr. George Killenkey, Associate Editor of the "St. Louis
Globe-Democrat," that the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
in St. Louis announced an intention to make inroads into area high
schools. Newspaper articles concerning SDS appeared in the
"St. Louis Globe-Democrat."
As a result of the newspaper articles, Lindbergh
High School cancelled an SDS speaking engagement. It also resulted
in countering further SDS attempts to make inroads into that school.
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nterintelligence Programs
On June 13, 1964, Henry Winston, Vice Chairman,
Communist Party, USA, (CPUŠA), was scheduled to appear on
radio station WBZ in Boston. Prior thereto, the Boston
Office contacted WIZZ officials in an effort to have Winston'
appearance cancelled.
The June 13, 1984, radio appearan
was cancelled.
of Winston's
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Counterintelligence Programs
In June, 1966, Los Angeles Division made anonymous
telephone calls to major newspapers in the Los Angeles areq
to alert them to an upcoming Communist Party, USA, (CPUSA)
District Convention to be held in the Los Angeles area.
Because of resultant press coverage, some sessions
of the Convention were cancelled.
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During August, 1963, a Cleveland informant advised
that Frank Wilkinson, Exécutive Director of the National Committee
to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee (NCAHUAC),
was scheduled to speak at the Unitarian Society in Cleveland, Ohio,
on October 13, 1963. The Cleveland Office recommended furnishing
"The Plain Dealer" newspaper, Cleveland, Ohio, and "The Youngstown
Vindicator" newspaper, Youngstown, Ohio, with the following public
source information regarding Frank Wilkinson and the NCAHUAC:
1. Citizens for Constitutional Rights (CCR) letter
dated August 1, 1963, which announced Wilkinson's appearance
October 13, 1963, at above meeting.
2.
from the May 19,
News article "House Quiz Opposed by Visitor Here"
1962, issue of "The Plain Dealer. *
3. Citation of the NCAHUAC contained in the "Guide
to Subversive Organizations and Publications" prepared by the HUAC.
The October 11, 1963, issue of "The Youngstown
Vindicator” carried an article announcing two Wilkinson appearances.
The October 14, 1963, issue of "The Plain Dealer" con-
tained an article captioned "Racism Charged to House Unit" concerning
the above-noted Wilkinson appearance. The article noted that a 20–
second scuffle occurred when Mrs. Leta M. Wood of the Organization
to Fight Communism demanded to know why Wilkinson had not mentioned
that he had served time in Federal prison in a contempt of Congress
case. Mrs. Wood and three supporters then left the meeting which
apparently continued.
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In October, 1961, a note with a photostat copy
of an article appearing in the May 5, 1954, issue of the
Detroit Free Press was sent to Mr. James C. McGahey,
President of the United Plant Guard Workers of America.
This article alluded that Ann Sargent Crowe, an employee
of Mr. McGahey, had communist affiliations.
On April 22, 1963, Ann Crowe resigned as Secretary
for the United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114,
13722 Linwood, Detroit, Michigan. On May 13, 1963,
Mr. James C. McGahey advised that because of information
he had obtained concerning Ann Crowe's subversive background,
He
he had instituted an investigation of this individual.
further advised that he felt that as a result of this
investigation, somewhere along the line word got back to
Ann Crowe that she would be dismissed and that he was going
to take the matter up with the Executive Board of the Union
and this precipitated her voluntary resignation. Mr. McGahey
stated that Ann Crowe's last day of employment at the Union
was Friday, May 3, 1963.
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Counterintelligence Program
In February, 1964, the New York Office discreetly
informed particular newspaper representatives that Bayard
Rustin, civil rights lender who was in the forefront of a
boycott of New York City schools, was to attend a cocktail
party at the Soviet Mission to United Nations on
February 4, 1964.
Considerable unfavorable publicity concerning
Rustin resulted.
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The Atlanta Division furnished written material
intended to expose and ridicule the Klans in the South to
Ralph McGill, of "The Atlanta Constitution" who in turn passed
on this material, without disclosing source, to Hal Hartin
for utilization in article to appear in the "Saturday Evening
Post."
This information was also utilized in part by Ralph
McGill who published two articles containing unfavorable
publicity regarding Klan activities. Articles appeared in
"The Atlanta Constitution."
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Counterintelligence Programs
Herbert Aptheker, member of the National Committee
of the Communist Party, USA, was invited to speak at Ohio
State University on May 21, 1965, by a newly formed student
group to challenge an earlier ruling by the University
denying an earlier scheduled appearance by the communist
leader. Public source data on Aptheker was furnished local
news sources and college officials were given a letter from
the National Economic Council, Incorporated, which argued
against campus appearances by communists.
Aptheker appeared, but sat silently while other
persons read selections of his writings.
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Counterintelligence Programs
In April, 1966, the "Chicago Daily News" newspaper was furnished
information regarding the ownership of an apartment building in a slum area
by Claude Lightfoot, Chairman of the Illinois Communist Party. The building.
was in the area of Martin Luther King's headquarters for a slum clearance
drive.
Newspaper articles about Lightfoot's ownership of a "rat-infested
slum" appeared in Chicago on May 2-3, 1966; and the Party official was
ordered to appear before the Compliance Board of Building Commissioners
in Chicago..
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Counterintelligence Programs
Richard Henry, one of the leaders of The Republic
of New Africa (RNA) appeared in Jackson, Mississippi, during
early July, 1970, and proposed that a conference of the RNA
be held in Jackson, Mississippi, during the period
July 31 to August 1, 1970. Henry made several contacts
with legitimate Negro figures regarding a possible site
for the conference.
The Jackson Office made available to Jimmy Ward,
Editor, Jackson Daily News, Jackson, Mississippi, public-type
information available regarding the RNA, showing involvement
of its members in violence or in situations showing them in
an unfavorable light.
The evening before the scheduled RNA conference in
Jackson, Mississippi, the Jackson Daily News printed articles
exposing the RNA's violent objectives. The articles caused
local black leaders to withdraw their support of the RNA
conference, the scheduled agenda for the conference had to
be shelved and the conference dealt entirely with criticism
of the RNA's violent objectives. One local black group ·
denied the RNA the use of its facilities to hold meetings:
due to their history of violence as exposed in the newspaper.
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Counterintelligence Programs
SECRET
On August 14, 1970, the Pittsburgh Office confidentially
advised Sherley Uhl, "Pittsburgh Press," Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
that the Peace and Freedom Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in
cooperation with both legitimate and subversive organizations, was
sponsoring an Ohio Valley Regional Coalition Conference. It was
emphasized to him that certain sponsoring organizations were sub-
versive and/or extremist in nature.
Mr. Uhl prepared an article on the conference which
appeared in the August 14, 1970, issue of the "Pittsburgh Press. "
Two follow-up articles also appeared in the "Pittsburgh Press." The
conference received unfavorable publicity and some disruption occurred
during the conference.
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ence Programs
On September 16, 1960, the Chicago Office was
authorized to advise reporters of the "Chicago Tribune"
of forthcoming meeting of the Communist Party, USA, to
be held September 17-18, 1960, to be attended by well-
known communist figures Carl Winter, Sam Kushner and
others.
On September 18, 1960, "Chicago Tribune" reporter
"Sandy" Smith and two photographers caused extensive con-
sternation when they tried to interview the attendees.
The September 19, 1960, "Chicago Tribune" had article
captioned "20 Top Reds Hold Secret Talks Here," sub-
captioned "Parley is Linked to Nikita Visit."
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Detroit Office called the "Detroit Times," "Detroit
News, " and the "Detroit Free Press, " local newspaper publications,
advising them the Global Books Ferum was sponsoring a lecture with
Harvey O'Connor as the featured speaker to be held October 21, 1960,
at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. They were asked
whether the newspapers could comment in view of their interest and
Wayne State University's policy of not allowing communist organiza-
tions the use of any of its campus buildings. They all replied they
had no knowledge of this situation, whereupon the telephone calls
were immediately terminated.
Shortly after the placing of the anonymous telephone
calls, Mr. Homer Strong, Director of McGregor Conference Center,
Wayne State University, and Director of Alumni Relations, Wayne State
University, telephonically contacted the Detroit Office. He advised the
University had been approached by the "Detroit Times" newspaper and
asked if the scheduled lecture for October 21, 1960, was a communist
meeting. Mr. Strong pointed out that a check of "Who's Who in America"
determined that Harvey O'Connor was listed as an author and to have
been connected with a number of "anti-organizations" and "civil rights
groups.
"
The speech appearance was cancelled by officers of
Wayne State University. The cancellation caused consternation
amongst the Communist Party (CP), which was sponsoring the meeting,
and Helen Winter, CP Headquarters, sought an injunction. Wayne Cir-
cuit Judge George E. Bowles granted the injunction and ordered Wayne
State University to permit the meeting. The meeting was held
October 21, 1960, at Wayne State University and about 100 persons
attended.
Helen Winter, supra, subsequently quit her job at the
Weldwire Company, 3341 Puritan, Detroit, Michigan, reportedly
because the adverse newspaper publicity was too much for her and
she felt she would be fired anyway.
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Counterintelligence Programs
On September 3, 1969, FBIHQ furnished Miami Office copies of
the Director's testimony on the Nation of Islam (NOI) group given before
the House Subcommittee on Appropriations on February 10, 1966, February 16,
1967, and February 28, 1968, and a copy of a statement by the Director before
the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, September 18,
1969, which sets out information on the NOI on page 9. These items were to
be furnished Gene Strul, News Director of WCK-TV, Miami, Florida, for use
of that station's expose of the NOI.
:
The documentary expose was shown at 9:30 p.m., October 9, 1969,
to an audience rating of in excess of 200,000 persons. It showed the NOI
leaders to be of questionable character and living in luxury through the
large amount of money taken as contributions from their membership. The
extreme nature of NOI teachings was underscored. As a result, NOI leaders
displayed concern and attempted to rebut the program at each opening meeting
of the NOI (per Bureau source).
Attendance by visitors at weekly NOI meetings reportedly dropped
50 percent subsequent to this expose.
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SECRET
Counterintelligence Programs
In October, 1967, the Miami Office furnished newspaper articles
to television station WCKT-TV regarding bombings and firebombings. Some
individuals involved in the firebombings and bombings were Klansmen and
were identified as such in the newspaper articles.
The articles were used in an expose concerning the Klan aired
October 22, 1967, by WCKT-TV, Miami, Florida, entitled "KKK - A Change
of Linen.*
The expose resulted in disruption in the Florida Klan and lack
of success in Klan recruiting.
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SECRET
Counterintelligence Programs
Between February and April, 1969, the Miami
Office furnished a number of items or topics which could
be explored by Managing Editor, Mr. Milt Kelly, "Ft. Lauderdale
News" in a follow-up news article concerning Klan activity
in Broward County, Florida.
A two-article series was published in the
"Ft. Lauderdale Newa" which ridiculed Klen secrecy. Two
Klansmen, Robert Quarterman and Jack Mavro, resigned as
a result of the articles being published. Dissension and
suspicion were created within the Klan.
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Anonymous letters were mailed to Marion L. Huit,
Dean of the Office of Student Affairs, State University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and the "Daily Iowan," student
newspaper at the State University of Iowa on October 19,
1962, indicating Frank Wilkinson, who was described as
having been identified as a Communist Party member in
California during House Committee on Un-American Activities-
hearings in 1958 and had served a prison sentence før
contempt of Congress, was to speak at the college on
October 22, 1962.
The "Daily Ievan" published an article sub-
sequent to Wilkinson's appearance on the campus in which
it was pointed out he had served a prison sentence for
contempt of Congress, which information, according to
the article, had been determined during an interview
of Wilkinson by the paper.
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SECRET
In October, 1967, Boston Office furnished to confidential
sources at WBZ-TV, Boston, Massachusetts, public source data
regarding communist background and/or connection with the communist
movement of the following organizations: Socialist Workers Party (SWP),
Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), Communist Party (CP), and the W. E. B.
DuBois Clubs of America (DCA). WBZ-TV made a television documentary
which presented an in-depth television study of campus radicalism in the
metropolitan Boston area. The public source data was used by WBZ-TV
to show the connection between the SWP and the YSA, the CP and the DCA
and other groups, showing that the preparations for "Vietnam Week"
were formulated with the connivance and aid of representatives from
these groups.
WBZ-TV received numerous favorable comments concern-
ing the television documentary, and the image of the aforementioned
groups was damaged.
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On October 20, 1969, the Jackson Office prepared a
fictitious signature letter exposing the Nation of Islam (NOI)
as an organization bleeding its members of money and preaching
segregation of races. This letter was sent to the "Jackson
Daily News" for use in the "Jack Sunn" column. Immediately
after mailing the letter, Jackson Office Agents contacted
Editor Jimmy Ward to advise him that Agents had learned a
relative of a Muslim had sent some type of letter to the
newspaper critical of the NOI, and Ward was requested to
contact the Jackson Office when the letter was received so
Agents could prepare an appropriate response to be published
with the letter in Ward's regular column which aired complaints
and gave advice. There is no indication Ward was aware that
the fictitious letter originated with the Jackson Office.
On receipt of the letter, Ward notified the Jackson
Office and the response was printed in the "Jack Sunn" column,
following preparation of same by the Jackson Office. The
article was then mailed by the Jackson Office to Elijah
Muhammad, "Muhammad Speaks" newspaper, and Muhammad's Mosque
Number Two, all in Chicago. Shortly after the article appeared
in the "Jackson Daily News," the Jackson NOI group was told
by persons responsible for allowing NOI use of a particular
building for meetings that the building could no longer be
used for weekly NOI meetings. The persons responsible for
allowing building use are not identified.
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Warden Woodland, Editor of the "Los Angeles Examiner"
was furnished a list of possible questions to be used for the
purpose of interviewing Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, National
Chairman of the Communist Party, USA during a press interview
on May 4, 1961.
Questions asked of Flynn during the press conference
succeeded in frustrating her and seemed to embarrass her,
keeping her from using the conference to propagandize.
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In May, 1970, the Miami Office furnished information
to Milt Kelly, Managing Editor, "Fort Lauderdale News," regarding
the arrest of Reverend Armand James Chandonnet, a local klansman.
He was furnished information regarding Chandonnet's being charged
with forgery and misappropriating church funds.
As a result of this information, articles appeared in
the "Fort Lauderdale News" on May 27, 1970, and on June 1, 1970,
exposing the situation, and thereafter, dissension between two klan
chapters was intensified; at least five klan members resigned and
Klavern (Chapter) #108 was dissolved.
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Three informants of the Cleveland Office associated
with the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America (WEBDCA) were
approved November 10, 1965, for use in an attempt to discredit
Ted Cohen, Midwest Organizer of the communist youth group. The
effort was to bring to the attention of Phil Bart, Ohio Communist
Party Chairman, Cohen's questionable management of funds and his
personal insults toward Bart. The aforementioned informants then
commenced to bring Cohen's shortcomings to Bart's attention.
Subsequently on December 3, 1965, Bart advised one
of the informants that Cohen had been removed from his position as
Midwest Organizer of the WEBDCA because of his questionable
financial manipulations, his inefficient methods of operation and his
promiscuity.
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In order to cause an increase in factionalism
among the Communist Party (CP) membership in Philadelphia,
in March, 1965, an informant was directed to suggest to
Aaron Libson, youth leader of the CP in Philadelphia,
that Francis (sic) Gabow, District CP Board member, be
forced to take a six-month leave of absence for health
reasons. Gabow was critical of Libson (and vice-versa)
but had been previously ordered by her doctor to have
bed rest because of a nervous condition. It was hoped
that Cabow would be forced from CP work because of this
and/or regent Libson's effort.
Gabow tendered her resignation from all positions
of leadership in the CP Eastern Pennsylvania District on
May 4, 1965.
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During January, 1965, Communist Party (CP) informants of the
FBI in Seattle, Washington, area were instructed to contact Henry Huff, an
influential CP member and former Smith Act subject, to express dissatisfaction
with Fred Sandborg, a member of the CP in Seattle. Sandborg was known to
criticize his CP club leadership and to be disliked by Huff. Sandborg was
a strong financial supporter of the CP and it was hoped to oust him from the
CP.
Formal CP eriticism of Sandborg was made by the leadership, but
he was not ousted. He complained about his being criticized. Huff was also
criticized by the leadership. Huff and Sandborg continued hostility toward
each other which caused tension within their CP club.
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The Tampa Office, during 1969, directed an
informant to oppose the klan activities of Norman Bennett
Carter, a newly reactivated member of the Melbourne,
Florida, Klavern of the Knights of the Invisible Empire.
As a result of the informant's efforts, Carter
left the klavern and joined another group.
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During 1988, the Students For a Democratic Society (SDS) ·
Chapter at California State College was factionalized. The Los Angeles
Office directed informants to attempt to widen the breech between the
groups by implying that Robert Ray, head of the SDS Chapter, was using
SDS funds to support his drug habit and that Delfin Lugo, an active SDS
member, had used SDS funds for his own use while he had been treasurer
of the Chapter. Although Ray, according to one informant, was a heavy
drug user“, we are unable to verify whether he or Lugo actually misappro-
priated SDS funds.
At subsequent SDS meetings, there were flat fights between
the groups, thus disrupting the meetings. Additionally, members of one
faction made threatening early morning phone calls to members of the
other faction if they showed up at the meetings. Robert Ray was eventually
discredited and replaced as Chairman of the SDS Unit.
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In June, 1968, an informant in the San Diego,
California, area, who was a Communist Party (CP) member,
claimed to have been offended by Ben Dobbs, Executive
Secretary of Southern California CP, who was running
for state-wide office. The informant, a black, claimed
to have been ignored by Dobbs and raised the issue that
he engaged in discrimination against blacks in Southern
California District CP. The claim was made at a Southern
California District CP Negro Commission meeting, and a
tape recording made of the meeting.
Dobba apologized to the informant. The above
tape recording was played to the CP District Board membera
and caused internal dissension between Board members.
Taylor,
Some maintained the taped meeting was designed to discredit
Dobbs and was staged by Board member Bill Taylor.
in turn, was angry at the other Board members.
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In October or November, 1966, the Miami Office
made it known to the Ku Klux Klan in Okeechobee, Florida,
through an informant, that James W. Crawford had a felony
conviction. Crawford was thereafter voted out of the
Klan for this reason on November 30, 1966.
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On July 26, 1968, FBIHQ approved plan by Tampa Office to have
informants attend a State Officers' meeting of the Knights of the Invisible
Empire (KOIE) on August 2, 1968, to vote for removal of Bill Richardson,
Grand Dragon, KOIE, Action suggested following a recent arrest of
Richardson for arson.
This action isolated Richardson's influence and reduced his
effectiveness..
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On May 25, 1967, FBI Headquarters approved
recommendation that an informant of the Tampa Office
attempt to buildup antagonism toward Edward R. Jones,
Exalted Cyclops of the Orlando, Florida, Klavern,
United Klans of America, Incorporated, (UKA), Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan, in efforts to have him removed
from that position. This action followed an unsuccess-
ful Klan rally held May 13, 1967, which Jones organized.
On May 10, 1967, it was reported that Jones
resigned from the Klan as a result of antagonism within
the Orlando Klavern.
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In September, 1966, George Judd, Director of
Safety and Security, Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Ecorse,
Michigan, advised that Joseph Kransdorf was on sick leave
from August 26, 1966, to September 13, 1966, and that he
had presented a certificate from a doctor in New York
when he returned to work. Joseph Kransdorf was a member
of the Youth Group of the Michigan District Communist
Party and son of a leading national functionary of the
Communist Party, USA. The sick leave was during the
same period as a Communist Party, USA Youth School at
Camp Webatuck, New York. – Judd was furnished newspaper articles
concerning the camp. A letter was sent by Great Lakes
Steel Corporation to the doctor who responded that he did
not examine Kränsdorf.
In October, 1966, Kransdorf was given a ten day
suspension from his employment for fraudulently obtaining
sick leave. His address at that time was 12963 Woodward,
Highland Park, Michigan.
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The Little Rock Office directed anonymous letters to
the employers of members of the Forrest City Klavern of the United
Klans of America in which were enclosed copies of an article dated
September 24, 1970, which appeared in "The Arkansas Gazette," a
Little Rock daily newspaper, concerning the arrest of klavern mem-
bers at Parkin, Arkansas. Thirteen individuals were arrested for
nightriding and other charges.
Amos and Leonard Holland were discharged from their
employment with Tom's Peanut Company. Sam Littlejohn was dis-
charged from his employment with the DX Oil Company. The employer
of Steven Golden advised Forrest City Resident Agency he was curtail-
ing the activities of Steve Golden which would cause embarrassment to
the employes.
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Memphis Division forwarded anonymous letter to
headquarters of Kimberly-Clark Company concerning efforts
of Clinton Eugene Daniel, an employee of Kimberly-Clark
in Memphis, to recruit Klan members at the company's
Memphis operation.
Daniel was placed on a predominantly night shift
shortly after anonymous letter was sent. This prevented
Daniel from attending local Klan meetings which were held
in the evenings and Daniel was expelled from Kian for
nonattendance of Klavern meetings.
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During the Summer of 1967, William Virgil Fowler,
State Chairman and Honorary State Cyclops of the California
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKKK), departed the Los Angeles
area leaving behind unpaid debts. Fowler moved to Stone
Mountain, Georgia. The Los Angeles Office subsequently
arranged to have letters, purportedly over the signature
of Fowler, sent to his creditors instructing them to forward
unpaid bills to James R. Venable, a Klan leader, for payment.
As a result of the above letters, a split developed
between Fowler and Venable, and Venable reported that Fowler
was no longer affiliated with the KKK, but had moved to
Florida.
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Authority granted November 18, 1960, for Los Angeles
office to advise Young Men's Christian Association (YHCA) official
at Burbank, California, by anonymous telephone call that TMCA
part-time assistant instructor Richard Lund is a communist, as
is bis wife Nancy Rosenfeld Lund, citing testimony before House
Committee on Un-American Activities as source.
On January 9, 1961, it was determined Lund's employment
had been terminated at the request of the YMCA Personnal Committee.
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The Cincinnati Office advised on March 19, 1969,
that Reverend Augustus Taylor, Steubenville, Ohio, had visited
Huey Newton, Black Panther Party (BPP) leader, and as a result
wrote an article favorable to Newton published in the "National
Catholic Reporter." Since Taylor had a regular television show
on WSTV-TV, Steubenville, Ohio, to air his black nationalist views,
FBI Headquarters approved on March 28, 1969, that an anonymous
letter be mailed to WSTV-TV eriticizing Taylor and revealing that
his article had been reprinted in the BPP newspaper.
On May 15, 1969, Cincinnati advised that Father Mitchell
Wilamoski, Principal of Catholic Central High School, Steubenville,
Ohio, disclosed on April 9, 1969, that at a meeting at the Bishop's
Office it was decided Reverend Taylor could no longer continue his
Sunday television program. The Bishop had given Reverend Taylor
a job requiring constant travel and was considering a transfer for
Taylor.
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On February 25, 1969, the Washington Field Office confidentially
advised a source at First Virginia Finance Plan, Inc., 2924 Columbia Pike,
Arlington, Virginia, of the location of the car of Dorothy Jean McQueen Hughes,
secretary to Stokely Carmichael, a well-known black extremist. Hughes was
three months in arrears on her car payments.
The car was repossessed on March 2, 1989.
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On March 13, 1969, the Miami Office mailed an anonymous
letter, containing true facts, to Elijah Muhammad, national leader of the
Nation of Islam (NOI), Chicago, Illinois, advising him of extramarital
activities of Earl King, Minister of Mosque 29, Miami, Florida,
The Minister was removed from his position, but remained
in Miami as a rank-and-file member of the NOI.
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During June, 1969, Mr. Patrick Poulte, Poulte Realty
Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan, was contacted by the Detroit FBI
Office and confidentially furnished public source information concern-
ing the Radical Education Project (REP), which is the educational arm
of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in that REP had office
space in a building owned by Mr. Poulte.
REP offices were vacated on about July 1, 1969, when
they were unable to secure extensions on their lease.
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On June 11, 1964, Kenneth S. Smith, Treasurer of the University
Circle Development Foundation, Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio, advised that
Michael Cooperman was employed as a Community Relations Coordinator with
the above organization. This information was developed apparently during
the course of FBI investigation concerning Cooperman's subversive background.
Mr. Smith advised he was concerned about Cooperman's background.
FBIHQ approved Cleveland's recommendation to confidentially
furnish Mr. Smith "lead" information for his assistance in verifying Cooperman's
background.
On July 27, 1964, Cooperman appeared at the Cleveland FBI
Office and stated he wished "to set record straight." He stated that in the
past he had been contacted by FBI Agents at which time he had not been
fully cooperative. He wanted to now advise the FBI that he no longer
believed in communism or the Communist Party (CP) and had nothing to
do with communists for the past five years. When asked what prompted his
visit at this time, he stated that Oliver Brooks, Vice President of the
University Circle Development Foundation, had requested his resignation
effective October 1, 1964. Cooperman added the reason given by Brooks
was that it had come to their attention that Cooperman, in the past, had
used an assumed name. Cooperman admitted to Brooks that this was so and
Brooks then went on to explain that the Foundation, which was attempting
to raise a large sum of money, could not risk unfavorable publicity as the
result of the activities of employees.
Cooperman said he was considering accepting one of several other
employments available to him and in this connection he was attempting to make
it known in appropriate circles that he had been disassociated from the CP
for many years.
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On December 5, 1966, W. G. O'Neal, Chief Investigator,
North Carolina State Insurance Department, was confidentially
contacted by the Charlotte Office about an insurance program,
the Widows Benevolent Fund, being administered by J. R. Jones,
Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in North Carolina. The
insurance program was set up in February, 1966, and certain
apparent discrepancies in management were noted. The FBI
action was an attempt to deny the KKK a source of funds.
At
On October 29, 1967, the N.C. Insurance Commission,
following examination of Jones' books and procedures in
handling the fund, decided the fund would be terminated.
termination, there was reportedly $3,800 in the treasury,
with $1,000 to be paid to each of three widows.
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In August, 1964, Mrs. C. P. Kandahl, Seattle Ski
Club, was contacted in order to have her deny use of Seattle
Ski Club site at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, to members of
the Young Political Explorers League (YPEL), a Communist
Party (CP) front, for use as a summer camp. YPEL had
arranged camp rental under guise of using camp for
underprivileged children. Mary Sutherland, wife of District
CP Organizational Secretary, Milford Sutherland, was advised
that camp's water system had broken down; therefore, the
camp could not be held.
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On February 14, 1966, the Richmond Office of the
FBI mailed anonymous letters to six individuals who were financial
contributors to the American Nazi Party (ANP), telling them to
discontinue contributing to the ANP because the Federal Government
would probably obtain their names and harass the contributors in the
same manner the Government is harassing the ANP.
Subsequent to the above mailing, George Lincoln
Rockwell, national leader of the ANP, claimed that Karl Allen of
the White Party of America was trying to force him out of business
by writing the above-mentioned letters. Rockwell considered suing
Allen in this matter. Allen formerly worked for Rockwell in the ANP
office and left to form his own group.
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On June 16, 1970, the San Francisco Office con-
tacted Fred Green, manager, Hunters Point Housing Project,
concerning activities of the Black Panther Party (BPP)
within the project. During this contact with Green it
was mentioned that Apartment 304 in the housing project
rented for occupancy by a woman on welfare and her two
It was
children had become a EPP Community Center.
further noted that the windows of the apartment were
covered with large BPP posters and that several Housing
Authority rules regarding occupancy of this apartment
were being violated.
On October 31, 1970, Green advised that he had
been able to evict the members of the BPP from Apartment 304
The woman 
and
and that all BFP posters had been removed.
children were not evicted since their name was on the lease.
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On October 27, 1966, the Richmond Office sent
an anonymous letter to businessmen in Amelia, Virginia,
critical of the Ku Klux Klan and its disagreements with
the Amelia Dress Company, a new dress manufacturing plant
which was having to lay off a small number of employees.
Several Klan "throw aways" entitled "The Ku Klux Klan is
watching you" had been sent to the plant superintendent
and had caused concern in the town that the plant might
move away from Amelia.
The anonymous letter sent to the businessmen by
the Richmond Office united businessmen against the Klan and
subsequently caused disruption within the Klan.
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Counterintelligence Programs
The Indianapolis Division determined in late
1969 that the Indianapolis Black Panther Party (BPP)
Chapter owed the Indiana Bell Telephone Company for
several months of telephone service.
Unknown representative of the Indiana Bell
Telephone Company was encouraged to remove the telephone
service from BPP headquarters. Telephone service was
cut off at the BPP office on or about September 15, 1969.
Peil
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On May 2, 1962, the Cleveland Office alerted the Ohio Savings
Bank to the faet that Jack Kling, Chicago editor of the Jewish-language
communist newspaper, "Morning Freiheit," was to speak at the bank's
auditorium on May 4, 1962.
Permission to use the auditorium was withdrawn on May 3, 1962,
necessitating finding an alternate site on one day's notice.
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On June 30, 1965, Joseph Corley, Manager, Seth Boyden Terrace,
´a public housing project, Newark, New Jersey, was furnished public source
material concerning the communist background of Harry Bloksberg, a resident
of Seth Boyden Terrace, who had requested permission from Corley to
organize a club among the teen-agers of the Terrace. It was believed the
purpose of the club was to indoctrinate youth in Marxism.
Corley, when furnished the public source information, advised
he would not permit Bloksberg to organizė the club.
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On August 29, 1969, FBIHQ authorized the Milwaukee Division to
anonymously mail copies of articles, furnished that office previously, from
issues of the Black Panther Party's (BPP) newspaper, showing hatred of the
white man by the black community as advocated by the BPP, to various churches
and main offices of grocery stores which were involved or might become
involved in contributing to the BPP's Breakfast For Children Program.
In subsequent interview with Kenneth Berry of the Godfrey
Company, Waukesha, Wisconsin, which handled Sentry Food Stores in the
Milwaukee area; it was learned he had been approached by members of the
BPP regarding contributions to the Breakfast program. The request was
turned down as a result of the above mailings. Berry indicated that other.
chain stores had done the same thing.
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On October 9, 1969, the New York Office contacted
United Air Lines (UAL)-Air Freight Division, New York,
International Airport, Jamaica, New York, and advised that
the Black Panther Party (BPP) was shipping its newspapers via
air on a weekly basis. UAL was charging BPP the general rate
for printed matter. However, after UAL officials were alerted
to the contents of the BPP shipments, the UAL began charging
the BPP newspaper freight rates.
The additional shipping costs to the BPP, New York,
amounted to between $225 to $300 per week. UAL also advised
they were considering a suit for recovery of the difference
in freight tariff collected for the past six to eight months
from the New York BPP. It was estimated that this difference
would be in excess of $10,000.
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Counterintelligence Programs
In February, 1965, a mimeographed leaflet was
circulated exposing the "Labor Press Spring Bazaar" to be
held at the Jewish Music Center, 14868 Schafer, Detroit,
Michigan, on March 20-21, 1965, as a front effort by the
Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), in Michigan to raise funds
for a financially beleaguered communist newspaper. Also
in February, 1965, an anonymous letter enclosing newspaper
advertisement on the spring bazaar was sent to patriotic
veterans organizations in Detroit area, protesting this
communist endeavor and calling for these groups to stop
this function.
This bazaar was cancelled by owners of the building
where it was to be held as a result of floods of protests.
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On September 21, 1965, the Dalsemer Real Estate Company,
specifically Ben Powdermaker and Dick Dalsemer, were contacted regarding
recent vandalism damage, i.e., two windows broken by unknown persons,
incurred by a building owned by them at 3260 North Broad Street,
Philadelphia, and rented by the Philadelphia Chapter of the W.E.B.
DuBois Clubs of America (DCA). They were advised that such damage
might continue because of friction in the neighborhood if the DCA
continued to rent the building. The desired result was to have the
month-by-month lease terminated.
The owners required DCA to pay $85.00 for the broken
windows which was done in November, 1965. DCA was notified by Dick
Dalsemer of aviation to be effective December 30, 1965. DCA was evicted
on December 31, 1965.
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In May, 1984, an anonymous letter was sent to
Mary Urbant, operator of Deschnut Grove Pienic Grounds,
$168 Middlebelt Road, Romulus Township, Michigan, indicating
that it was well known among neighbors that she rents grounds
Communist Party (CP) membera. This vas en effort to disrupt
he communist pienic scheduled to be held on May 30, 1964.
Hrs. Urtant refused to allow the planned communist
picnic.
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izence Programs
On May 14, 1965, the Charlotte Office confidentially
alerted 1. G. O'Neal, Chief Investigator, North Carolina State
Insurance Department, that the United Klans of America (UKA),
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, through Marshall Kornegay, a member,
Was promoting a group health insurance plan for members of the
UKA. O'Neal agreed to have his Department investigate the plan
to etermine if it met state requirements.
On June 3, 1965, . O'Neal contacted the FBI to
advise the above insurance plan, issued by the International
Life and Accident Insurance Company, Wilmington, North Carolina,
had been transferred to the Life Insurance Company of Florida,
Miami, Florida, as this company had bought the former insurer.
Following inquiries at the new company, which learned of the UKA
association with the health plan, the health program was cancelled.
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On July 24, 1969, San Diego Office placed a fictitious
name phone call to Norman Kay of the Cabrillo Realty Company,
San Diego, California, the personal representative of Henry E.
Jackson, Jr., owner of the building at 6181 Imperial Avenue,
San Diego, California, which was being used by the black
extremist US organization as its meeting place. The caller,
using the name T. E. Ellis, complained of activities being
conducted at the above address and expressed fear for the
safety of himself and his family. Caller also demanded
something be done to control the US group or to effect its
eviction.
Mr. Kay appeared surprised and disturbed over
receipt of the complaint and the activities at the Imperial
Avenue address.
The following day, July 25, 1969, US was evicted
from the address at 6181 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, California.
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On July 19, 1968, Mr. L. B. Egenberger, Supervisor of Security,
Illinois Bell Telephone Company (IBT), Chicago, Illinois, was contacted by
the Chicago FBI Office for the purpose of ascertaining if all telephone service
to the Chicago Office of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War
in Vietnam (NMC) could be discontinued in view of telephone charges that
were unpaid by NMC.
On July 19, 1968, Mr. Egenberger was contacted and, at this time,
he advised that the NMC had made a deposit of $850.00 for use of the Wide
Area Telecommunications System (WATS), which would not be returned and
in addition, there were charges outstanding in the amount of $2,167.00
for WATS service. Mr. Egenberger stated the NMC's WATS service was
being terminated in view of excessive, outstanding charges. NMC's.
regular telephone service was not discontinued.
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On 1/27/65 the Birmingham Office made anonymous
mailings to fifteen Negro churches identifying Carl Ridout,
Manager of Ensley Finance Company, Inc., Birmingham, as a
member of the National Executive Committee of the National
States Rights Party. Ridout was then transferred to the
Fairfield Finance Company, 5011 Gary Avenue, Birmingham,
which was under same ownership as Ensley Finance Company.
Fifteen letters were then anonymously mailed to Negro-
churches identifying Ridout as Manager of the Fairfield
Finance Company and also a member of the National Executive
Committee of the National States Rights Party.
Ridout was subsequently fired but we are unable
to determine if this was a direct result of the Counter-
intelligence Program activities.
The National States Rights Party is a white hate
group that has been involved in violent activities directed
toward minority groups.
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In May, 1959, an anonymous letter was sent to
Mr. Theodore A. Jones, President of the Chicago branch
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), advising him that a "left caucus" slate
called Coordinating Committee of NAACP comprised of
members of the Communist Party (CP), Socialist Workers
Party (SWP), socialists and other Negro nationalist-
type individuals, had been formed and its objective
was to oust him from leadership.
The "left caucus" slate was defeated at the
membership meeting.
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The Philadelphia Office was authorized to contact prominent
Jewish organizations, such as the American Jewish Congress, and Morris
Litman, City Editor of the "Philadelphia Inquirer," in an effort to have them
contact Harry Belchman and David S. Landes, Office Secretary of Boslover
Hall and President of Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association, respectively.
in an effort to have an appearance of Gus Hell cancelled at Boslover Hall
before the Philadelphia Social Science Forum Committee on January 24, 1964.
Contact was to indicate bad publicity received and advise of riot which ensued
following a previous appearance of Hall before the same committee during .
1962.
Boslover Hall cancelled the meeting which had been scheduled
for January 24, 1964, and Gus Hall did not appear in the Philadelphia area.
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In September, 1989, a series of three anonymous
telephone calls were made by Agent personnel of the San Diego Office
to Bishop John Quinn, Auxiliary Bishop of the San Diego, California,
Archdiocese, in protest of activity on the part of Catholic priest
Reverend Frank Curran, Christ the King Roman Catholic Church,
32nd and Imperial, San Diego, California. Reverend Curran had
indicated an open advocacy of the Black Panther Party's Breakfast
for Children Program and had used his church as a sanctuary for
Black Panther Party (BPP) members.
An anonymous letter for malling to the Bishop was also
approved by FBIHQ on September 11, 1969, outlining objections to
Father Curran's activities. This letter was to be signed T. E. Ellis,
a fictitious name, and was to indicate its writer was a member of
Father Curran's parish.
Father Curran subsequently transferred from the
San Diego archdiocese and the BPP Breakfast for Children Program
collapsed.
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In April, 1962, the Seattle FBI Office contacted
Lawrence Timbers, former Chairman of the Anti-Subversive Committee
of the Washington State American Legion, to make arrangements for a
group of anticommunist citizens to attend a public meeting at .
Washington Hall, Seattle, on April 27, 1962. Herbert Eugene Aptheker,
member of the National Committee, Communist Party, USA (CPUSA),
was a scheduled speaker at this meeting.
Mr. Timbers, a commercial printer by trade, obtained
a $1.50 ticket in advance of the meeting and printed and distributed
several hundred tickets. These were distributed to persons known
for their anticommunist sentiments.
As a result the Communist Party did not receive revenue
for over 100 persons who attended the meeting. Aptheker completed
his speech, but was intermittently heckled and booed by the anti-
communist attendees. This group later marched through the aisles
singing patriotic songs.
CPUSA leadership was displeased at the way the Seattle
CP group organized and handled the affair.
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The Communist Party of Illinois scheduled a bazaar
to raise money for the Party newspaper, "The Worker." Party
members received letters allowing each recipient to receive,
on behalf of the bazaar, $3 in goods, money, or trading stamps
from the Jewel Tea Company, which had 101 stores in the area.
Each store to donate $3 as noted. Chicago Office alerted the
Jewel Tea Company to the nature of the bazaar,
A former FBI Special Agent employed by the Jewel
Tea Company made arrangements to insure no donations were
made by the company.
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In December, 1967, an anonymous letter was mailed
to officials of Carrsville Community Center, Carrsville, Isle of
Wright County, Virginia, stating that the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was
using the community center for holding dances. The Klan was
using the cover of Southhampton Activities Club. The group was
part of United Klans of America, Inc., KKK, and was raising funds
through the dances.
After February, 1968, the lease to the Klan was ter-
minated. The officials considered the dances had become rowdy and
they did not know previously that the Klan was involved.
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In July, 1968, the Pittsburgh Office confidentially alerted
a staff worker for the Mellon Foundation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
that Unity Incorporated, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a store which is
utilized as a black power center, and one of the leaders of Unity Incor-
porated said the basement of the store would be remodeled as a target
range. The leader of the group was in possession of a suitcase contain-
ing several pistols and ammunition. The purpose of this contact was to
prevent Unity Incorporated from receiving a grant of $150,000 which
that organization had requested from the Mellon Foundation.
Unity Incorporated did not get the $150,000 grant.
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In February, 1965, an anonymous malling was sent to
three ministers (Dr. James H. Laird, Reverend Charles B. Lutton,
and Reverend Norman E. Dewise) associated with the Fothodist
Church, 23 B. Adama Street, Detroit, Michigan. This mailing
enclosed a newspaper clipping depicting Nikita Khruschev and
Herbert Aptheker, a high Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) official,
at bier of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, late CPUSA Chairman, in
Moscow. The purpose of this mailing was to alert church officials
of Aptheker's CPUSA affiliation and his appearance at this church
would be discouraged or cancelled.
Herbert Aptheker speakers' appearance at this church
was not advertised in weekly church bulletin as is customary,
As a result, attendance at talk was poor sed collection taken
was insufficient to meet expenses of the affair.
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In April, 1959, a flyer, revealing Communist Party,
USA (CPUSA), as true sponsors of May First Celebration scheduled
to be held at the United Plant Guard Workers of America Local 114
Hall at 13722 Linwood, Detroit, Michigan, was sent Mr. James C.
McGahey, president of the union.
The CPUSA was locked out of the union hall and they
had to hold the affair elsewhere. Mr. McGahey refunded the rental
fee to the CPUSA..
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During late 1967 an anonymous letter was mailed
to the National Rifle Association by the Jackson Office
advising that the Concordia Pistol and Rifle Club at
Ferriday, Louisiana, was actually a club organized to
disguise a unit of the Minuteman organization. The club
vas organized by James Lee Scarborough, an active Klansman,
who had applied for club membership in the National Rifle
Association.
During January, 1968, Scarborough advised the
members of the club that the National Rifle Association
had turned down their application for charter membership.
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In November, 1968, the Detroit Office mailed several
anonymous letters to expose the extremist nature of the "South End, "
the student newspaper at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan,
which is a state-supported university. This newspaper has a black
extremist viewpoint and is self-described as "revolutionary." The
anonymous letters were supposedly from a concerned parent and a
concerned student and were directed to state and university authorities
responsible for funding this newspaper, including Governor Romney of
Michigan. A letter was also sent to the Archbishop of Detroit concern-
ing a Catholic group funding W. E. B. DuBois Institute of Black Studles
at Wayne State University, which funding was publicized in the
"South End, "
These anonymous mailings played a part in the reduction
of yearly funds granted to the newspaper by $10,000.
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Two anonymous letters were sent between April and
July, 1965, to nine responsible officials of the Hartford
Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, protesting the
action by Reverend Charles A. Hill, the pastor, in allowing
Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) functionaries to openly speak
at his church and in allowing commmists use of the church
for secret meetings. In August, 1965, a follow-up letter
was sent to individuals residing in the neighborhood of the
church complaining about the communist use of the church.
During September, 1965, information was received
that Reverend Hill was forced to cancel a communist bazaar
at the church due to the letter distributed in the area
which was critical of the use of church premises for
communist meetings and related affairs.
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On September 15, 1969, Jack Noble, Assistant State
Attorney General, Santa Fe, New Mexico, contacted the Santa Fe
Resident Agency of the FBI and requested that he be furnished
public source information regarding Peter Gunn Montague to
assist Governor David F. Cargo in deciding whether or not to
appoint. Montague to the Governor's Technical Advisory Committee
on Air and Water Pollution. Montague had been affiliated with
the Albuquerque Movement for a Democratic Society which was
affiliated with Students for a Democratic Society.
On November 18, 1969, Mr. Noble advised public
source information regarding Montague enabled the Governor
to make the correct decision in deciding against appointing
Montague.
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In July, 1968, the Pittsburgh Office casually
suggested to a member of the Beverly Heights Presbyterian
Church, in Pittsburgh, that Reverend William R. Taylor,
of that church, might be interested in her information
about Carl Nicholas Flournoy, a militant black nationalist.
Flournoy had been receiving finances from the Presbyterian
and Catholic Churches jointly.
It was subsequently determined that this action
was apparently instrumental in part in influencing three
churches in refusing to provide supporting funds to racial
groups unless sound reasons exist for doing so.
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On December 1, 1964, James Farmer, National
Director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
furnished information about Eugene Joseph Tourneur, employed
as an organizer of CORK, 317 Evergreen Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Tournour had been active in Communist Party organizations gince
1957 and in 1964 was considered a Communist Party member by
leaders of the Party in Chicago. An FBI Headquarters official
furnished this information to Mr. Farmer.
On January 25, 1965, Tournour advised an informant
he received a letter from CORE's National Office firing
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In February and March, 1967, informants disclosed that certain
members of the security guard, Belmont, North Carolina, Klavern of the
United Klans of America (UKA), had joined or were joining the National
Rifle Association (NRA). An informent advised that, under certain
circumstances, the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, U. S. Army,
would supply NRA-affiliated clubs with rifles and ammunition, and that
the UKA was joining for this purpose. An anonymous letter was mailed
to the NRA on May 2, 1967.
On June 20, 1967, an informant advised that the NRA had not
accepted the Belmont Rifle and Pistol Club (of the UKA) application for a
charter. The informant stated that, for all practical purposes, the club
was at an end, had met on only a few occasions, had never constructed a
desired range, and had not undertaken real target practice.
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In November, 1959, information was made available by a source.
to Mr. Theodore A. Jones, President of the Chicago Branch of the National
· Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), that the "left
caucus," comprised of Milton Cohen and Lester Davis, members of the
Illinois State Communist Party (CP) Committee, Fritzie Englestein, Illinois
CP member, Barney Taylor, Socialist Workers Party (SWP) member, Saul
Mendelson, former member of Independent Socialist League National
Committee and the Bullock-Abner Coalition, planned to elect nine leftist
delegates to the NAACP National Convention.
No one from the "left caucus" candidate slate was elected.
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On April 1, 1970, the Pittsburgh Office confidentially advised
Mr. Richard M. Larry, Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation, Pittsburgh, concerning
a conference at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), scheduled for the next
weekend by the Gulf Action Project (GAP), to plan for the disruption of a
Gulf Oil stockholders meeting scheduled for April 28, 1970, at Pittsburgh.
Mr. Larry advised the CMU Administration.
CMU officials contacted representatives of GAP cancelling the
conference: GAP protested the cancellation and ultimately CMU allowed the
conference to take place provided same did not include planning for the
disruption of the stockholders meeting.
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Between July 1, 1968, and October 1, 1968, the
Miami Office sent an anonymous letter to Mayor Dunham,
Okeechobee, Florida, advising him that city employee
Charles Franklin Smith has been seen at Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
meetings.
It is not known what action was taken; however,
the employee was noted to not be in attendance at Klan
meetings thereafter.
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The Albany Office on April 1, 1969, confidentially alerted the
President of the Council of Churches, Syracuse, New York, of the extremist
nature of the United Black Brothers. (UBB), Syracusé, and of the criminal
backgrounds of UBB leaders and membership. The Council of Churches
was funding the UBB.
Council of Churches President advised he would recommend no
further funding for UBB.
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It was learned the National Episcopal Church (NEC),
New York City, furnished the Afro-American Society of Greater
Atlanta (AASGA) funds totaling $34, 000 ostensibly to improve race
relations in Atlanta. NEC then retrieved the money to check status
of the AASGA. Since AASGA was actually a front name for the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), FBI Headquarters
authorized Atlanta Office on March 11, 1969, to furnish information
to this effect to Jack Tarver, President of Atlanta Newspapers, Inc.,
Atlanta, Georgia. It is unknown if anything furnished to Tarver was
published.
NEC subsequently recalled this $34, 000 grant from
Charles E. Jenkins, leader of SNCC in Atlanta.
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Decedent Walter Stochmal died in Ohio during 1964 and bequeathed
$1,000 to "Glos Ludowy," and the remainder of his estate, after payment of
just debts and other bequests, to "The Worker." "Glos Ludowy" is a pro-
Polish Government foreign language newspaper published at Detroit,
Michigan. "The Worker" was an east coast communist newspaper, now
defunct.
On July 22, 1964, FBI Headquarters authorized anonymous
communication to decedent's son-in-law John Henninger containing public
source data relating to the communist backgrounds of the executor, attorney
and witnesses to the will of Stochmal in effort to persuade Stochmal's
surviving relatives to contest the will, thereby thwarting bequests to
"Glos Ludowy" and "The Worker."
Subsequently, Mr. Henninger advised FBI he had received
certain anonymous material concerning communist connections of executor,
etc. On October 6, 1964, Henninger advised that the family was contesting
the Stochmal will.
An entry in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court records (Ohio),
dated August 16, 1965, revealed the court authorized executor to pay the
surviving spouse the widow's allowance (one-third of estate). The estate
at such time was valued at $12,000.
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On February 17, 1970, the St. Louis Office sent an
anonymous letter to Richard Simon, the husband of Jane Simon.
She is an officer in ACTION, a biracial black extremist group. The
letter accused her of infidelity. This letter, sent to Richard Simon,
was designed to confirm his suspicions about the relationship between
his wife, white, and black males associated with ACTION.
It was learned that shortly after the receipt of this
letter, the couple involved separated following a series of marital
arguments.
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Between June and October, 1967, the U. S.
Commissioner, Palm Beach, Florida, Edgar G. Hamilton,
was advised that his son, Jan Hamilton, was active in
the Klan at Okeechobee, Florida. He was also told that
the Klan was holding meetings at a restaurant where the
son was employed as a manager and which was partly owned
by the Commissioner.
The Klan was banned from further meetings in
the restaurant, the son resigned as manager of the
restaurant, and a heated argument ensued between the
Commissioner and his son.
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The Chicago Division recommended in May, 1962, that
Mrs. Sam Kushner, wife of Sam Kushner, Illinois Editor of
"The Worker," be anonymously advised by telephone that her
husband was planning to drive to Mexico with Flo Hall, Illinois
Communist Party district functionary, to get a Nexican divorce
without his wife's knowledge so he would be free to marry Hall.
The Chicage Division advised Kushner had been trying to divorce
his wife, a long-time communist and head of a local Communist
Party club, but she had been fighting the divorce because of
disagreement over the property settlement.
On September 5, 1962, an informant advised Mrs. Kushner
was suing Flo Hall for "depriving her and her son of livelihood"
and was attempting to discredit Sam Kushner with the "People's
World" where he was then employed.
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On February 13, 1970, the Baltimore Office placed a telephone -
call to the Black Panther Party (BPP) Headquarters, San Francisco, California,
during which a complaint was lodged against John Clark, Defense Captain,
Baltimore, BPP. The caller complained that several of the BPP members in
Baltimore had been run out of the BPP headquarters so that Clark could live
alone with a white woman Malika Aigroz. The unknown woman at Panther
„Headquarters advised that the BPP would check this complaint out and take
whatever action was necessary.
Clark was subsequently ordered by the EPP Headquarters to
leave the Baltimore BPP and travel to the "coast."
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The Boston FBI Office, on a confidential basis,
furnished information to Bobert Tonis, Security Officer and
Chief of the Harvard University Police, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
to the effect that Jared Michael Israel, whomas employed by the
Harkness Commons, a Harvard University Restaurant, was involved
in Students for a Democratic Society (EDS) activities.
On December 29, 1969, Mr. Tonis advised that Israel's
employment was to be terminated on December 31, 1969.
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On October 20, 1969, the Boston FBI Office, on
a confidential basis, furnished information to Robert
Tonis, Security Officer and Chief of the Harvard University
Police, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the effect that Nancy
Schwarzman, Secretary, has been identified as the mistress
of Michael Kazin, & Harvard Senior and Students For a
Democratic Society (SDS) Committee member of the Harvard-
Radcliffe Chapter.
On November 3, 1969, Mr. Tonis advised that
Miss Schwarzman was no longer employed by Harvard University
as of close of business October 31, 1969.
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In April, 1964, Professor Francis E. Barkman, Department of
Law, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, advised that Leon Letwin had
applied for a position at the University. Barkman stated he had heard
rumers that Letwin had been connected with various communist organi-
zations. Public source material was furnished to Professor Barkman which
reported Communist Party (CP) associations of Letwin.
On June 17, 1964, Professor Barkman advised that the school's
Board of Trustees had decided to reject Letwin's application. The Board
announced no reason for its refusal; however, Barkman attributed the
rejection to public source information concerning Letwin's CP associations.
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On May 24, 1965, the Cleveland Office made
available copies of Socialist Workers Party (SWP) literature
relating to Rod Holt to Mr. George Dobres, member, Cleveland
Board of Education, to alert him to the association of
Holt's wife, Marilyn Holt, a Cleveland schoolteacher with
the SWP.
On July 2, 1965, Dobrea advised the Cleveland
Office that based on this information, it did not appear
that Marilyn Holt's contract would be renewed. Subsequently,
her contract was not renewed.
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Public source material concerning Robert Ehrlich
and his wife Cornelia Ehrlich and Victor Pasche, who were
active in the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) in the
Ringwood, New Jersey, public school system and allegedly
were considered to have Communist Party (CP) leanings, was
furnished to Chief of Police Ray Van Tassel, Ringwood,
New Jersey, on April 18, 1961 and May 4, 1961.
Robert Ehrlich was not re-elected to his position
with the Ringwood Library Association. Bernice Pasche, wife
of Victor Pasche, was discharged from her position as a
teacher in a high school in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.
Public source material concerning Victor Pasche was read
at PTA meeting. Victor Pasche was vice president of the
PTA.
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On February 28, 1968, the Miami Office confidentially
alerted John Tyler, Chief, Security Section, Dade County
Department of Public Instruction, Miami, Florida, that
Edwin Franklin Dean, a teacher at Hays Senior High School,
Miami, and an assistant minister of the Nation of Islam, Hami
vas arrested and convicted for molesting women at Enoxville,
Tennessee, in March, 1958.
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On March 7, 1968, Mr. Tyler advised he had verified
Dea./s* arrest and conviction in Knoxville for molesting women
and that Dean has been eliminated from the Dade County School
System.
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In March 3, 1964, contact was made with Father James Orford,
Regent of the Law School at Marquette Law School, Milwaukee, to preclude
Mary's Bookshop, a communist bookshop, from placing advertising in "The
Marquette Tribune," a college newspaper.
The advertisement for Mary's Bookshop was located and not
published in the school newspaper.
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The FBI anonymously mailed to high school and college officials .
newspaper articles which had been printed in "The Philadelphia Inquirer."
The articles exposed the nature of the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America
(DCA). Articles were mailed October 13, 1964, to four high schools and
two colleges in the Philadelphia area.
As of October, 1964, the principal of Germantown High School,
Philadelphia, had called in members of DCA unit at the school and advised
their parents of the true nature of the club. This DCA unit was considered
defunct and the DCA dropped plans to grant them a charter.
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On September 5, 1963, the Newark Office confidentially furnished
Dr. R. T. Jacobsen, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Union County
High School System, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, public source infor-
mation concerning a school teacher, Joseph Edelman. This information
revealed Edelman's association with the People's Rights Party, a communist
influenced group.
On December 10, 1963, Dr. Jacobsen informed Newark Office
that Edelman's teaching contract would not be renewed next year,
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The New York FBI Office was authorized to furnish
to the St. Brendan Forensic Society of St. Brendan's High
School, New York, New York, appropriate public source data
regarding Pete Seeger, who has been publicly identified as
"the best known of all the Communist Party entertainers,"
in an attempt to cause his cancellation or prevent his
appearance at Catholic-sponsored affairs in Brooklyn.
Seeger was scheduled to appear at Brooklyn College under
the sponsorship of the above high school.
On February 20, 1968, background data regarding
Seeger was furnished to the Right Reverend Monsignor Raymond
Rigney, Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of New York,
30 East 50th Street, New York City. On March 15, 1968,
Monsignor Rigney stated that due to pressure of business,
_ he was unable to inform Brooklyn Diocesan officials of
Seeger's appearance at Brooklyn College, prior to his
appearance. Monsignor Rigney further advised that he had.
prepared a menorandum for his nasistants concerning
Seeger's subversive background. This memorandum, according
to the Monsigner, would serve to answer inquiries which
may be received from any high schools or colleges in
this Archdiocese of New York. This memorandum also stated
that all schools should be discouraged with respect to the
possible booking of Beeger to perform.
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However;
On June 22, 1964, the Boston Office made available
to a confidential source at Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, public source material regarding the communist
background of Leon Letwin who was at that time a teaching
fellow (law) at Harvard. At that time there was no indication
that Letwin's appointment at Harvard would be extended.
at that time he indicated a desire to obtain a position at the
University of Toledo Law School. Source at Harvard University
was of the opinion that the Harvard Corporation would in all
probability reject any application by Letwin on the strength of
the public source data furnished to Harvard. Letwin's fellow-
ship was not reactivated at Harvard. It is noted, however,
that prior to disclosure of the public source information
Letwin expressed a desire to move on.
In view of this, the Cleveland Office made availabl
to a source at the University of Toledo Law School public
source data compiled by them as well as additional public
source data compiled by the Boston Office regarding Letwin's
communist background. Cleveland Office advised that the
Board of Trustees, University of Toledo Law School, had
rejected Letwin's application for employment on the strength
of the public source data.
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On January 18, 1971, an anonymous letter was
mailed by the Mobile FBI office to Mr. Wilson M. Hawkins,
Director of Operations, University of South Alabama,
Mobile, Alabama, setting forth information regarding
two instructors at the University of South Alabama,
Larry Eugene Holmes and Lloyd Dendinger, who were
supporting and giving financial assistance to "Rearguard,"
an underground newspaper.
On February 3, 1971, Dr. Frederick Whiddon,
President, University of South Alabama, confidentially
advised that the University staff had received complaints
concerning Holmes and Dendinger and, in view of this
and other information he had received about these individuals,
he had placed them in a probationary status, which would
prevent them from getting any annual increments until he
removes them from their probationary status.
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On January 28, 1971, the Charlotte FBI office...
discussed with Oscar Petty, Director of Financial Aid, Duke
University, Durham, North Carolina, the New Left activities
of Stanley Theodore Gutman, also known as Huck, a faculty
member who had made application for financial aid.
On February 2, 1971, Mr. Petty advised Gutman's
request for aid had been denied, as a result of which
Gutman teld Mr. Petty he was withdrawing from Duke University.
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On August 18, 1969, Mr. Malcom Kispert, Vice
President for Academic Administration, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (HIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts,
advised he had confidentially received from the Boston
FBI Office public source material relating to Vernon
Grizzard and Nicholas Egleson, who were instructors at
MIT and active in New Left activities.
Mr. Kispert advised that he was able to have
Grizzard's and Egleson's reappointments to the Staff of
MIT cancelled.
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On May 25, 1970, the Charlotte FBI Office contacted
Angus A. McKellar, Attorney, Northhampton County School Board,
Jackson, North Carolina, and at that time information relating
to the New Left activities of Joseph Holt Woodside, a faculty
member, was furnished to Mr. McKellar.
On June 15, 1970, Mr. McKellar advised that Woodside
had elected not to renew his teaching contract for the
forthcoming year.
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On March 23, 1965, the Newark Office was authorized
to send an anonymous letter to Joseph Caviello, Principal,
North Bergen High School, North Bergen, New Jersey, out-
lining the communist background of Elizabeth Nagy, a
Communist Party member and teacher at North Bergen High
School.
Dr. Herman G. Kline, Superintendent of Schools,
Board of Education, North Bergen, and Caviello contacted
the Newark Office, showed the anonymous letter received
and asked for advice. When told no advice of this nature
could be given, Dr. Kline volunteered the fact that Mrs. Nagy
had tenure and could not be removed except for specific
reasons. Kline advised that Mrs. Nagy would be confronted
with the contents of this letter and if she admits the
allegations, she would be asked to resign. Mrs. Nagy was
subsequently interviewed by school authorities and agreed
te resim.
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On March 6, 1970, the Albuquerque Office confiden-
tially furnished Mr. Daryl Harrell, a former Special Agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and then Administrative Assistant
to the Superintendent of the Albuquerque Public Schools, public source
material setting forth Michael Otis Colvin's activities in Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of New Mexico. Colvin was
an applicant for a part-time position as a teacher with the Albuquerque
Public School System.
On April 1, 1970, Mr. Harrell advised that primarily
based on the information furnished, the Albuquerque Public School
System was no longer considering Colvin's application for a part-
time position as a teacher.
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During the Presidential Inauguration activities in
Washington, D. C., January, 1969, the National Mobilization
Committee to End the War in Vietnam (NMC), was utilising ..
walkie-talkies on the "citizen band" to coordinate movements
and activities.
NMC communications were disrupted and confusing orders
were issued when the Washington Field Office of the FBI,
utilizing similar communications methods, identified with
the HMC network and countermanded orders or supplied misinfor
mation to MC marshals.
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The "East Village Other," a bimonthly newspaper, planned
to hire a pilot to "bomb" the Pentagon with flowers on
October 20, 1967, the day before the National Mobilization
Committee to End the War in Vietnam was to hold its march in
Washington, D. C. The New York Office made a number of pretext
calls to the "East Village Other" wherein the caller, posing
as a pilot for this venture, made inquiries regarding this
venture and eventually agreed to fly the plane. It was
decided to "bomb" the Pentagon on October 21, 1967. The caller
arranged with Allan Katzman of the newspaper to have the
Publishing-Editor-In-Chief of the "East Village Other,"
Walter Bowart, accompany him on this mission. The caller was
to meet Bowart at the Eastern Airlines terminal at Dulles
Airport at 1:45 p.m. on October 21, 1967, with 100 to 200
pounds of flowers.
Bowart and other individuals apparently connected
with the "East Village Other" arrived at Eastern Airlines
ticket counter at 1:00 p.m. on October 21, 1967, in a
Volkswagen bus loaded with four cartons of flowers. The
group waited until approximately 3:30 p.m. and finally left
in disgust.
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In January, 1967, a confidential source in the
Tax Assessor's Office, Brevard County, Florida, was contacted
by the FBI to cause an early tax assessment to be scheduled
for properties owned by Richland Agency, a Communist Party (CP)
investment group. The assessment rate on the local parcel
owned by Richland Agency rose a total of $191,560 between
1966 and 1967, which should have resulted in an increased
tax of $4,997 from 1966 to 1967. It is unknown whether these
taxes exactly amounted to $4,997 or whether they were, in
fact, paid.
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Robert E. Scoggins; South Carolina Grand Dragon, United Klans
of America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, had been receiving a veteran's
pension from U. S. Government on a 100 percent disability. Despite this,
he had been self-employed in the plumbing, electrical and contracting
business. This information was furnished to the Veterans' Administration (VA).
VA conducted an investigation which resulted in Scoggins
disability payments being discontinued.
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In April, 1969, the New York Office sent spurious postcards,
which duplicated the type used by Rochell Kendrick, 792 Columbus Avenue,
New York, New York, Chief of the New York Consulate of the Republic of
New Africa (RNA), a black extremist organization, to advise members of
RNA meetings. The spurious postcards were sent on short notice to reschedule
or cancel RNA meetings.
The above-mentioned postcards caused disruption and suspicion
among RNA members in the New York City area.
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The San Francisco Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Office learned through an informant that Dolores Berg, common-law
wife of Delmar Berg, nominal head of the Stanislaus County, California,
Communist Party (CP), had made a complaint to the County Sheriff's
Office that Howard Keylor, head of the CP in San Joaquin County, had
committed two acts of sexual intercourse with her 16-year-old daughter,
Antoinette Marie Romo, in April, 1962. Although the matter had been
referred to the Stockton, California, Police Department, no action had
been taken as Dolores Berg had not signed a complaint at the Police
Department. The daughter did admit to the Sheriff's Office that the
intercourse occurred. In May, 1962, the San Francisco FBI Office
contacted Sheriff Dan Kelsay, Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office, to
have his office attempt to convince Dolores Berg to sign a formal com-
plaint with the Stockton Police Department.
Dolores Berg signed a complaint, as a result of which on
May 28, 1962, Howard Keylor was arrested on a charge of Statutory
Rape and was incarcerated. The arrest notice was published on May 29,
1962, in the "Stockton Daily Record," a local newspaper.
The victim failed to appear in court on May 29, 1962, and
the charge was dismissed for reason of lack of direct evidence. Keylor
was released.
As a result of the above action and/or attendant publicity,
Howard Keylor was suspended from the Communist Party.
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On May 26, 1970, the Philadelphia Office sent
a letter to the national headquarters of the Black
Panther Party (BPP) bearing an excellent facsimile of
the signature of Jonathan Pinkett, a former BPP official
in Philadelphia who was expelled on May 19, 1970, after
falling out with the BPP leadership in Philadelphia.
The letter accused the members of the BPP in Philadelphia
of stealing clothing, food and drugs collected for poor
children. All of the accusations in the letter were
true.
Subsequent to the letter being sent to the
headquarters of the organization, several chapter members
were given disciplinary transfers. Headquarters had to
send other members to the chapter in Philadelphia to
straighten out the local situation.
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In February, 1965, a mailing of a leaflet prepared
by the FBI was made to residents, businessess and organizations
in the neighborhood where the Philadelphia Clubhouse of the
W. R. B. DuBois Club of America (DCA) was relocating (3260 N.
Broad Street, Philadelphia). The leaflet was an announcement
of the opening of the BCA and set out a disclaimer of its
being a communist group. Its intent was to put anticommunist
groups on notice of the BCA's prosENCO.
The minister of a church in the area gave a sermon
denouncing communism and announced that the DCA was opening
an office in the neighborhood. Businessess in the area refused
to publicize the opening of the DCA. Only nine persons attended the
ECÅ open house.
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The Boston Office in October, 1966, furnished to a confidential
source public source information relating to the communist plans to open a
new bookstore in Boston known as the "Frederick Douglass Books" and the
fact that Edward Teixiera, Communist Party (CP) District Organizer, will
be directing the activities of the store.
As a result, the October 23, 1966, issue of the "Boston Sunday
Herald" contained a photograph showing the store being picketed by members
of the American Veterans Committee protesting the use of the name of the
19th Century Negro abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, for the store where
Marxist books are being sold.
The "Boston Herald" issue of October 22, 1966, contained an
article captioned "Red Bookstore Opens." The article featured a photograph
of Edward Teixiera. The article describes Teixiera as a member of the CP
by his own admission. Teixiera denied any connection between the store
itself and the Party.
As a result of the notoriety achieved regarding the opening of
the bookstore, Teixiera was furious and expressed great displeasure.
Teixiera subsequently advised a source that the failure of the store to be
the success envisioned by the CP of New England can be blamed on the
adverse publicity given to the store at its opening.
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The San Francisco Office advised on September 12,
1960, that through its continuing informant coverage of the
Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), it was aware of new subscribers
to the CPUSA newspaper, "Peoples World" (PW). San Franciseo
instituted policy of interviewing each new subscriber to PW.
Archie Brown, a Northern California CPUSA leader
complained that a major problem in trying to increase the
membership of the CPUSA is that new subscribers to the PV
are interviewed by the FBI. This has caused these subscribers
to drop their subscriptions and to disassociate themselves
from CP members.
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Sometime prior to January 3, 1966, a talk show
appearance scheduled for December, 1965, by Otis Archer Hood,
Chairman, District Committee, Communist Party, USA, was
cancelled by Radio Station WNAC, Boston, Massachusetts. The
cancellation followed the Boston Division's providing public source
information concerning Hood's Communist Party background to a
confidential source.
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On June 6, 1968, FBI Headquarters reminded the Detroit FBI
Office to be alert to take advantage of all possible disruptive activities
during the forthcoming National Convention of Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS), which was to be held at Michigan State University,
East Lansing, Michigan.
A press release by the SAC, Detroit FBI Office, in June, 1968,
of the Director's testimony concerning the New Left was made at the time
of the SDS National Convention. This release was well received and
several State Legislators, after visiting the SDS Convention site at
Michigan State, severely criticized University officials for allowing
SDS to utilize the campus. As a further result, the Michigan State
Legislature, in late June, 1968, passed a resolution to the effect that
state universities which permitted disruption (which occurred during
the National SDS Convention) will suffer appropriation cuts in pro- -
portion to the number of students permitted to disrupt state university
campuses.
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FBI advised that he was interviewed by a representative of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Operations (SSCIO)
concerning allegations by Samuel Adason Jaffe that vindictive
actions taken by the FBI have prevented him from obtaining or
keeping a job in the news media field. According to the SSCIO
representative, Jaffe reported that he had a pleasant relationship
with Special Agents of the FBI during the time he had furnished
information regarding Soviet intelligence matters; however, he
detected a coolness of these FBI Agents towards him after his
return from Hong Kong in 1968. He attributed this coolness to
his being "fingered" by Soviet defector Oleg V. Penkovskiy, who
allegedly reported that he saw Jaffe's name on a piece of paper
on the desk of a Soviet intelligence officer. Upon learning
this, the FBI felt that Jaffe was a double agent. Since his
return from Hong Kong he cannot hold a job and believes the
FBI is the cause of his predicament. The former Special Agent
of the FBI advised that the SSCIO representative told him he
is looking into this matter to determine if Jaffe's statements
are true and to determine if some controls could be created
so that the FBI could not be vindictive in similar situations.C
Oleg V. Penkovskiy is a former Colonel in the Soviet
intelligence services (SIS) who had cooperated with the West.
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The Attorney General
Jaffe, a former correspondent for ABC and CBS
television networks, was an informant of our New York Office
from 1958 to 1961. During this period he furnished extensive
information on his numerous contacts with Soviet nationals whom
he met through his assignment as a CBS correspondent at the
United Nations, New York, New York. In 1961 he was assigned
to Moscow, USER, as a correspondent for ABC and served there
until he was expelled in 1965 following his reporting of infe
mation unfavorable to the Soviet Union. He thereafter was
transferred to Hong Kong where he served until 1968. According
to information from a former SIS officer currently residing in
the West, Jaffe in about 1961, while in Moscow, was recruited
by the Committee for State Security (KGB). Our investigation
regarding this allegation has failed to either substantiate
or refute this allegation. Jaffe, however, in 1963 reported
to our New York Office that while in Moscow, he was approached
in what he considered an attempt at recruitment by the $18.
During interviews with Jaffe he denied any overt acts helpful
to the KGB, although he admitted a continuing relationship
with several KGB officers.
[No information is contained in the files of the FBI
indicating Jaffe was ever reported on by Colonel Penkovskiy.7.
With regard to his employment difficulties, this matter was
the subject of discussion with Jaffe on several occasions after
his return from Hong Kong in 1968, when he explained to Special
Agents in contact with him that he was experiencing difficulty
in finding a job and his concern that his association with the
FBI was the reason for this difficulty. On every occasion he
was assured that the FBI had not disclosed his confidential
· relationship with the FBI. Jaffe in 1969 advised that he had
learned from a British intelligence service contact in Hong Kong
that his recall from that city by ABC was caused by his refusal
to cooperate with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He.
related that he later mentioned this to a CIA contact in .
Washington who indicated that the British intelligence service
representative had no right to relate to Jaffe this information.
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The Attorney General
The files of the FBI were reviewed to determine if
Jaffe's allegations had any foundation in fact and no informa-
tion was contained therein supporting this allegation. His.
observations concerning the change of attitude of FBI personnel
in dealing with him to one of coolness can be accounted for
on the basis of information received from the Soviet intelligence
officer alleging his recruitment by the KGB. Our relationship
with him thereafter was circumspect and undoubtedly he detected
a change in the Agents' attitude.
Whatever employment difficulties may have been encountered
by Jaffe did not arise out of any action taken by the FBI.
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Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.
Special Counsel for
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dated August 14, 1975, captioned "Samuel Adason Jaffe,
Information Concerning."✔
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in Soviet nationals and in order to protect sensitive sources,
of information.✔
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Special Agent (SA) Earl M. Petersen was interviewed
at the San Diego office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) on July 31, 1975, by U. S. Senate Select Committee (SSC)
Staff Member Lester Seidel. The interview began at 10:05 A.M.
and ended at 11:35 A.M. Assistant Special Agent in Charge
(ASAC) Arthur G. Barger was available nearby for consulta-
tion. He was not consulted during the interview.
Prior to the interview, SA Petersen had been
advised by San Diego FBI officials that FBI Headquarters
had waived the employee agreement not to furnish informa-
tion for the purpose of this interview. He was advised
that he had a right to counsel but that the FBI was unable
to provide private counsel for him.
SA Petersen was advised that he would not be
required to answer questions that might divulge the identity
of any FBI source; that would reveal information relative to
sensitive methods and techniques; or information which
originated with other agencies, including foreign intelligence
agencies.
SA Petersen was advised that the interview was to
involve only the COINTELPRO as it applied to the Black Panther
Party (BPP) (see appendix).
ENCLOSUR
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions
of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed
outside your agency.
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Staff Member Lester Seidel identified himself to
SA Petersen and stated that he was not warning SA Petersen
of his rights as the interview was such that such a warning
was not required. He advised SA Petersen that he did not
have to talk to him and that any information furnished was
on a voluntary basis. He stated that information furnished
to him would be handled with discretion.
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Were you in charge of the
COINTELPRO in San Diego from
March, 1968 through October, 1968?
This was possible but the
dates the program was assigned
to me are not recalled.
What was the name of the squad
to which you were assigned at
that time?
The Security Squad.
Who did the squad investigate?
Was it groups such as US, Inc.
(see appendix) and the BPP?
Yes, such groups as US, Inc.,
the BPP, and the Nation of
Islam (NOI) (see appendix).
And possibly splinter groups?
Yes, groups that would form
and disband and which could
possibly be called splinter
groups.
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Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr.
Seidel:
SA Petersen:
How long have you been in
the Bureau?
Twenty-four years as of
June 25, 1975.
Where have you been assigned?
In Boston, Baltimore, New
York, Tampa, and San Diego.
The Bureau has indicated that
you were a coordinator of the
COINTELPRO in San Diego. As
such, what were your duties?
The duties for the most part
consisted of preparing letters
to the Bureau asking for
authority to take some specific
action in the program; awaiting
the reply from the Bureau; and
then, if any action was taken,
to advise the Bureau of the
results of such action. It
is noted that many of the re-
quests to take specific action
were turned down by the Bureau.
Were you the focal point of
the program?
Yes, in the sense that any
idea for action to be taken
in the program was trans-
mitted to the Bureau for
approval by me and if approval
was received, it would be re-
lated to whomever had suggested
the activity. I would then
report any results to the Bureau.
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Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
Did you get heavy pressure from
Bureau officials to take action
in this program?
Not any more than any other
case, and I had a number of
other cases assigned to me
at the time the COINTELPRO
was assigned to me.
What type of things did you
do?
I do not recall at this time
any specific action taken in
the program. I do recall that
a Black Panther leader, Walter
Wallace, was removed as leader
of the party in San Diego. I
believe it was suspected that
he might have cooperated with
the FBI. This could have been
accomplished by interviewing
him where the interview could
be seen by other party members.
If the Agents shook his hand,
smiled, and acted like he was
a friend, it might plant the
seed of suspicion in the minds
of other BPP members. I do
not recall specifically whether
this happened but at any rate,
Wallace was not trusted and
was removed as leader of the
party.
Could such a thing get Wallace
killed or injured?
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SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
I do not see how it would
because there would be no way
anyone could determine whether
or not Wallace was, in fact,
cooperating with the FBI. He
was probably removed by the
BPP as a precautionary measure.
I cannot recall whether or
not Wallace was removed while
I was coordinator of the program.
Was COINTELPRO successful?
I was not too impressed with
its success in San Diego while
I had it assigned to me be-
cause it was a new program
and it took some time to get
it established and working.
Most of the success was probably
due to information obtained
regarding criminal violations,
mostly local in nature, which
was furnished to local law
enforcement officers, causing
the arrest of BPP members.
This would have been done
whether or not we had a
COINTELPRO. It was necessary
to prepare a letter to the
Bureau asking authority to
take action and then wait
for a reply authorizing the
activity. Many times suggested
COINTELPRO activity suggestions
would be turned down.
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Mr. Seidel made available Xerox copies of Bureau
letters captioned, "Counter-Intelligence Program; Black
Nationalist Hate Groups, dated August 25, 1967 and
March 4, 1968. These were read by SA Petersen, who said he
could not specifically recall reading the letters.
Mr. Seidel:
Was contact with the police
formal or informal?
SA Petersen:
Mr.
Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Contact was personal or telephonic
contact and at one time, informa-
tion furnished to individual officers
was confirmed by letter to the
Chief of Police. It is not re-
called if this was the policy
during the time COINTELPRO was
assigned to me.
What happened to SA Roy Burns?
He was transferred to the Butte,
Montana Field Office.
Did he do anything wrong? I
understand Agents were sometimes
transferred to Butte as a disci-
plinary measure.
SA Burns wanted to be transferred
to Butte and requested the trans-
fer. The Special Agent in Charge
(SAC), Mr. Evans, was transferred
there and may have helped SA
Burns get moved there.
How old is Bob Baker:
Probably 51 or 52 years old.
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BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr.
Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Did he retire early?
No. He was in a position to
retire and retired because he
wanted to take advantage of a
cost of living increase by retiring
prior to a certain date, such as
June 30.
Were the BPP and US, Inc. both
violence oriented groups?
Very definitely.
There was extreme
friction between the BPP and US,
Inc. at all times.
Do you recall some caricatures
used in connection with COINTELPRO?
Yes.
Who had the program at that time?
I believe SA Burns had it then.
What were the cartoons?
I recall seeing them but do not
recall any specific cartoon.
Do you think anything done in
COINTELPRO could have had a
reaction causing someone to kill
an individual in the other group?
Because of the extreme antagonism
between the two groups, anything
we did would have had about the
same effect as a gnat biting an
elephant. I do not think COINTELPRO
had that kind of impact.
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BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Did you ever supervise any techni-
cal installation or electronic
surveillance of the BPP in San
Diego?
No.
I don't recall anything like
that being done here.
How would you feel about writing
a letter to a wife saying her
husband was sleeping with various
other women if the husband was a
BPP leader?
I would hesitate to do this
because it might break up a
family. If the facts were true
and this might cause the BPP
leader to be less effective, it
would probably be a good counter-
intelligence move.
I am referring to Page 91 of a
BPP COINTELPRO summary which
indicates that a BPP leader was
living with a white girl and an
anonymous letter was written to
others in the BPP saying that this
individual was living with a white
girl. Do you recall anything about
that?
I believe that leader could have
been Kenneth Denmon in San Diego.
I recall that he was living with
a white woman and that others in
the BPP were made aware of this
in some manner. The BPP in San
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BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
SA Petersen (continued):
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Seidel:
Mr.
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Diego was teaching children to
hate and kill police officers.
They planned violent criminal
acts and were making plans to
take over the established govern-
ment at the first opportunity.
If a leader of such a group could
be discredited and removed, it
would help to keep the group from
becoming stronger, as they would
have to select a new leader, and
he would have to get the group
reorganized. Denmon had many
additional weaknesses which could
be used in a counter-intelligence
program.
Do you recall a letter being sent
to BPP Headquarters saying a
leader of the BPP was cooperating
with the police in Los Angeles?
I do not recall such a letter.
Do you recall some cards being
sent to San Diego from Los Angeles
saying, "Ron Karenga is impotent"?
No, I do not recall such cards.
Ron Karenga was a leader of US,
Inc., not the BPP.
Do you recall that cartoons were
to be sent to BPP members to dis-
credit the leaders?
I recall the cartoons but do not
recall whether they were set to
BPP members.
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BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Do you recall an anonymous letter
being sent to the Catholic Church
to have the priest of the church
where the BPP breakfast program
was operated removed from his
office?
I do not recall such an anonymous
letter; however, I do recall that
the priest was transferred by
the church.
Knowing that the BPP paper was
a paper that taught and advocated
violence and had cartoons in it
that encouraged the killing of
police officers by blacks and
was a violence oriented paper,
how would you feel about putting
a corrosive liquid on the paper
to keep it from being distributed?
I would not do it as I would feel
that it was a violation of the law
and too drastic. I would not do
it personally or personally approve
of it.
You have been very helpful and
the information you have provided
will be used in considering new
legislation at some time in the
future.
In these tranquil times, it disturbs
me greatly to read in the papers
and to hear news broadcasts con-
taining all kinds of allegations
against the FBI and the CIA and
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SA Petersen (continued):
Mr. Seidel:
other intelligence agencies. I
like to work within the law and
to be guided by legislation in
my work.
I would, however, hate
to see such restrictive legislation
passed that at some time in the
future when we might be faced
with violence-prone organizations
trying to take control of the
government, we would be unable to
properly handle our responsibility
for the internal security of the
United States.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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APPENDIX
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BLACK PANTHER PARTY
Formerly Known As
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
The Black Panther Party (BPP), organized in December,
1966, at Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby
George Seale, has the publicly-stated purpose of organizing
black people to take control of the life, politics and destiny
of the black community. The Party, operating the Black Panther
Intercommunal News Service, publishes a newspaper called
"The Black Panther," which at one time openly advocated the
use of guns and guerrilla tactics in a revolutionary program
to end the oppression of the black people but since early
1971 has spoken for a survival program pending revolution.
BPP national headquarters, aka Black Panther Intercommunal
Headquarters, is located in Oakland, California.
While openly advocating direct overthrow of the
U. S. Government by force and violence until 1971, leaders
have since avoided extreme statements in favor of calling
for action within the established order. Newton, in an
interview appearing in the May, 1973, issue of "Playboy"
magazine, stated the Panthers' chief ambition is to change
the American Government by any means necessary but that
ultimately such change will be through armed violence.
Despite its claimed dedication to community service,
indicators of the BPP's continued attraction to violence persist.
Since July, 1974, Newton and other BPP members have been
arrested in Oakland, California, for threatening police officers,
murder of a 17-year-old female and the pistol whipping of
Newton's tailor. Newton failed to appear on these charges
and is now a local fugitive. Additionally, one died and
three were wounded as a result of a shooting at a BPP-sponsored
dance in Oakland, California, in October, 1974.
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APPENDIX
"US"
Also Known As
"US". Incorporated
"US" was chartered by the State of California as
a non-profit corporation in September, 1966, with offices
at 8211 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California. The
corporation alleges that "US" is primarily an Afro-
American cultural organization.
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During the spring of 1968, however, a source
advised that MAULANA RON KARENGA, true name RONIE MC KINLEY
EVERETT, Founder-Chairman of "US" published a booklet
entitled "The Quotable Karenga", in which he talked of
revolution, black power, and condemned Christianity for the
plight of the black man.
In this booklet, KARENGA stated "...You must have
a cultural revolution before the violent revolution. The
cultural revolution gives identity, purpose, and direction.
... The revolution being fought now is a revolution to win
the minds of our people. If we fail to win this, we cannot
wage the violent one. ...When the word is given, we'll
see how tough you are. When it's 'burn', let's see how much
you blow up. And when it's 'take that white girl's head
too', we'll see how tough you are..."
The above source advised that "US" members are
required to study and memorize this booklet. "US" members
are also assigned Swahili names which they use in lieu
of their given names.
A second source advised that KARENGA had
spoken at various meetings in Los Angeles at which time he
talked of creating an "US" army of 1,000 men, obtaining
weapons and ammunition, guerrilla warfare tactics, and
revolution. KARENGA also stated "The only way to get
life is to take a life and as we get stronger, we will
take what we want from the white man's United States.
He also stated that if the police killed any "US" members,
the "US" organization would kill some of them.
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The first source above advised that KARENGA
also stated that race riots throughout the country
were not riots but were actually revolts or revolutions
and that the black people were going to win their
freedom by violence, if necessary.
A third source advised that KARENGA stated
that a revolution would take place in the future and
that no one can believe in black revolution without
believing in armed conflict because the two go hand in hand.
A fourth source advised in August, 1974, that the
US Organization has been evicted from its headquarters at
4302 South Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, and because
of lack of funds, has been unable to locate a new meeting
place. The organization has terminated all public meetings.
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Revised 5/22/75
NATION OF ISLAM (NOI)
CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION
EXTREMIST MATTER
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a black nationwife
organization headquartered at Muhammad's Temple #2, 7351
South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Elijah
Muhammad, self-styled "Messenger of Allah" and divinely
appointed leader of the black race in America, was leader
of the NOI until his death on February 25, 1975, at which
time his son, Wallace D. Muhammad, became Supreme Minister
of the NOI. The NOI seeks a separate black nation, espouses
its own version of the Islamic Religion, and has considered
all "whites" to be devils; however, Wallace D. Muhammad
in an interview published in "Muhammad Speaks", March 21, 1975,
same being a weekly and the official NOI newspaper, stated
there would no longer be stress put on the white people's
status as "devils"; that whites have "begun to reform" and
"The past is the past until it is dug up. We will not
dig it up. NOI official policy instructs members to obey
laws of the United States that do not conflict with NOI
laws; to defend NOI officials, property, women, and them-
selves at all costs, if attacked; and to disarm any
attacker and use the attacker's weapon against him.
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The NOI body is broken down into: 1) the Fruit of
Islam (FOI); an all male military-type group, to which
instruction in judo and karate is given, and which has as
its mmission security of officials, membership, and property
of the NOI, and enforcing discipline in the NOI%; and 2)
the Muslim Girls Training (MGT), an all female quasi
military-type group which has as its mission homemaking and
child guidance in accordance with NOI teachings.
NOI activity is widespread among black inmates in
many prisons in the United States. In recent years internal
dissidence and difficulties with rival. Muslim groups and
other adversaries have produced considerable violence, some
involving physical confrontations and acts of violence with
law enforcement agencies.
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By communication dated July 30, 1975,
Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), United States Department of
Justice, advised as follows concerning an interview
by representative of the Senate Select Committee (SSC)
and Special Agent (SA) Lawrence F. Wirick, concerning
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) and Bureau
investigation of the Black Panther Party (BPP) (see
Appendix page). Director Kelley stated as follows:
"I have waived your employment agreements for
purposes of these interviews. Each should note that he
has the right to counsel; however, the FBI is unable to
provide private counsel. There are certain privileged
areas concerning which SAS would not be required to answer
questions. Areas concern information which might divulge
identities of FBI sources; information relating to sensitive
methods and techniques; information which might adversely
affect on-going FBI investigations; and information which
originated with other agencies, including foreign intelligence
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UNITED STATES SENATE
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INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
On July 31, 1975, at 11:45 a.m. Mr. Lester Seidel
of the United States Senate Select Committee (SSC) interviewed
SA Lawrence F. Wirick at the San Diego Office of the FBI.
No Advice of Rights was furnished SA Wirick and it was not
necessary for the interviewee to consult with an FBI representative.
The interview was terminated at 12:50 p.m. and as best recalled
included the following discussion in the form of questions and
answers:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
You understand that this is an informal interview
and is in connection with the Bureau's COINTELPRO
as it relates to the FBI investigation of the BPP?
Yes, but for what purpose is the Senate conducting
this survey?
To aid in formation of new legislation so that the
FBI and other Government agencies will have more
definite guidelines to follow.
I believe the Congress already through lack of
information, isolated instances and some hysteria
has enacted too many restrictive laws that prevent
the FBI and other Government agencies from protecting
the law abiding element of our society from the
"bad guys".
(He was in general agreement) Did you handle the
COINTELPRO from 1970 through March, 1971?
Yes, but I believe the BPP ceased to function locally
about November or December, 1970. As I recall my
function was to write a progress type letter regarding
progress which described the illegal activities of
members of the BPP and to report that this information
had been furnished local police agencies but information
generally emanated from confidential informants.
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(SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Seidel: What type of illegal activities and did your program
in any way instigate illegal activities on the part
of the BPP?
Wirick:
Criminal acts committed by local members of the BPP
áre what I was referring to. I don't believe it was
ever necessary to instigate any illegal acts or in
any way entrap BPP members in criminal acts.
The
majority of local BPP members were thieves, narcotics
addicts, lazy, unemployed and were hero worshipers of
the BPP in Oakland, California. They wanted to emulate
the Oakland organization, but their own dishonesty,
et cetera, was a constant source of turmoil amongst
the local group.
I recall, date unknown, information was received
regarding Kenny Denmon (Kenneth Lee Denmon), one time
head of the local BPP, that he was using stolen credit
cards.
Information was received that Walter Wallace
(Walter Carl Wallace, Jr.) was on narcotics and that
he and his wife, Velma, were stealing to get money
for narcotics and that Velma's mother was also involved
in local thefts.
All above information was furnished local law agencies
and local arrests were made. Furnishing the
above type of information is a function and responsibility
of the FBI.
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INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
The BPP in San Diego was very effective in causing
their own problems and their own extinction and their
criminal activities were not restricted to the examples
I've given.
Did the COINTELPRO try to disrupt the BPP Breakfast
Program?
No, not to my knowledge. I recall that soon after
the Breakfast Program was started that other members
of the BPP accused Ken Denmon of stealing money from
contributions made to the Program.
On second thought I believe we did disrupt the BPP
Breakfast Program in that we received complaints
from several dairys and bread companies, et cetera,
that they had been approached by BPP members with
veiled threats of extortion if they did not donate
quantities of food, et cetera, to the BPP Breakfast
Program. The FBI and local police investigated and
I believe as a result their practices were discontinued,
but the investigation failed to establish a prosecutable
offense of extortion.
Did you have any connection with distribution of
"cartoons" depicting BPP members as compromising each
other, et cetera?
No, but I have seen "cartoons" in the BPP newspaper.
Have you ever seen or read copies of the BPP newspaper?
Seidel:
No
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INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Wirick: They featured "cartoons" showing the "pigs" (police)
being killed, stabbed, et cetera. I believe I recall
seeing some "cartoons" showing how the BPP would kill
the "honkies" (white people). They were similar to
the propaganda leaflets used by the Nazis against
American troops before an attack. The articles in the
BPP newspaper were even more foul.
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Did the COINTELPRO promote dissension between the BPP
and the US Group (see Appendix page)?
Not to my knowledge. As I recall there was never
any need to. They were constantly at odds with each
other and on a gang type basis were trying to eliminate
each other. I believe Sylvester Bell, à San Diego BPP
member was killed by an US Group member and John Savage,
another local BPP member was killed by an US Group
member.
In Los Angeles two other BPP members, names not
recalled, were allegedly killed by US Group members.
I believe this led to the popular saying in Southeast
San Diego section where most blacks live that the score
(game) was, "US 4 BPP 0".
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What do you think of the merits of a proposal to
spray shipments of the BPP newspaper with a noxious
acid so that readers would be confronted with a vile
odor when attempting to read the paper?
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Wirick: After thought, no.
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Because the paper itself was
so vile and anti-white that the odor would never
stop BPP members from reading same. I've always
hoped that a large segment of the population,
especially the "do-gooders" could or would experience
the nauseous reaction I have felt after reading the
illiterate, foul-mouthed, anti-white, anti-Government,
BPP paper.
I think everybody should read a copy of
the BPP paper so that they will know the type and
character of BPP members.
What do you think about anonymous letters sent to
spouses of BPP members saying the husband was sleeping
with a white girl, et cetera?
Most wives of the members I recall were also BPP
members and/or common-law-wives. Many BPP members
did have liaison with white girls but I doubt if
such a letter would bother most spouses of BPP members.
However, such a letter might be of value under certain
circumstances, example: the stories that were spread
during World War II which were not necessarily all true
regarding Hitler, Mussolini, General Patton and others.
In your opinion was the COINTELPRO of any value?
Should it be changed? Do you have any suggestions
for changes, or should it be eliminated completely?
Yes, as I recall, it acted as a progress letter of the
BPP, its direction, its dissention, its change in
leadership, and indications of its slow local demise
because of the character of the local BPP members, and
as a summary of its activities for FBIHQ. I recall that
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we made certain requests to conduct some types
of counterintelligence against the BPP, but I
do not recall that the Bureau ever authorized any
counterintelligence act which might be productive.
Change? COINTELPRO is not being utilized to the
best of my knowledge and has not been for some time.
I believe that in about two or three years Congress
will be frantically asking the FBI why we did not
furnish them intelligence, advance knowledge of a
demonstration, a riot and other civil unrest and
elimination of the COINTELPRO has been another step
in the direction of placing the FBI and other law
enforcement agencies in a position where we cannot
react to the activities of groups such as the BPP
which have been formed with the main purpose
of overthrowing the United States.
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BLACK PANTHER PARTY
Formerly Known As
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
The Black Panther Party (BPP), organized in December,
1966, at Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby
George Seale, has the publicly-stated purpose of organizing
black people to take control of the life, politics and destiny
of the black community. The Party, operating the Black Panther
Intercommunal News Service, publishes a newspaper called
"The Black Panther, 11
which at one time openly advocated the
use of guns and guerrilla tactics in a revolutionary program
to end the oppression of the black people but since early
1971 has spoken for a survival program pending revolution.
BPP national headquarters, aka Black Panther Intercommunal
Headquarters, is located in Oakland, California.
While openly advocating direct overthrow of the
U. S. Government by force and violence until 1971, leaders
have since avoided extreme statements in favor of calling
for action within the established order. Newton, in an
interview appearing in the May, 1973, issue of "Playboy"
magazine, stated the Panthers' chief ambition is to change
the American Government by any means necessary but that
ultimately such change will be through armed violence.
Despite its claimed dedication to community service,
indicators of the BPP's continued attraction to violence persist.
Since July, 1974, Newton and other BPP members have been
arrested in Oakland, California, for threatening police officers,
murder of a 17-year-old female and the pistol whipping of
Newton's tailor. Newton failed to appear on these charges
and is now a local fugitive. Additionally, one died and
three were wounded as a result of a shooting at a BPP-sponsored
dance in Oakland, California, in October, 1974.
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"US"
Also Known As
"US", Incorporated
"US" was chartered by the State of California as
a non-profit corporation in September, 1966, with offices
at 8211 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California. The
corporation alleges that "US" is primarily an Afro-
American cultural organization.
During the spring of 1968, however, a source
advised that MAULANA RON KARENGA, true name RONIE MC KINLEY
EVERETT, Founder-Chairman of "US", published a booklet
entitled "The Quotable Karenga", in which he talked of
revolution, black power, and condemned Christianity for the
plight of the black man.
The
In this booklet, KARENGA stated "...You must have
a cultural revolution before the violent revolution.
cultural revolution gives identity, purpose, and direction.
... The revolution being fought now is a revolution to win
the minds of our people.
wage the violent one.
see how tough you are.
If we fail to win this, we cannot
... When the word is given, we'll
When it's 'burn', let's see how much
you blow up. And when it's 'take that white girl's head
too', we'll see how tough you are...
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The above source advised that "US" members are
required to study and memorize this booklet. "US" members
are also assigned Swahili names which they use in lieu
of their given names.
A second source advised that KARENGA had
spoken at various meetings in Los Angeles at which time he
talked of creating an "US" army of 1,000 men, obtaining
weapons and ammunition, guerrilla warfare tactics, and
revolution. KARENGA also stated "The only way to get
life is to take a life and as we get stronger, we will
take what we want from the white man's United States."
He also stated that if the police killed any "US" members,
the "US" organization would kill some of them.
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such thin
The first source above advised that KARENGA
also stated that race riots throughout the country
were not riots but were actually revolts or revolutions
and that the black people were going to win their
freedom by violence, if necessary.
A third source advised that KARENGA stated
that a revolution would take place in the future and
that no one can believe in black revolution without
believing in armed conflict because the two go hand in hand.
A fourth source advised in August, 1974, that the
US Organization has been evicted from its headquarters at
4302 South Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, and because
of lack of funds, has been unable to locate a new meeting
place. The organization has terminated all public meetings.
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U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Former Special Agent Robert S. Baker was inter-
viewed at his home at 4268 Hortensia, San Diego, California,
by U.S. Senate Select Committee (SSC) Staff Member Lester
Seidel on August 1, 1975. The interview began at 10:30 AM
and lasted until 12:30 PM. Assistant Special Agent in
Charge (ASAC) Arthur G. Barger, Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation (FBI), San Diego, California, was telephonically
available for consultation. Former Special Agent Baker
did not consult with anyone during the course of the inter-
view.
Prior to the interview, Former Special Agent
Baker had been advised that FBI Headquarters had waived
the agreement as a former employee not to furnish information
received during the period of his employment, for purposes of
this interview. He was advised that he had a right to counsel
but that the FBI was unable to provide private counsel for him.
Former Special Agent Baker was advised that he
would not be required to answer questions that might divulge
the identity of any FBI source, that would reveal information
relative to sensitive methods and techniques, or information
which originated with other agencies, including foreign
intelligence agencies.
Former Special Agent Baker was advised that the
interview was to involve only the COINTELPRO as it applied
to the Black Panther Party (BPP) (see appendix).
This document contains neither recommendations nor
conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the
FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents
are not to be distributed outside your agency.
ENCLOSURE
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U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Staff Member Seidel identified himself to Mr.
Baker, stating that the interview would be in the form of
an informal discussion and that information furnished by
Mr. Baker would be placed in a memorandum for the SSC.
Mr. Seidel stated that he did not intend to use the names
of individuals interviewed in his memorandum. He stated
that Mr. Baker did not have to talk to him, and that any
information he furnished would be furnished voluntarily.
Mr. Seidel asked if Mr. Baker was a supervisor
with the San Diego Office of the FBI from sometime in 1968
through April, 1971.
Mr. Baker advised that he was a supervisor of the
security squad but could not recall if the dates mentioned
by Mr. Seidel were correct.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to the nature of matters
supervised by him, to which Mr. Baker replied that matters,
such as investigation of the Communist Party (see appendix),
the Socialist Workers Party (see appendix), the Black Panther
Party, US, Incorporated (see appendix), the Nation of Islam
(see appendix), Espionage, Sabotage matters, and other investi-
gations were conducted on the squad supervised by him, which
consisted of from 12 to 15 Special Agents.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Mr. Baker
supervised the COINTELPRO.
Mr. Baker advised that he did supervise this pro-
gram which was initiated by FBI Headquarters and not on the
field office level. He stated that as he recalled, a letter
was submitted either monthly, quarterly or semi-annually.
The letter was submitted by a Special Agent whose case load
was such that he could take the time to prepare the letter.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Special Agent
Roy Burns was more of a young, eager, type Agent.
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Mr. Baker replied that this was not true but
that Special Agent Burns had been assigned the COINTELPRO
case because his case load was such that he was able to
handle the program.
Mr. Seidel inquired whether Special Agent Roy
Burns was transferred to the Butte Office of the FBI for
disciplinary reasons.
Mr. Baker replied that Special Agent Burns was
originally from Washington State and had wanted to be trans-
ferred to that area.
Mr. Seidel asked if the Bureau encouraged Agents
to participate in disruptive programs and then rewarded them
financially for their efforts.
Mr. Baker replied that the Bureau had an incentive
award program, and if an Agent did a good job in any field, he
could get recognition through an incentive award. Mr. Baker
stated that he could not recall any award being given as a
result of COINTELPRO activity.
Mr. Seidel asked Mr. Baker if he could recall any
information concerning the Free Breakfast Program of the BPP.
Mr. Baker stated that he recalled that the operation
of the Free Breakfast Program of the BPP was followed through
sources. They advised that some of the BPP officials were
stealing money from funds which were to be spent on the
breakfast program. The breakfast program was served at a
local Catholic church. Mr. Baker advised Mr. Seidel that
an official of the Catholic church in San Diego was contacted
regarding the priest in charge of the church where the break-
fast program was being held, who was reportedly an alcoholic.
Mr. Seidel was advised that the priest was transferred from
the church.
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ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel asked what Mr. Baker's definition of
the COINTELPRO was.
Mr. Baker replied that the COINTELPRO was a
disruptive type program.
Mr. Seidel stated that the FBI had apparently
written a letter regarding a white girl friend of Kenneth
Denman, a BPP leader in San Diego. He inquired as to why
this letter was written.
Mr. Baker stated that Denman was considered one
of the stronger leaders of the San Diego Branch of the BPP,
and if it was possible to keep him from becoming a strong
leader, it would be disruptive to the party. The fact that
Denman was living with a white girl was considered derogatory
toward him by BPP members in San Diego.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether such activity
would have been taken against a leader in an organization
such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
(see description) if the leader of such a group had been
living with a white woman. Would such a letter be appropriate?
Mr. Baker replied that he did not feel that such a
letter would be appropriate in this case because this organi-
zation involved a religious leader and our program was not
directed at religious groups but was directed toward black
militant and extremist groups.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Mr. Baker recalled
individuals in the BPP named Tate, Wallace, Denman and Bell.
Mr. Baker stated that he could not recall anything
specific about any of these individuals, except what he had
previously stated concerning Denman. He said he could recall
the names but nothing more concerning these individuals.
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Mr. Seidel then mentioned an incident wherein the
San Diego Office of the FBI had furnished information to the
Los Angeles Office of the FBI for transmission to local auth-
orities concerning a group of BPP members from San Diego who
were traveling to Los Angeles to attend a funeral.
Mr. Baker stated that he could recall that such an
incident occurred and that information was furnished stating
that BPP members from San Diego would be carrying concealed
weapons. He said he thought the furnishing of this information
resulted in some of the BPP members being arrested in Los
Angeles.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Mr. Baker could
recall someone from the FBI in San Diego visiting the mother
of a girl who was an alleged member of the BPP in San Diego,
and whether the FBI went to the mother to put pressure on
another member of the family.
Mr. Baker stated that he vaguely recalled such a
case but could not recall the details and could not be
certain this had occurred.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether the FBI had any
technical surveillances on the BPP in San Diego.
Mr. Baker stated that he knew of none and added that
such coverage was not needed in San Diego because there were
good sources in the BPP who could furnish excellent coverage.
Mr. Baker stated that he believes he would have known of any
such installations covering the BPP in San Diego.
Mr. Seidel asked if Mr. Baker knew of San Francisco
using any such techniques against the BPP.
Mr. Baker replied that he believed that San Fran-
cisco had used such techniques.
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Mr. Seidel then asked why such techniques were
not used in San Diego if they were used in San Francisco.
Mr. Baker replied that such techniques were not
needed in San Diego due to the good source coverage of
party activity.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether there was a
conflict between US, Incorporated, and the BPP in San
Diego.
Mr. Baker replied that US, Incorporated, head-
quarters were in Los Angeles. There was a power struggle
between the two groups for membership of blacks and much
travel occurred by US, Incorporated, leaders from Los
Angeles to San Diego and Mexico, and from San Diego to
Los Angeles. There were considerable conflict between the
two groups.
Mr. Seidel asked whether Mr. Baker recalled
Ron Karenga.
Mr. Baker replied that he did recall Ron Karenga
as being the Los Angeles leader of US, Incorporated.
Mr. Seidel asked whether Mr. Baker recalled some
cards stating "Ron Karenga is impotent" which were printed
in Los Angeles and some of which might have been sent to
San Diego.
Mr. Baker replied that he does not recall these
cards but this could have been correct.
Mr. Seidel asked if Mr. Baker recalled some cartoons
being drawn concerning the BPP.
Mr. Baker stated that he recalled that there were
two or three cartoons prepared depicting strife between US,
Incorporated, and the BPP.
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Mr. Seidel then stated that these cartoons were
prepared by the Bureau Laboratory.
Mr. Baker stated that he did not recall.
Mr. Baker advised Mr. Seidel that US, Incorporated,
and the BPP were led by and made up of people with extensive
criminal records, and because of this and their general
demeanor, the FBI did not really have to provoke or dis-
rupt them because they kept themselves in a constant state
of turmoil. He stated that Special Agents connected with
the COINTELPRO did not devote much time to the program be-
cause of heavy case loads of other matters and because they
assisted in working criminal matters such as bank robberies
and other criminal violations.
Mr. Baker advised Mr. Seidel that a great deal of
time was spent by the Special Agents working with their
sources because they had to be extremely careful that they
were protected. If a crime was planned and a source had
knowledge of it, the source would try to keep the crime from
being committed. If it was not possible to prevent the crime,
the source might be forced to participate, and if arrested, a
problem would be created in attempting to get the source out
of jail and still conceal his identity as a source.
Mr. Seidel inquired of Mr. Baker as to the names of
the Agents he dealt with in Los Angeles and San Francisco in
connection with COINTELPRO.
Mr. Baker stated that he recalled that Supervisor
Albert Clark had something to do with the program in San
Francisco, and in Los Angeles he dealt with Supervisor Richard
Bloeser and Bill Knowland.
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INTERVIEW OF FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel asked Mr. Baker if he was acquainted
with Richard Held.
Mr. Baker stated that Richard Held was assigned
as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in San Diego, and he
knew him at that time. He stated that he is aware that
Richard Held is now the Special Agent in Charge of the
Chicago Office of the FBI.
Mr. Seidel stated to Mr. Baker that he was going
to interview Assistant Director Robert Gebhardt and Special
Agent in Charge Charles W. Bates.
This concluded the interview of former Special
Agent Robert S. Baker by SSC Staff Member Lester Seidel.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) was an organization founded by Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., with the theme of
new life for poor people. Dr. King, a leader
in civil rights, was assassinated on April 4,
1969.
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BLACK PANTHER PARTY
Formerly Known As
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
The Black Panther Party (BPP), organized in December,
1966, at Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby
George Seale, has the publicly-stated purpose of organizing
black people to take control of the life, politics and destiny
of the black community. The Party, operating the Black Panther
Intercommunal News Service, publishes a newspaper called
"The Black Panther," which at one time openly advocated the
use of guns and guerrilla tactics in a revolutionary program
to end the oppression of the black people but since early
1971 has spoken for a survival program pending revolution.
BPP national headquarters, aka Black Panther Intercommunal
Headquarters, is located in Oakland, California.
While openly advocating direct overthrow of the
U. S. Government by force and violence until 1971, leaders
have since avoided extreme statements in favor of calling
for action within the established order. Newton, in an
interview appearing in the May, 1973, issue of "Playboy"
magazine, stated the Panthers' chief ambition is to change
the American Government by any means necessary but that
ultimately such change will be through armed violence.
Despite its claimed dedication to community service,
indicators of the BPP's continued attraction to violence persist.
Since July, 1974, Newton and other BPP members have been
arrested, in Oakland, California, for threatening police officers,
murder of a 17-year-old female and the pistol whipping of
Newton's tailor. Newton failed to appear on these charges
and is now a local fugitive. Additionally, one died and
three were wounded as a result of a shooting at a BPP-sponsored.
dance in Oakland, California, in October, 1974.
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COMMUNIST PARTY, USA
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Title 50, U. S. Code, Section 781 (Internal Security
Act of 1950) stated that, as a result of evidence adduced
before various committees of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, Congress found the existence of a world communist
revolutionary movement, whose purpose is to establish a
communist totalitarian dictatorship in the world's countries
through the medium of a world-wide communist organization.
Communist action organizations in various countries endeavor
to carry out the objectives of the world communist movement
by bringing about the overthrow of existing governments by
any means. The communist organization in the United States
the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) - pursuing its stated objectives,
presents "a clear and present danger to the security of the
United States." The Subversive Activities Control Board,
established by Section 791 of the above Act, found the CPUSA
to be a communist action organization. This finding was
upheld by the United States Supreme Court in June, 1961. The
CPUSA has continued to be an arm of the international communist
movement dominated by the Soviet Union. The CPUSA, in its
dependence on the Soviet Union, has never knowingly adopted a
position contrary to Soviet policy. Its leaders frequently
confer with Soviet leaders to receive guidance and direction
on the policies the CPUSA is to follow. There has been no
evidence that the primary aims of the CPUSA, as they conform
to Soviet objectives, have changed over the years.
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NATION OF ISLAM (NOI)
CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION
EXTREMIST MATTER
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a black nationwife
organization headquartered at Muhammad's Temple #2, 7351
South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Elijah
Muhammad, self-styled "Messenger of Allah" and divinely
appointed leader of the black race in America, was leader
of the NOI until his death on February 25, 1975, at which
time his son, Wallace D. Muhammad, became Supreme Minister
of the NOI. The NOI seeks a separate black nation, espouses
its own version of the Islamic Religion, and has considered
all "whites" to be devils%; however, Wallace D. Muhammad
in an interview published in "Muhammad Speaks", March 21, 1975,
same being a weekly and the official NOI newspaper, stated
there would no longer be stress put on the white people's
status as "devils"%;B that whites have "begun to reform" and
"The past is the past until it is dug up. We will not
dig it up." NOI official policy instructs members to obey
laws of the United States that do not conflict with NOI
laws; to defend NOI officials, property, women, and them-
selves at all costs, if attacked%3B and to disarm any
attacker and use the attacker's weapon against him.
The 'NOI body is broken down into: 1) the Fruit of
Islam (FOI), an all male military-type group, to which
instruction in judo and karate is given, and which has as
its mmission security of officials, membership, and property
of the NOI, and enforcing discipline in the NOI%; and 2)
the Muslim Girls Training (MGT), an all female quasi
military-type group which has as its mission homemaking and
child guidance in accordance with NOI teachings.
NOI activity is widespread among black inmates in
many prisons in the United States. In recent years internal
dissidence and difficulties with rival Múslim groups and
other adversaries have produced considerable violence, some
involving physical confrontations and acts of violence with
· law enforcement agencies.
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SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a revolutionary,
Trotskyist-communist organization, which is headquartered in
New York City. Its purpose, as stated in its Declaration of
Principles, is the overthrow of the U. S. Government and the
institution of a dictatorship of the working class and the
eventual achievement of a communist society. It was founded
in 1938 and maintains close association with international
Trotskyist organizations as a "sympathizing" group, but it
denies formal membership in any foreign group to escape
application of the Voorhis Act, which regulates certain
types of organizations subject to foreign control. While
the SWP does not openly advocate the use of violence at the
present time to overthrow the U. S. Government, it believes
that eventual violent revolution in the U. S. is inevitable.
Its objection to the current use of violence is based on the
ground that it believes violence is premature at this time.
The SWP seeks to precipitate a revolution when conditions
are ripe and to seize control of the revolution and to direct
it when it occurs.
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX
"US"
Also Known As
"US" Incorporated
و
"US" was chartered by the State of California as
a non-profit corporation in September; 1966, with offices
at 8211 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California. The
corporation alleges that "US" is primarily an Afro-
American cultural organization.
During the spring of 1968, however, a source
advised that MAULANA RON KARENGA, true name RONIE MC KINLEY
EVERETT, Founder-Chairman of "US", published a booklet
entitled "The Quotable Karenga", in which he talked of
revolution, black power, and condemned Christianity for the
plight of the black man.
In this booklet, KARENGA stated "...You must have
a cultural revolution before the violent revolution. The
cultural revolution gives identity, purpose, and direction.
...The revolution being fought now is a revolution to win
the minds of our people. If we fail to win this, we cannot
wage the violent one. .. When the word is given, we'll
see how tough you are. When it's 'burn', let's see how much
you blow up. And when it's 'take that white girl's head
too', we'll see how tough you are..."
The above source advised that "US" members are
required to study and memorize this booklet. "US" members
are also assigned Swahili names which they use in lieu
of their given names.
A second source advised that KARENGA had
spoken at various meetings in Los Angeles at which time he
talked of creating an "US" army of 1,000 men, obtaining
weapons and ammunition, guerrilla warfare tactics, and
revolution. KARENGA also stated "The only way to get
life is to take a life and as we get stronger, we will
take what we want from the white man's United States."
He also stated that if the police killed any "US" members,
the "US" organization would kill some of them.
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The first source above advised that KARENGA
also stated that race riots throughout the country
were not riots but were actually revolts or revolutions
and that the black people were going to win their
freedom by violence, if necessary.
A third source advised that KARENGA stated
that a revolution would take place in the future and
that no one can believe in black revolution without
believing in armed conflict because the two go hand in hand.
A fourth source advised in August, 1974, that the
US Organization has been evicted from its headquarters at
4302 South Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, and because
of lack of funds, has been unable to locate a new meeting
place. The organization has terminated all public meetings.
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GATIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
•GSA.GEN. REG. NO. 27
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
4. Memorandum
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FROM
Mr. V. R. Wann
: W. A. Branigah
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SUBJECT: SAMUEL ADASON JAFFE
INFORMATION CONCERNING
SECRET
SECRET
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DATE:
Mr. W. R. Wannall
Mr. W. O. Cregar
8/14/75
1 - Mr. W. A. Branigan
CLASSIFIED BY SPRAUMKP
DECLASSIFY ON: 25X
Assoc. Dir.
D;p. AD Adm.
Dop. AD Inv.
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
Comp. Syst.
Ext. Affairs
Files & Com.
Gen. Inv.
Ident.
Inspection
Intall.
Laboratory
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Plan. & Eval.
Spec. Inv
Training
Telephone Rm.
Director Secy,
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE.
CLASS. & EXT. BY 10820 Pain/Kus 9-3-81
REASON - FCIM 11, 4-2. 4.2
DATE OF REVIEW
56-11-3
Attached New York teletype advises of information,
from former Bureau Agent, who is a current informative asset,
that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Operations
(SSCIO) has become aware of Jaffe's allegations that the FBI
has taken actions which have prevented him from obtaining or
keeping a job in the news media field. Jaffe claims that his
_association with Bureau Agents with regard to Soviet intel-
ligence matters cooled off after he was identified by a Soviet
defector as cooperating with Soviet Intelligence and that the
FBI has since deprived him from making a living in his profes-
sion. The SSCIO is looking into Jaffe's situation to determine
if his allegations are true and if the FBI can be prevented
from taking such actions in other similar situations.c
BACKGROUND:
Jaffe is a former correspondent for ABC and CBS
who was a symbol number informant of the New York. Office from
1958 to 1961. During this period, he furnished information
on his numerous contacts with Soviet nationals whom he met
through his assignment as a CBS correspondent at the United
Nations. In 1961, he joined ABC as its correspondent in
Moscow where he served until he was expelled in 1965 following
the publication of an article unfavorable to the Soviet Union.
He was then transferred to Hong Kong where he remained until
1968. Since 1968, he has worked for various news media and
has acted as a free lance journalist. Following his return
from Hong Kong, he took up residence in Washington; D. C., and
was in contact with the Washington Field Office, furnishing
information on Soviets and Chinese nationals whom he met in
the course of his employment.
Enclosure
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SE17 1975
SECRET
Memorandum to Mr. W. R. WanaII
Re: Samuel Adason Jaffe
105-28333
Soviet defector ["Sammy") has advised that Jaffe was
recruited by the KGB, in about 1962 while he was in Moscow,
through his relationship with a Soviet female. _ Soviet de-
fector "Shamrock" has confirmed that Jaffe was approached but
does not believe the approach was successful. Jaffe reported
to the New York Office in 1963 what he interpreted as a recruit-
ment effort, and he was extensively reinterviewed in 1969
concerning his association with KGB officers in Moscow. There
is no information in Jaffe's file that he was ever reported on
by Col. Penkovskiy, as Jaffe reportedly has claimed. During
the interviews with Jaffe, he denied any overt acts helpful
to the KGB, although he admitted a continuing relationship with
several KGB officers. Both the New York and Washington Field
Offices came to the conclusion that Jaffe was a KGB agent while
in Moscow, but that there was doubt as to whether he continued
in that role after he was expelled.
Our relations with Jaffe were tempered by ["Sammy's'
allegation, and Bureau Agents in contact with him were circum
spect in any dealings with him thereafter. Jaffe very likely
detected a change in the Agents' attitude which accounts for
his statement that he felt his relationship with them had
cooled off.
There is no evidence contained in Jaffe's file that
either New York or Washington Field or the Bureau has ever taken
any action which would affect Jaffe's livelihood. Following
his return from Hong Kong, Jaffe told his handling Agents that
he was experiencing difficulty in finding a job. He several
times mentioned his concern that his association with the FBI
might be the reason. On each occasion, he was assured that
the FBI had never divulged his confidential relationship and
would not do so any time in the future .U
Jaffe's file does disclose that during an interview
with Washington Field Agents in 1969, he said that he had
learned from a British Intelligence contact in Hong Kong that
his recall from that city was caused by his refusal to coop-
crate with CIA. He also related that he later mentioned this
to a CIA contact in Washington who responded that the British
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SECRET
Memorandum to Mr. W. R. Wannall
Re: Samuel Adason Jaffe
105-28333
Intelligence representative "had no right to tell you this."
[CIA has informed us that they did have contacts with Jaffe
while he was in Hong Kong and that he reported on Communist
Chinese of interest to the Agency. His file also records
that Jaffe told New York Agents in 1969 that a recently pub-
lished book on the Council of Foreign Relations described
him as having a subversive background. He was also described in
the book as being a member of the American League for Peace and
Democracy. Jaffe connected the appearance of this book with
his then recent recall fron Hong Kong by ABC.
ACTION:
That this memorandum be referred to the SENSTUDY
project in view of probable inquiries from SSCIO.
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DIRECTOR, FBI
COMMUNICATIONT SĘSTIGA
AUG 13 1975
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CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:
SAC NEW YORK (155-14660)
CONFIDENTIAL
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Assoc. Dir
Dep.-A.D.-Adm
Dep.A.-ta
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
NEW YORK 6811-IA TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED SPECIAL AGENT
JOSIPH J. PALGUTA ON AUGUST 13 1975 AND. FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING
MATION: C
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A MEMBER OF THE
ON AUGUST 11, 1975, MR. PATRICK A.
SOLATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS (SSCIO),
TILE PHONICALLY CONTACTED NEW YORK 6811-IA, AND THEY MADE AN
APPOINT XE HT TO KEET IN NYC AT 2:00 PM ON AUGUST 13, 1975, SOURCE
IT WITH SHEY AS ARRANGED ON AUGUST 13, 1975. SHEY TOLD SOURCE
THAT SAM JAFFE (FORMER NEW YORK 2524-S) VISITED A FRIEND OF HIS,
MILLER WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SSCIO. WHILE IN
2
KILLER'S OFFICE, JAFFE WAS RELATING TO MILLER THAT HE HAD A
MDR-16
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CONFIDENTIAL
PLEASANT RELATIONSHIP WITH FORMER SPECIAL AGENTS (SAS) JOHN G.
WALLIS AND EDWARD F. GAMBER WITH REGARD TO SOVIET INTELLIGENCE
MATTERS. C
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DURING THE TIME THAT JAFFE WAS RELATING ABOVE DATA TO MILLER,
SENATOR CHURCH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SSCIO ENTERED MILLER'S OFFICE
AND BECAME VERY MUCH. INTERESTED IN JAFFE'S 'STATEMENTS. JAFFE
RELATED TO MILLER THAT AS A REPORTER FOR THE COLUMBIA BROAD CA SI ING
COMPANY, HE COVERED THE STORY INVOLVING THE RELEASE OF FRANCIS G.
POWERS BY THE SOVIETS (POWERS WAS THE FORMER U-2 PILOT WHO WAS
i
THIS DEFECT OR ALLEGEDLY
SHOT DOWN IN THE USSR IN 1963). JARFE RELATED TO MILLER THAT
THEREAFTER HE WENT TO HONG KONG. JAFFE ALSO TOLD MILLER THAT
WHEN HE RETURNED FROM HONG KONG (SOURCE BELIEVES THIS TO BE IN
1966-1968), HE LEARNED THAT HE WAS "FINGERED" BY A SOVIET
DEFECTOR BY THE NAME OF PENKOVSKIY.
REPORTED THAT HE SAW JAFFE'S NAME ON A PIECE OF PAPER ON THE
DESK OF A SOVIET INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. JAFFE TOLD MILLER THAT
THE FBI, UPON LEARNING THAT INFORMATION FELT THAT JAFFE WAS A
"DOUBLE AGE " BECAUSE OF THE COOLNESS OF BUREAU PERSONNEL TCHARD
HIM WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM HONG KONG. JAFFE
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TOLD MILLER THAT EVER SINCE HIS RETURN FROM HONG KONG HE CANNOT
HOLD ŉ JỌB, AND SALIEVES THE FBI IS THE CAUSE OF HIS PREDICAMENT.
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JAFFE IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE FBI IS BEING VIDICTIVE TOWARD
:
HIM IN PURSUING THIS MATTER AND DEPRIVING HIM OF MAKING A
LIVELIHOOD, c
FR. SHEY TOLD THE SOURCE THAT THE SSCIO IS LOOKING INTO THE
ABOVE MATTER TO DETERMINE IF JAFFE'S STATEMENTS ARE TRUE, AND TO
DETERMINE IF SOME CONTROLS COULD BE CREATED SO THAT THE FBI COULD
NOT BE VIIDICTIVE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. C
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SOURCE ADVISED THAT HE TOLD SHEY THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
THE FBI'S ATT IT UDE TOWARD JAFR AFTER 1964, SINCE HE RETIRED FROM
THE BUREAU THAT YEAR. SOURCE ADVISED THAT SHEY TOLD HIM THAT AS
YET HE HAS NOT TALKED TO FORSA SA EDWARD F. GAMBER, BUT MAY
INTERVIEW HIM IN THE FUTURE. C
SOURCE ADVISED THAT SADY TOLD HIM THAT JAFFE IS CURRENTLY
EMPLOYED AS A FREE-LANCE REPORT WORKING IN WASHINGTON, DC.
SOURCE STATED THE HE INFORK SY OF FORKER SA GAMBER'S CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT
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SOURCE ADVISED THAT HE MET WITH SHEY ON AUGUST 13, 1975 FROM
2:30 PM UNTIL 3:38 PM. C
THE ABOVE INFORMATION VAS.OBTAINED FROM THE SOURCE IN A
GUARDED MANNER, AND ONLY THE PERTINENT FACTS WERE OBTAINED
THE NYO WILL PER SO NALLY REINTER VIEW THE SOURCE REGARDING THE
ABOVE AND OBTAIN COMPLETE DETAILS CONCERNING THE MATTER U
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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IF UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY 5PZALMISP
Enclosed for your information are two copies each
of four memoranda concerning interviews by a Staff Member of
captioned Committee of an FBI Assistant Director and two
current and one former FBI Special Agents. One set of these
memoranda is for forwarding to Mr. James A. Wilderotter,
Associate Counsel to the President.
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received by airtels from Los Angeles, 8/7/75, and from San Diego
(three), one dated 8/5/75 and two dated 8/6/75, all in
Dep. AD Adm. -connection with Senstudy 75. Copies of the airtels and the
LHMS will be designated for the respective personnel files of
the personnel who were interviewed.
Admin,
Comp. Syst.
Ext. Affairs
Files & Com.
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File No.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Los Angeles, California
August 7; 1975
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY STAMI
U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES (SSC); INTERVIEW OF ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE ROBERT E. GEBHARDT BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
1
REVOLUTION
AMERICAN
1776-1976
BICENTENNIAL
On August 7, 1975, Assistant Director Robert E.
Gebhardt, Los Angeles Division, was interviewed in the Los
Angeles FBI Office by Mr. Lester Seidel, Staff Member of
the Senate Select Committee, United States Senate.
Gebhardt's rights were not explained to him by
Seidel although Seidel did explain the purpose of the
interview, that is, the Cointel Program of the FBI as it
related to the FBI's investigation of the Black Panther Party
when Gebhardt was the Special Agent in Charge of the San
Francisco Division from 1970 to 1972.
The interview lasted from 9:05 AM until 10:30 AM,
and it was not necessary for Gebhardt to consult with any
Bureau representative.
Gebhardt had previously been advised by a Bureau
representative of his right to counsel, the privileged areas
of information, consultation privileges, and the parameters
of interview.
Seidel inquired at the outset as to whether Gebhardt
was aware of the Cointel Program relative to the Black Panther
Party investigation on a day to day basis being specifically
advised details of the investigation as it relates to the
Cointel Program. It was explained to Seidel that as Special
Agent in Charge of the San Francisco FBI Office wherein
over 500 employees were located at the time, Gebhardt had
many responsibilities in the operation of that division and
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therefore, relied upon the experience, expertise, and judgment
of the various supervisors assigned to the office for the
day to day direction of the various matters under investigation,
including the investigation of the Black Panther Party.
It was further explained that if a problem was
encountered or a particularly unusual situation developed,
Gebhardt was, of course, consulted and was available for
such consultation to resolve any particular problem areas.
Gebhardt was next asked if he recalled being SAC
when the electronic coverage of the Black Panther Party and
the various officials at BBP 'was instituted and eventually
terminated. Seidel was advised that the electronic coverage
was already in effect upon Gebhardt's arrival, however, he
does recall receiving a phone call after the "Keith Decision"
was handed down instructing that all electronic coverage of
the BPP and the various members of the BPP be discontinued.
The call was received from Bureau Headquarters and the
discontinuance was effected immediately.
Seidel inquired as to whether Gebhardt felt the
intelligence type investigations should be completely removed
from the criminal investigations which investigations would be
looking toward eventual prosecution.
In
Seidel was informed by Gebhardt that even in criminal
investigations looking toward prosecutions, much intelligence
information is obtained from time to time which really has no
value from a prosecutive standpoint, but does have possible
value with respect to the direction of the investigation.
some criminal investigations a great deal of intelligence
information may be obtained and in other types, very little.
Insofar as the FBI is concerned, however, every effort is
made to make certain there is some Federal law which would be
a basis for an investigation which procedures would include
matters commonly referred to as security investigations.
In some instances, in such security investigations
a great deal of intelligence information would be obtained
therefore, it was Gebhardt's opinion that so-called intelli-
gence type investigations should not be removed from or
differentiated from criminal type investigations looking
toward prosecutions since intelligence information is an
outgrowth of the basic investigation.
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Gebhardt was asked if he felt the Cointelpro was a
separate entity distinguished from the basic investigation
and it was explained that the Cointelpro was a phase of the
overall investigation in any particular organization or
individual.
Gebhardt was asked if he felt Congress should enact
legislation which would set forth specific investigative
techniques that could or could not be utilized by the FBI or
other Federal investigative agencies. He was advised in
Gebhardt's opinion, such legislation should not be enacted,
and in reply to the question as to why such legislation should
not be enacted, it was pointed out that as an investigative
agency, there must of necessity be allowed a certain flexi-
bility because no two investigations are exactly alike and the
circumstances of such investigations could possibly not be
related to such Federal law.
In answer to the question as to how Congress should
assure the American public that questionable activity such
as the Cointelpro, was not being engaged in by an investigative
agency such as the FBI, Seidel was informed that the Congress
and the American people must rely upon the integrity and
honesty of the Director of the FBI and the Attorney General.
It was pointed out that both the Director of the
FBI and the Attorney General are nominated by the President,
hearings are held before the various Congressional Committees
and finally approved by the Senate. It was further pointed
out that Director Kelley has recently stated in connection with
the publicity relative to Cointelpro, that he has no intention
of permitting this program to be reinstituted in the FBI and
if circumstances ever arose which circumstances he could not
contemplate at this time, wherein it was thought such
activities should be embarked upon, he would obtain the personal
approval of the Attorney General prior to such instituting.
Seidel was informed that Gebhardt was in total agreement with
this statement of Mr. Kelley.
Gebhardt was asked as to what his feelings were
relative to what the relationship should be between the FBI
and Congress. He was informed that a Senate Oversight
Committee was recently established and it was felt that this
was a good start and that this Committee should formalize and
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standardize their oversight responsibilities and make regular
inquiries of the Director and other officials of the FBI as
to our activities. He was informed that there should be
either a joint oversight committee between the House and
Senate or if the Congress decided on two oversight Committees
in both the House and Senate, these committees should be the
entities through which all information relative to the
activities of the FBI should flow.
It was emphasized however, that there should be
regular consultation between these representatives and the
FBI.
Inquiry was made as to Gebhardt's opinion relative
to the relationship between the Department of Justice and
the FBI and Seidel was informed the relationship, in Gebhardt's
opinion, is excellent, should continue, and there should be
a free flow of information between the FBI and the Department
of Justice.
At the conclusion of the interview, Gebhardt summed
up his comments by stating that Congress should definitely
set up a structured oversight procedure of the activities
of the FBI with due regard to the confidentiality of many
of the FBI operations and investigations and must assure
itself that the members of the Committee and its staff will
maintain the confidentiality where necessary.
Secondly, in the areas of investigative matters
usually referred to as national defense, national security
or intelligence operations, all of the FBI investigations
must be based on the application of the facts toward a
particular Federal statute and if the facts are so oblique
that they cannot be clearly applied to a particular Federal
statute, consultation with the Department of Justice should
be had in all instances.
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In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.
UNI? ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
San Diego, California
August 6, 1975
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 101600 BY STANMIY
U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
'
Former Special Agent Robert S. Baker was inter-
viewed at his home at 4268 Hortensia, San Diego, California,
by U.S. Senate Select Committee (SSC) Staff Member Lester
Seidel on August 1, 1975. The interview began at 10:30 AM
and lasted until 12:30 PM. Assistant Special Agent in
Charge (ASAC) Arthur G. Barger, Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation (FBI), San Diego, California, was telephonically
available for consultation... Former Special Agent Baker
did not consult with anyone during the course of the inter-
view.
Prior to the interview, Former Special Agent
Baker had been advised that FBI Headquarters had waived
the agreement as a former employee not to furnish information
received during the period of his employment, for purposes of
this interview. He was advised that he had a right to counsel
but that the FBI was unable to provide private counsel for him.
Former Special Agent Baker was advised that he
would not be required to answer questions that might divulge
the identity of any FBI source, that would reveal information
relative to sensitive methods and techniques, or information
which originated with other agencies, including foreign
intelligence agencies.
Former Special Agent Baker was advised that the
interview was to involve only the COINTELPRO as it applied
to the Black Panther Party (BPP) (see appendix).-destraged
This document contains neither recommendations nor
conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the
FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents
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ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Staff Member Seidel identified himself to Mr.
Baker, stating that the interview would be in the form of
an informal discussion and that information furnished by
Mr. Baker would be placed in a memorandum for the SSC.
Mr. Seidel stated that he did not intend to use the names
of individuals interviewed in his memorandum. He stated
that Mr. Baker did not have to talk to him, and that any
information he furnished would be furnished voluntarily.
Mr. Seidel asked if Mr. Baker was a supervisor
with the San Diego Office of the FBI from sometime in 1968
through April, 1971.
Mr. Baker advised that he was a supervisor of the
security squad but could not recall if the dates mentioned
by Mr. Seidel were correct.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to the nature of matters
supervised by him, to which Mr. Baker replied that matters
such as investigation of the Communist Party (see appendix),
the Socialist Workers Party (see appendix), the Black Panther
Party, US, Incorporated (see appendix), the Nation of Islam
(see appendix), Espionage, Sabotage matters, and other investi-
gations were conducted on the squad supervised by him, which
consisted of from 12 to 15 Special Agents.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Mr. Baker
supervised the COINTELPRO.
Mr. Baker advised that he did supervise this pro-
gram which was initiated by FBI Headquarters and not on the
field office level. He stated that as he recalled, a letter
was submitted either monthly, quarterly or semi-annually.
The letter was submitted by a Special Agent whose case load
was such that he could take the time to prepare the letter.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Special Agent
Roy Burns was more of a young, eager, type Agent.
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Mr. Baker replied that this was not true but
that Special Agent Burns had been assigned the COINTELPRO
case because his case load was such that he was able to
handle the program.
Mr. Seidel inquired whether Special Agent Roy
Burns was transferred to the Butte Office of the FBI for
disciplinary reasons.
Mr. Baker replied that Special Agent Burns was
originally from Washington State and had wanted to be trans-
ferred to that area.
Mr. Seidel asked if the Bureau encouraged Agents
to participate in disruptive programs and then rewarded them.
financially for their efforts.
Mr. Baker replied that the Bureau had an incentive
award program, and if an Agent did a good job in any field, he
could get recognition through an incentive award. Mr. Baker
stated that he could not recall any award being given as a
result of COINTELPRO activity.
Mr. Seidel asked Mr. Baker if he could recall any
information concerning the Free Breakfast Program of the BPP.
Mr. Baker stated that he recalled that the operation
of the Free Breakfast Program of the BPP was followed through
sources. They advised that some of the BPP officials were
stealing money from funds which were to be spent on the
breakfast program. The breakfast program was served at a
local Catholic church. Mr. Baker advised Mr. Seidel that
an official of the Catholic church in San Diego was contacted
regarding the priest in charge of the church where the break-
fast program was being held, who was reportedly an alcoholic.
Mr. Seidel was advised that the priest was transferred from
the church.
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INTERVIEW OF FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel asked what Mr. Baker's definition of
the COINTELPRO was.
Mr. Baker replied that the COINTELPRO was a
disruptive type program.
Mr. Seidel stated that the FBI had apparently
written a letter regarding a white girl friend of Kenneth
Denman, a BPP leader in San Diego. He inquired as to why
this letter was written.
Mr. Baker stated that Denman was considered one
of the stronger leaders of the San Diego Branch of the BPP,
• and if it was possible to keep him from becoming a strong
leader, it would be disruptive to the party. The fact that
Denman was living with a white girl was considered derogatory
toward him by BPP members in San Diego.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether such activity.
would have been taken against a leader in an organization
such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
(see description) if the leader of such a group had been
living with a white woman. Would such a letter be appropriate?
Mr. Baker replied that he did not feel that such a
letter would be appropriate in this case because this organi-
zation involved a religious leader and our program was not
directed at religious groups but was directed toward black
militant and extremist groups.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Mr. Baker recalled
individuals in the BPP named Tate, Wallace, Denman and Bell.
Mr. Baker stated that he could not recall anything
specific about any of these individuals, except what he had
previously stated concerning Denman. He said he could recall
the names but nothing more concerning these individuals.
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ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel then mentioned an incident wherein the
San Diego Office of the FBI had furnished information to the
Los Angeles Office of the FBI for transmission to local auth-
orities concerning a group of BPP members from San Diego who
were traveling to Los Angeles to attend a funeral.
Mr. Baker stated that he could recall that such an
incident occurred and that information was furnished stating
that BPP members from San Diego would be carrying concealed
weapons. He said he thought the furnishing of this information
resulted in some of the BPP members being arrested in Los
Angeles.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Mr. Baker could
recall someone from the FBI in San Diego visiting the mother one
of a girl who was an alleged member of the BPP in San Diego,
and whether the FBI went to the-mother to put pressure on
another member of the family.
Mr. Baker stated that he vaguely recalled such a
case but could not recall the details and could not be
certain this had occurred.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether the FBI had any
technical surveillances on the BPP in San Diego.
Mr. Baker stated that he knew of none and added that
such coverage was not needed in San Diego because there were
good sources in the BPP who could furnish excellent coverage.
Mr. Baker stated that he believes he would have known of any
such installations covering the BPP in San Diego.
Mr. Seidel asked if Mr. Baker knew of San Francisco
using any such techniques against the BPP.
.
Mr. Baker replied that he believed that San Fran-
cisco had used such techniques.
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Mr. Seidel then asked why such techniques were
not used in San Diego if they were used in San Francisco.
Mr. Baker replied that such techniques were not
needed in San Diego due to the good source coverage of
party activity.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether there was a
conflict between US, Incorporated, and the BPP in San
Diego.
Mr. Baker replied that US, Incorporated, head-
quarters were in Los Angeles. There was a power struggle
Between the two groups for membership of blacks and much
travel occurred by US, Incorporated, leaders from Los
Angeles to San Diego and Mexico, and from San Diego to
Los Angeles. There were considerable conflict between the
two groups.
Mr. Seidel asked whether Mr. Baker recalled
Ron Karenga.
Mr. Baker replied that he did recall Ron Karenga
as being the Los Angeles leader of US, Incorporated.
Mr. Seidel asked whether Mr. Baker recalled some
cards stating "Ron Karenga is impotent" which were printed
in Los Angeles and some of which might have been sent to
San Diego.
Mr. Baker replied that he does not recall these
cards but this could have been correct.
Mr. Seidel asked if Mr. Baker recalled some cartoons
being drawn concerning the BPP.
Mr. Baker stated that he recalled that there were
two or three cartoons prepared depicting strife between US,
Incorporated, and the BPP.
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Mr. Seidel then stated that these cartoons were
prepared by the Bureau Laboratory.
Mr. Baker stated that he did not recall.
Mr. Baker advised Mr. Seidel that US, Incorporated,
and the BPP were led by and made up of people with extensive
criminal records, and because of this and their general
demeanor, the FBI did not really have to provoke or dis-
rupt them because they kept themselves in a constant state
of turmoil. He stated that Special Agents connected with
the COINTELPRO did not devote much time to the program be-
cause of heavy case loads of other matters and because they
assisted in working criminal matters such as bank robberies
and other criminal violations.
Mr. Baker advised Mr. Seidel that a great deal of
time was spent by the Special Agents working with their
sources because they had to be extremely careful that they
were protected. If a crime was planned and a source had
knowledge of it, the source would try to keep the crime from
being committed. If it was not possible to prevent the crime,
the source might be forced to participate, and if arrested, a
problem would be created in attempting to get the source out
of jail and still conceal his identity as a source.
Mr. Seidel inquired of Mr. Baker as to the names of
the Agents he dealt with in Los Angeles and San Francisco in
connection with COINTELPRO.
Mr. Baker stated that he recalled that Supervisor
Albert Clark had something to do with the program in San
Francisco, and in Los Angeles he dealt with Supervisor Richard
Bloeser and Bill Knowland.
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ROBERT S. BAKER BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel asked Mr. Baker if he was acquainted
with Richard Held.
"
Mr. Baker stated that Richard Held was assigned
as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in San Diego, and he
knew him at that time. He stated that he is aware that
Richard Held is now the Special Agent in Charge of the
Chicago Office of the FBI.
Mr. Seidel stated to Mr. Baker that he was going
to interview Assistant Director Robert Gebhardt and Special
Agent in Charge Charles W. Bates.
This concluded the interview of former Special
Agent Robert S. Baker by SSC Staff Member Lester Seidel.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) was an organization founded by Dr. A
Martin Luther King, Jr., with the theme of
new life for poor people. Dr. King, a leader
in civil rights, was assassinated on April 4,
1969.
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In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.
TMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
San Diego, California
August 5, 1975
UNITED STATES SENATE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
LAWRENCE F
STAFF MEMBER
WTRICK BY SSC
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY SPRAWUYP
By communication dated July 30, 1975,
Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), United States Department of
Justice, advised as follows concerning an interview
by representative of the Senate Select Committee (SSC)
of Special Agent (SA) Lawrence F. Wirick, concerning
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) and Bureau
investigation of the Black Panther Party (BPP) (see
Appendix page). Director Kelley stated as follows:
"I have waived your employment agreements for
purposes of these interviews. Each should note that he
has the right to counsel; however, the FBI is unable to
provide private counsel. There are certain privileged
areas concerning which SAS would not be required to answer
questions. Areas concern information which might divulge
identities of FBI sources; information relating to sensitive
methods and techniques; information which might adversely
affect on-going FBI investigations; and information which
originated with other agencies, including foreign intelligence
agencies."
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions
of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your
agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside
your agency.
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UNITED STATES SENATE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
On July 31, 1975, at 11:45 a.m. Mr. Lester Seidel
of the United States Senate Select Committee (SSC) interviewed
SA Lawrence F. Wirick at the San Diego Office of the FBI.
No Advice of Rights was furnished SA Wirick and it was not
necessary for the interviewee to consult with an FBI representative.
The interview was terminated at 12:50 p.m. and as best recalled
included the following discussion in the form of questions and
answers:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
You understand that this is an informal interview
and is in connection with the Bureau's COINTELPRO
as it relates to the FBI investigation of the BPP?
Yes, but for what purpose is the Senate conducting
this survey?
To aid in formation of new legislation so that the
FBI and other Government agencies will have more
definite guidelines to follow.
I believe the Congress already through lack of
information, isolated instances and some hysteria
have enacted too many restrictive laws that prevent
the FBI and other Government agencies from protecting
the law abiding element of our society from the
"bad guys".
(He was in general agreement) Did you handle the
COINTELPRO from 1970 through March, 1971?
Yes, but I believe the BPP ceased to function locally
about November or December, 1970. As I recall my
function was to write a progress type letter regarding
progress which described the illegal activities of
members of the BPP and to report that this information
had been furnished local police agencies but information
generally emanated from confidential informants.
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(SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Seidel: What type of illegal activities and did your program
in any way instigate illegal activities on the part
of the BPP?
Wirick:
Criminal acts committed by local members of the BPP
is what I was referring to. I don't believe it was
ever necessary to instigate any illegal acts or in
any way entrap BPP members in criminal acts. The
majority of local BPP members were thieves, narcotics
addicts, lazy, unemployed and were hero worshipers of
the BPP in Oakland, California. They wanted to emulate
the Oakland organization, but their own dishonesty,
et cetera, was a constant source of turmoil amongst
the local group.
I recall, date unknown, information was received
regarding Kenny Denmon (Kenneth Lee Denmon), one time
head of the local BPP, that he was using stolen credit
cards.
Information was received that Walter Wallace
(Walter Carl Wallace, Jr.) was on narcotics and that
he and his wife, Velma, were stealing to get money
for narcotics and that Velma's mother was also involved
in local thefts.
All above information was furnished local law agencies
and local arrests were made. Furnishing the
above type of information is a function and responsibility
of the FBI.
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(ssc)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT
(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY.
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
The BPP in San Diego was very effective in causing
their own problems and their own extinction and their
criminal activities were not restricted to the examples
I've given.
Did the COINTELPRO try to disrupt the BPP Breakfast
Program?
No, not to my knowledge. I recall that soon after
the Breakfast Program was started that other members
of the BPP accused Ken Denmon of stealing money from
contributions made to the Program.
On second thought I believe we did disrupt the BPP
Breakfast Program in that we received complaints
from several dairys and bread companies, et cetera,
that they had been approached by BPP members with
veiled threats of extortion if they did not donate
quantities of food et cetera to the BPP Breakfast
Program. The FBI and local police investigated and
I believe as a result their practices were discontinued,
but the investigation failed to establish a prosecutable
offense of extortion.
Did you have any connection with distribution of
"cartoons" depicting BPP members as compromising each
other et cetera?
No, but I have seen "cartoons" in the BPP newspaper.
Have you ever seen or read copies of the BPP newspaper?
No
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(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Wirick: They featured "cartoons" showing the "pigs" (police)
being killed, stabbed, et cetera. I believe I recall
seeing some 'cartoons" showing how the BPP would kill
the "honkies" (white people). They were similar to
the propaganda leaflets used by the Nazis against
American troops before an attack. The articles in the
BPP newspaper were even more foul.
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Did the COINTELPRO promote dissension between the BPP
and the US Group (see Appendix page)?
As I recall there was never
Not to my knowledge.
any need to. They were constantly at odds with each
other and on a gang type basis were trying to eliminate
each other. I believe Sylvester Bell, à San Diego BPP
member was killed by an US Group member and John Savage,
another local BPP member was killed by an US Group
member.
In Los Angeles two other BPP members, names not
recalled, were allegedly killed by US Group members.
I believe this led to the popular saying in Southeast
San Diego section where most blacks live that the score
(game) was, "US 4 - BPP 0".
What do you think of the merits of a proposal to
spray shipments of the BPP newspaper with a noxious
acid so that readers would be confronted with a vile
odor when attempting to read the paper?
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(SA) LAWRENCE F. WIRICK BY
SSC STAFF MEMBER
Wirick: After thought, no.
Seidel:
Wirick:
Seidel:
Wirick:
Because the paper itself was
so vile and anti-white that the odor would never
stop BPP members from reading same.
I've always
hoped that a large segment of the population,
especially the "do-gooders" could or would experience
the nauseous reaction I have felt after reading the
illiterate, foul-mouthed, anti-white, anti-Government,
BPP paper.
I think everybody should read a copy of
the BPP paper so that they will know the type and
character of BPP members.
What do you think about anonymous letters sent to
spouses of BPP members saying the husband was sleeping
with a white girl, et cetera?
Most wives of the members I recall were also BPP
members and/or common-law-wives. Many BPP members
did have liaison with white girls but I doubt if
such a letter would bother most spouses of BPP members.
However, such a letter might be of value under certain
circumstances, example: the stories that were spread
during World War II which were not necessarily all true
regarding Hitler, Mussolini, General Patton and others.
In your opinion was the COINTELPRO of any value?
Should it be changed? Do you have any suggestions
for changes, or should it be eliminated completely?
Yes, as I recall, it acted as a progress letter of the
BPP, its direction, its dissension, its change in
leadership, and indications of its slow local demise
because of the character of the local BPP members, and
as a summary of its activities for FBIHQ. I recall that
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SSC STAFF MEMBER
we made certain requests to conduct some types
of counterintelligence against the BPP, but I
do not recall that the Bureau ever authorized any
counterintelligence act which might be productive.
Change? COINTELPRO is not being utilized to the
best of my knowledge and has not been for some time.
I believe that in about two or three years Congress
will be frantically asking the FBI why we did not
furnish them intelligence, advance knowledge of a
demonstration, a riot and other civil unrest and
elimination of the COINTELPRO has been another step
in the direction of placing the FBI and other law
enforcement agencies in a position where we cannot
react to the activities of groups such as the BPP
which have been formed with the main purpose
of overthrowing the United States.
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August 6, 1975
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN 
IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY SEALMYP
U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT (EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Special Agent (SA) Earl M. Petersen was interviewed
at the San Diego office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(FBI) on July 31, 1975, by U. S. Senate Select Committee (SSC)
Staff Member Lester Seidel. The interview began at 10:05 A.M.
and ended at 11:35 A.M. Assistant Special Agent in Charge
(ASAC) Arthur G. Barger was available nearby for consulta-
tion. He was not consulted during the interview.
Prior to the interview, SA Petersen had been
advised by San Diego FBI officials that FBI Headquarters
had waived the employee agreement not to furnish informa-
tion for the purpose of this interview. He was advised
that he had a right to counsel but that the FBI was unable
to provide private counsel for him.
SA Petersen was advised that he would not be
required to answer questions that might divulge the identity
of any FBI source; that would reveal information relative to
sensitive methods and techniques; or information which
originated with other agencies, including foreign intelligence
agencies.
SA Petersen was advised that the interview was to
involve only the COINTELPRO as it applied to the Black Panther
Party (BPP) (see appendix).
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions
of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency%;B it and its contents are not to be distributed
outside your agency.
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U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
:
Staff Member Lester Seidel identified himself to
SA Petersen and stated that he was not warning SA Petersen
of his rights as the interview was such that such a warning
was not required. He advised SA Petersen that he did not
have to talk to him and that any information furnished was
on a voluntary basis. He stated that information furnished
to him would be handled with discretion.
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen.
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Were you in charge of the
COINTELPRO in San Diego from
March, 1968 through October, 1968?
This was possible but the
dates the program was assigned
to me are not recalled.
What was the name of the squad
to which you were assigned at
that time?
The Security Squad.
Who did the squad investigate?
Was it groups such as US, Inc.
(see appendix) and the BPP?
Yes, such groups as US, Inc.,
the BPP, and the Nation of
Islam (NOI) (see appendix).
And possibly splinter groups?
Yes, groups that would form
and disband and which could
possibly be called splinter
groups..
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
How long have you been in
the Bureau?
Twenty-four years as of
June 25, 1975.
Where have you been assigned?
In Boston, Baltimore, New
York, Tampa, and San Diego.
The Bureau has indicated that
you were a coordinator of the
COINTELPRO in San Diego. As
such, what were your duties?
The duties for the most part
consisted of preparing letters
to the Bureau asking for
authority to take some specific
action in the program; awaiting
the reply from the Bureau; and
then, if any action was taken,
to advise the Bureau of the
results of such action. It
is noted that many of the re-
quests to take specific action
were turned down by the Bureau.
Were you the focal point of
the program?
Yes, in the sense that any
idea for action to be taken
in the program was trans-
mitted to the Bureau for
approval by me and if approval
was received, it would be re-
lated to whomever had suggested
the activity. I would then
report any results to the Bureau.
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Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
Did you get heavy pressure from
Bureau officials to take action
in this program?
Not any more than any other
case, and I had a number of
other cases assigned to me
at the time the COINTELPRO
was assigned to me.
What type of things did you
do?
I
I do not recall at this time
any specific action taken in
the program. I do recall that
a Black Panther leader, Walter
Wallace, was removed as leader
of the party in San Diego.
believe it was suspected that
he might have cooperated with
the FBI. This could have been
accomplished by interviewing
him where the interview could
be seen by other party members.
If the Agents shook his hand,
smiled, and acted like he was
a friend, it might plant the
seed of suspicion in the minds
of other BPP members. I do
not recall specifically whether
this happened but at any rate,
Wallace was not trusted and
was removed as leader of the
party.
Could such a thing get Wallace
killed or injured?
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BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
I do not see how it would
because there would be no way
anyone could determine whether
or not Wallace was, in fact,
cooperating with the FBI. He
was probably removed by the
BPP as a precautionary measure.
I cannot recall whether or
not Wallace was removed while
I was coordinator of the program.
Was COINTELPRO successful?
I was not too impressed with
its success in San Diego while
I had it assigned to me be-
cause it was a new program
and it took some time to get
it established and working.
Most of the success was probably
due to information obtained
regarding criminal violations,
mostly local in nature, which
was furnished to local law
enforcement officers, causing
the arrest of BPP members.
This would have been done
whether or not we had a
COINTELPRO. It was necessary
to prepare a letter to the
Bureau asking authority to
take action and then wait
for a reply authorizing the
activity. Many times suggested
COINTELPRO activity suggestions
would be turned down.
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
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Mr. Seidel made available Xerox copies of Bureau
letters captioned, "Counter-Intelligence Program; Black
Nationalist Hate Groups, dated August 25, 1967 and
March 4, 1968. These were read by SA Petersen, who said he
could not specifically recall reading the letters.
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:'
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Was contact with the police
formal or informal?
Contact was personal or telephonic
contact and at one time, informa-
tion furnished to individual officers
was confirmed by letter to the
Chief of Police. It is not re-
called if this was the policy
· during the time COINTELPRO was
assigned to me.
What happened to SA Roy Burns?
He was transferred to the Butte,
Montana Field Office.
Did he do anything wrong? I
understand Agents were sometimes
transferred to Butte as a disci-
plinary measure.
SA Burns wanted to be transferred
to Butte and requested the trans-
fer. The Special Agent in Charge
(SAC), Mr. Evans, was transferred
there and may have helped SA
Burns get moved there.
How old is Bob Baker:
Probably 51 or 52 years old. .
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Did he retire early?
No. He was in a position to
retire and retired because he
wanted to take advantage of a
cost of living increase by retiring
prior to a certain date, such as
June 30.
Were the BPP and US, Inc. both
violence oriented groups?
Very definitely. There was extreme
friction between the BPP and US,
Inc. at all times.
Do you recall some caricatures
used in connection with COINTELPRO?
Yes.
Who had the program at that time?
I believe SA Burns had it then.
What were the cartoons?
I recall seeing them but do not
recall any specific cartoon.
Do you think anything done in
COINTELPRO could have had a
reaction causing someone to kill
an individual in the other group?
Because of the extreme antagonism
between the two groups, anything
we did would have had about the
same effect as a gnat biting an
elephant. I do not think COINTELPRO
had that kind of impact.
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
·SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
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Did you ever supervise any techni-
cal installation or electronic
surveillance of the BPP in San
Diego?
No.
I don't recall anything like
that being done here.
How would you feel about writing
a letter to a wife saying her
husband was sleeping with various
other women if the husband was a
BPP leader?
I would hesitate to do this
because it might break up a
family. If the facts were true
and this might cause the BPP
leader to be less effective, it
would probably be a good counter-
intelligence move.
I am referring to Page 91 of a
BPP COINTELPRO summary which
indicates that a BPP leader was
living with a white girl and an
anonymous letter was written to
others in the BPP saying that this
individual was living with a white
girl, Do you recall anything about
that?
I believe that leader could have
been Kenneth Denmon in San Diego.
I recall that he was living with
a white woman and that others in
the BPP were made aware of this
in some manner. The BPP in San
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ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)
INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
SA Petersen (continued):
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Diego was teaching children to
hate and kill police officers.
They planned violent criminal
acts and were making plans to
take over the established govern-
ment at the first opportunity.
If a leader of such a group could
be discredited and removed, it
would help to keep the group from
becoming stronger, as they would
have to select a new leader, and
he would have to get the group
reorganized. Denmon had many
additional weaknesses which could
be used in a counter-intelligence
program.
Do you recall a letter being sent
to BPP Headquarters saying a
leader of the BPP was cooperating
with the police in Los Angeles?
I do not recall such a letter.
Do you recall some cards being
sent to San Diego from Los Angeles
saying, "Ron Karenga is impotent"?
No, I do not recall such cards.
Ron Karenga was a leader of US,
Inc., not the BPP.
Do you recall that cartoons were
to be sent to BPP members to dis-
credit the leaders?
I recall the cartoons but do not
recall whether they were set to
BPP members.
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Mr. Seidel:
SA Petersen:
Do you recall an anonymous letter
being sent to the Catholic Church
to have the priest of the church
where the BPP breakfast program
was operated removed from his
office?
I do not recall such an anonymous
letter; however, I do recall that
the priest was transferred by
the church.
Knowing that the BPP paper was
a paper that taught and advocated
violence and had cartoons in it
that encouraged the killing of
police officers by blacks and
was a violence oriented paper,
how would you feel about putting
a corrosive liquid on the paper
to keep it from being distributed?
I would not do it as I would feel
that it was a violation of the law
and too drastic. I would not do
it personally or personally approve.
of it.
You have been very helpful and
the information you have provided
will be used in considering new
legislation at some time in the
future.
In these tranquil times, it disturbs
me greatly to read in the papers
and to hear news broadcasts con-
taining all kinds of allegations
against the FBI and the CIA and
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INTERVIEW OF SA EARL M. PETERSEN
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
SA Petersen (continued):
Mr. Seidel:
other intelligence agencies. I
like to work within the law and
to be guided by legislation in
my work. I would, however, hate
to see such restrictive legislation
passed that at some time in the
future when we might be faced
with violence-prone organizations
trying to take control of the
government, we would be unable to
properly handle our responsibility
for the internal security of the
United States.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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OFF OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
TO:
John Mintz, Assistant Director
Legal Counsel Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FROM K. William O'Connor
Spécial Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
JUL 18 1975
Attached for your information is a letter regarding the.
"proposed procedures" to the Attorney General from Senate Select
Committee. I am attaching two extra copies of it, as I am sure
that Mr. Adams and the Director may also wish to see it..
REC-56
62-116375-612
REVOLUTION
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ENCLOSURE
"ENCLOSURE ATTACHED"
EX 104
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 1016/00 EY SPRAUMKR
1778-1978
84 SEP 8 1975
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7. AUG 6 1975
LEG
WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.
(ROBERT MORGAN, N.G..
GARY HART, COLO.
CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MD.
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL
Plnited States Senate
SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS TH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITES
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 24TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
July 18, 1975
Proposed presilie
11
The Honorable Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
U. S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
On behalf of the Select Committee, we wish to
express our appreciation to you for meeting with us on
Wednesday afternoon. We recognize the need for the Com-
mittee to have a complete understanding of the concerns
of the Department of Justice so that our inquiry can
proceed in the most responsible manner. Our meeting
was extremely valuable in that respect, and you may be
sure that we have given full consideration to your
views.
The Committee has been informed that Mr. John
T. Elliff, leader of the Domestic Intelligence Task
Force, and members of his staff met yesterday with Mr.
K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel for Intelligence.
coordination, and members of his staff to agree upon
procedures for delivery of and access to FBI materials
requested by the Committee. The proposed procedures
which resulted from that meeting are satisfactory to
the Committee..
We are pleased that your staff was able to meet
promptly with our representatives and that they reached
agreement without delay. The Committee expects that the
proposed procedures will, if implemented, expedite its
work during the coming weeks. As you know, one of our
major concerns was that all of the problems with the
Committee's outstanding requests for materials. ….
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HEREIN IS 
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DATE 101600 BY SPA RUMOR
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ENCLOSURE
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The Honorable Edward H. Levi
Page 2.
July 18, 1975
be resolved before the August recess so that the staff
can fully prepare the materials for our use when we
return. We believe the procedures are an appropriate.
and practical accommodation of our mutual interests.
Indeed, we have instructed our staff to make every effort
to accomplish the work of the Committee within this
framework.
The prompt resolution of this matter demon-
strates a spirit of cooperation which we hope will
prevail in all our future relations. The Committee looks
forward to working with you personally on issues of common
concern during the months ahead.
88608 Docld:32989640 Page 274
Sincerely yours,
Frank Church
Chairman
John Tower
Vice Chairman
F
.
PROPOSED PROCEDURES
or the Senior Staff
(1) The Domestic Task Force Leader/will submit periodically a list
of materials to which the Committee staff wishes access or of which
the Committee desires delivery. The first such list will be delivered
to the Department of Justice within 48 hours of the adoption of this
procedure, and will summarize and supersede all the presently outstanding:
requests; this list will be in priority. order, as fixed by the Committee;
with fixed delivery/access dates specified. Those materials for which
the Committee requests delivery or access shall be delivered to the
Committee or made accessible in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building not
later than within 48 hours of the date specified. The Committee
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be informed by the Attorney General,
within 24 hours of receipt of the request, of any delay beyond 43
- hours, the expected length of the delay, and the specific reasons for.
the delay. Partial access or delivery shall be proffered, by the
Bureau of/to any materials requested, while the balance of such
materials are being prepared. A partial proffer shall not extend
the time of full response set forth herein.
(2) The following procedures shall apply (a) where delivery of
materials requested might jeopardize FBI sensitive sources or
ongoing operations, or (b) where the Domestic Task Force Leader or the
requests access to materials, rather than delivery of
materials to the Committee.
(3) The Department will furnish access at the Hoover Building in
Room 4171 to those materials requested:
(a) only to the members of the Committee, where it is deter-.
mined by the Attorney General that the materials involve peculiarly
sensitive foreign intelligence sources and ongoing operations..
(b) In all other cases, to the appropriately cleared staff
who will have access to all of the materials.
(c) An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for the names
of so-called "live" informants or potential informants as defined
in the FBI Manual of Instructions as to which no access will be
Senior
Staff
furnished unless the identity of the individual as an informant or potential
has already been made known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney
General, the Chairman and Vice Chairman, jointly agree on the limited
disclosure of such names to the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
1111112
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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED)
DATE 10/16/00 EYRALMKP
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DEWANT
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(4) Those materials to which the staff has access may be reviewed and ·
studied in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building and such notes may be
taken as deemed appropriate by the Staff.
(5) The Committee staff shall select from these materials to which
access is herein provided, those materials which it deems pertinent
to the Committee's inquiries and necessary for delivery to the
Committee's offices.
· (6) The Bureau shall make copies of such materials as are specified.
by the staff under the provisions of (5) above for transfer to the
Committee's offices
(a) before the copies of such materials are taken to the
Committee's offices, the Bureau shall, within 24 hours of the
selection, make appropriate excisions and paraphrases of infor-
mation which might, if inadvertently disclosed, endanger sensitive.
FBI sources and ongoing operations..
:
or the Senior Staff.
(b) If the Task Force Leader/has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the materials will be forthwith conveyed
.by the Bureau, with a written statement of its grounds for its
position, to the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter.
within 24 hours.
(c) In the event the matter is not resolved within 24 hours,
the Special Counsel shall submit the matter forthwith to the Attorney
General who shall notify the Chairman forthwith and arrange for an
appropriate disposition.
(7) The Committee staff may remove to the Office of SSC for appropriate
use, any notes which they may make upon review of screened material
without such notes being reviewed by the Bureau. The Committee staff
may remove notes on unscreened materials only is such notes are reviewed
and cleared by the Bureau under the provisions of (6) (a) thru (c) above.
(8) The staff and the members of the Committee may examine the
original materials to which the staff has been given access as
extensively as necessary, in the Hoover Building at Room 4171.
(9) Where accepted by Attorney General and the Committee, these
procedures may be modified only by their joint decision.
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PHILIP A. HART, MICH.
WALTER F. MONDAL”, MINN.
WALTER D. HUDDLESION, KY.
ROBERT MORGAN, N.C.
GARY HART, COLO.
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN.
BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.
CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MD.
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL
liled Slates Berte
SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 14TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
July 18, 1975
Primposed for values
The Honorable Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
U. S. Department of Justice.
Washington, D.C..
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
On behalf of the Select Committee; we wish to.
express our appreciation to you for meeting with us on
Wednesday afternoon. We recognize the need for the Com-
mittee to have a complete understanding of the concerns
of the Department of Justice so that our inquiry can
proceed in the most responsible manner. Our meeting
was extremely valuable in that respect, and you may be
sure that we have given full consideration to your
views.
The Committee has been informed that Mr. John
T. Elliff, leader of the Domestic Intelligence Task
Force, and members of his staff met yesterday with Mr.
. K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel for Intelligence
coordination, and members of his staff to agree upon
procedures for delivery of and access to FBI materials
requested by the Committee. The proposed procedures
which resulted from that meeting are satisfactory to
the Committee.
We are pleased that your staff was able to meet
promptly with our representatives and that they reached
agreement without delay. The Committee expects that the
proposed procedures will, if implemented, expedite its
work during the coming weeks. As you know, one of our
major concerns was that all of the problems with the
Committee's outstanding requests for materials
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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFEED
• DATE 10/16/00 BY SPRAW
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be resolved before the August recess so that the staff
can fully prepare the materials for our use when we ..
return. We believe the procedures are an appropriate
and practical accommodation of our mutual interests.
Indeed, we have instructed our staff to make every effort :
to accomplish the work of the Committee within this
framework.
The prompt resolution of this matter demon-
strates a spirit of cooperation which we hope will
prevail in all our future relations. The Committee looks
forward to working with you personally on issues of common
concern during the months ahead.
""".
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Sincerely yours,
Frank Church
Chairman
John Tower
Vice Chairman
PROPOSED PROCEDURES
or the Senior Staff.
(1) The Domestic Task Force Leader/will submit periodically a list
of materials to which the Committee staff wishes access or of which
the Committee desires delivery. The first such list will be delivered
to the Department of Justice within 48 hours of the adoption of this
procedure, and will summarize and supersede all the presently outstanding
requests; this list will be in priority order, as fixed by the Committee;
with fixed delivery/access dates specified. Those materials for which
the Committee requests delivery or access shall be delivered to the
Committee or made accessible in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building not
later than within 48 hours of the date specified. The Committee ..
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be informed by the Attorney General,
within 24 hours of receipt of the request, of any delay beyond 48
hours, the expected length of the delay, and the specific reasons for
the delay. Partial access or delivery shall be proffered, by the
Bureau of/to any materials requested, while the balance of such..
materials are being prepared. A partial proffer shall not extend
the time of full response set forth herein.
(2) The following procedures shall apply (a) where delivery of
materials requested might jeopardize FBI sensitive sources or
ongoing operations, or (b) where the Domestic Task Force Leader or the
requests access to materials, rather than delivery of
materials to the Committee.
(3) The Department will furnish access at the Hoover Building in.
Room 4171 to those materials. requested:
Senior
Staff
(a) only to the members of the Committee; where it is deter-
mined by the Attorney General that the materials involve peculiarly.
sensitive foreign intelligence sources and ongoing operations..
(b) In all other cases, to the appropriately cleared staff
who will have access to all of the materials.
(c) An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for the names
of so-called "live" informants or potential informants as defined
in the FBI Manual of Instructions as to which no access will be
.furnished unless the identity of the individual as an informant or potential
has already been made known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney
General, the Chairman and Vice Chairman, jointly agree on the limited
disclosure of such names to the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
informant
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ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED.
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE: 10/62/00 BY 2PALMER.
BILL
(4) Those materials to which the staff has access may be reviewed and
studied in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building and such notes may be
taken as deemed appropriate by the Staff.
(5) The Committee stuff shall select from these materials to which
access is herein provided, those materials which it deems pertinent
to the Committee's inquiries and necessary for delivery to the
Committee's offices.
(6) The Bureau shall make copies of such materials as are specified
by the staff under the provisions of (5) above for transfer to the
Committee's offices
(a) before the copies of such materials are taken to the
Committee's offices, the Bureau shall, within 24 hours of the
selection, make appropriate excisions and paraphrases of infor-
mation which might, if inadvertently disclosed, endanger sensitive
FBI sources and ongoing operations.
or the Senior Staff
(b) If the Tas's Force Leader/has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the materials will be forthwith conveyed
by the Bureau, with a written statement of its grounds for its
position, to the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter
within 24 hours.
(c) In the event the matter is not resolved within 24 hours,..
the Special Counsel shall submit the matter forthwith to the. Attorney
General who shall notify the Chairman forthwith and arrange for an
appropriate disposition.
:
(7) The Committee staff may remove to the Office of SSC for appropriate
use, any notes which they may make upon review of screened material
without such notes being reviewed by the Bureau. The Committee staff.
may remove notes on unscreened materials only is such notes are reviewed-
and cleared by the Bureau under the provisions of (6) (a) thru (c) above.
"
(8) The staff and the members of the Committee may examine the
original materials, to which the staff has been given access as
extensively as necessary, in the Hoover Building at Room 4171.
(9) Where accepted by Attorney General and the Comittee, these.
procedures may be modified only by their joint decision.
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PHILIH A. HART, MICH.
WALTER F.MONALE, MINN.
WALTER O. HUDDLESTON, KY,
ROBERT MORGAN, N.C.
GARY HART, COLO.
HOWARD H, PAKER, JR., TENN.
BARRY GOLDWATER; APIZ.
CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MO..
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK A. D. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL
Whited States Ser te
·SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, SITH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
July 18, 1975
The Honorable Edward H. Levi.
Attorney General
U. S. Department of Justice..
Washington, D.C..
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
On behalf of the Select Committee, we wish-to
express our appreciation to you for meeting with us on
Wednesday afternoon. We recognize the need for the Com-
mittee to have a. complete understanding of the concerns
of the Department of Justice so that our inquiry can
proceed in the most responsible manner. Our meeting
was extremely valuable in that respect, and you may be
sure that we have given full consideration to your
⚫views.
The Committee has been informed that Mr. John
T. Elliff, leader of the Domestic Intelligence Task
Force, and members of his staff met yesterday with Mr.
K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel for Intelligence
coordination, and members of his staff to agree upon
procedures for delivery of and access to FBI materials
requested by the Committee. The proposed procedurės
which resulted from that meeting are satisfactory to
the Committee.
We are pleased that your staff was able to meet
promptly with our representatives and that they reached
agreement without delay. The Committee expects that the
proposed procedures will, if implemented, expedite its
work during the coming. weeks.' As you know, one of our
major concerns was that all of the problems with the
Committee's outstanding requests for materials
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be resolved before the August recess so that the staff
can fully prepare the materials for our use when we :
return. We believe the procedures are an appropriate
and practical accommodation of our mutual interests.
Indeed, we have instructed our staff to make every effort
to accomplish the work of the Committee within this
framework.
: The prompt resolution of this matter demon-
strates a spirit of cooperation which we hope will
prevail in all our future relations. The Committee looks
forward to working with you personally on issues of common
concern during the months ahead.
.
Sincerely yours,
Frank Church
Chairman
John Tower
Vice Chairman
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PROPOSED PROCEDURES
or the Senior Staff
(1) The Domestic Task Force Leader/will submit periodically a list
of materials to which the Committee staff wishes access or of which
the Committee desires delivery. The first such list will be. delivered
to the Department of Justice within 48 hours of the adoption of this
procedure, and will sumarize and supersede all the presently outstanding
requests; this list will be in priority order, as fixed by the Committee;
with fixed delivery/access dates specified. Those materials for which
the Committee requests delivery or access shall be delivered to the
Committee or made accessible in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building not
later than within 48 hours of the date specified. The Committee
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be informed by the Attorney General,,
within 24 hours of receipt of the request, of any delay beyond 48
hours, the expected length of the delay, and the specific reasons for:
the delay. Partial access or delivery shall be proffered, by the
Bureau of/to any materials requested, while the balance of such
materials are being prepared. A partial proffer shall not extend
the time of full response set forth herein.
(2) The following procedures shall apply (a) where delivery of
materials requested might jeopardize FBI sensitive sources or
ongoing operations, or (b) where the Domestic Task Force Leader or the
requests access to materials, rather than delivery of
materials to the Committee.
(3) The Department will furnish access at the Hoover Building in
Room 4171 to those materials requested:
(a) only to the members of the Committee, where it is deter
mined by the Attorney General that the materials involve peculiarly'
sensitive foreign intelligence sources and ongoing operations.
☐ (b) In all other cases, to the appropriately cleared staff
who will have access to all of the materials.
(c) An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for the names
_ of so-called "live" informants on potential informants as defined.
in the FBI Manual of Instructions as to which no access will be
Senior
Staff.
informant
furnished unless the identity of the individual as an informant or potential
has already been made known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney
General, the Chairman and Vice Chairman, jointly agree on the limited
disclosure of such names to the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
RECEIVED
JUL 13 1975
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ALL FEI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 100 BY SP.2-ALMKR
(4) Those materials to which the staff has access may be reviewed, and
studied in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building and such notes may be
taken as deemed appropriate by the Staff..
(5) The Committee staff shall select from these materials to which
access is herein provided, those materials which it deems pertinent
to the Committee's inquiries and necessary for delivery to the
Committee's offices.
(6) The Bureau shall make copies of such materials as are specified
by the staff under the provisions of (5) above for transfer to the
Committee's offices
(a) before the copies of such materials are taken to the
Committee's offices; the Bureau shall, within 24 hours of the
selection, make appropriate excisions and paraphrases of infor-
mation which might, if inadvertently disclosed, endanger sensitive
FBI sources and ongoing operations.
or the Senior Staff
(b) If the Task Force Leader/has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the materials will be forthwith conveyed
by the Bureau, with a written statement of its grounds for its
position, to the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter
within 24 hours.
(c) In the event the matter is not resolved within 24 hours,
the Special Counsel shall submit the matter forthwith to the Attorney
General who shall notify the Chairman forthwith and arrange for an
appropriate disposition.
(7) The Committee staff may remove to the Office of SSC for appropriate
use, any notes which they may make upon review of screened material
without such notes being reviewed by the Bureau. The Committee staff
may remove notes on unscreened materials only is such notes are reviewed
and cleared by the Bureau under the provisions of (6) (a) thru (c) above.
(8) The staff and the members of the Committee may examine the
original materials to which the staff has been given access as
extensively as necessary, in the Hoover Building at Room 4171.
(9) Where accepted by Attorney General and the Committee, these.
procedures may be modified only by their joint decision.
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TO:
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
JUL 18 1975
FROM:
B
K. William O'Connor
Senstuly 7,
Special Counsel for Intelligence-
Coordination
SUBJECT: Synopsis of Responses to Request for Comments
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS 
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 EY SPRAUMKR
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on Proposed Procedures
1.
The Deputy Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs,
and Civil Rights Division register no objections to the proposed
procedures on access. OLA suggests inclusion of a preamble referencing
security agreements and the need for proper security assurances from
the Committee to the Attorney General.
2. Both the Criminal Division and Office of Legal Counsel
address the short response time frames imposed upon the Attorney
General, and OLC suggests certain language changes for purposes of
clarity and focus.
3. The Attorney General is troubled by Item 9 and its need
for modification as to categories of material not treatable by these
proposed procedures or as to a later discovered need to make presently
unanticipated changes to effect a smoother operation of the procedures.
4. The Bureau's comments on the proposed procedures are
attached and should be read. This Office does not agree with the
Bureau that the proposed procedures should be presented to the
President and the President's Counsel.
14 ENCLOSURE
REVOLUTION
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5. No response has been received from the Solicitor General.
“ENCLOSURE ATTACHED"
Polo 1975
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6. This Office recommends that Item 9 be modified as suggested
by the Attorney General and that the language modifications suggested
by OLC for Items 3 and 6 be adopted.
7. It is further suggested that the Attorney General convene
a meeting of the senior Bureau officials for the purpose of informing
them of his policy decision in this matter.
Copies to:
Deputy Attorney General
Solicitor General
Director, FBI.
Mr. Thornburg, Criminal Division
Mr. Pottinger, CRD
Mr. Scalia, OLC
Mr. Uhlmann, OLA
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TO
FROM
OPTIONAL FOAM NO, To
JULY 1973 EDITION
CSA FPMR (4) FR) 101-11.6
"UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
: The Deputy Attorney General
Attn: K. William O'Connor
C
rector, FEL
SUBJECT: PROPOSED PROCEDURES FOR ACCESS
TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES
1
DATE: July 18, 1975
1
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In response to your memorandum dated July 18, 1975,
captioned as above, we observe that the "substantial negotiations"
which produced the proposed procedures did not include participation
by a representative of the FBI and that the request for our views
concerning disclosure of highly sensitive FBI material was first
réceived at 11:14 a.m. today with a reply expected by 2:00 p.m.
today. We respectfully suggest that not only should you afford greater
opportunity for an expression of our views on this matter, but that
any such proposed procedures should be presented to the President's
Counsel for concurrence and for an expression of the President's views
as to the general policy of the Executive Branch in this regard. Further,
you may want to consider addressing the problem of the impact such
general disclosure of files would have on pending criminal investigations.
A preliminary review in the time available revealed that
certain items require considerable modification. For example, Item (3)(c)
should be reconsidered with the following language:
111121
"An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for information
that would tend to identify sources to whom the FBI has
an obligation of confidentiality as to which no access
will be furnished unless the identity already has been made
known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney General,
the Chairman and the Vice Chairman jointly agree on the
limited disclosure of such identity to the Chairman and the
Vice Chairman."
21/131
RECEIVED
JUL 18 1975
KWO'C
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFISH)
DATE ID 1600 BY SPZ ALMVP
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The Deputy Attorney General
Item (6)(b) should be reconsidered with the following language:
"If the Task Force Leader has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the FBI will furnish a
written statement of the grounds for its position to
the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter by
negotiation within 24 hours."
Item (8) should be reconsidered with the following language:
"The Staff and the Members of the Committee may examine
the original materials to which the Staff is given access
as extensively as necessary between the hours of 8:00 a. m.
and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the FBI J. Edgar
Hoover Building at Room 4171. "
In light of the difficulties described, it is my strong
recommendation that such procedures should not be hastily agreed upon
with the Committee and that full discussion should be had concerning this
matter by representatives of the FBI, the Attorney General, the Committee
and the Counsel to the President.
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Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
تدا
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
1.
2.
3.
48 hour lead time is very short and may create problems; 24 hour
reaction time may be unreasonable for Attorney General.
The provision seems a little odd, out of context of negotiations.
Suggest that in 3(a), last line, word and should be or and
"peculiarly sensitive" read to modify both foreign intelligence
sources and ongoing operations.
No comment
4.
5. No comment
δ. Time frames are very restrictive; there should be a stated
opportunity for TFL to work out any objections with FBI, before
raising to Special Counsel "...lf the issue is not promptly
resolved between the TFL and the FBI, the materials in issue
will be conveyed..."
7. Define "screened" by reference to 6(a) above
8. No comment
9. No comment
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Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legislative Affairs
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
1. No problem with this procedure, but feels that the time limits
are too tight
2. No central policy objection
3. Suggest incorporate a preamble phrase that makes reference
to security agreements; a specific means for assurance to the
AG by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of proper security
measures
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Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Division
1
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
Views of Thornburg and Kevin Maroney
1.
Time frames a bit skimpy
2.
looks as though we're giving up a lot, but that's
probably what's required
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Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
No objection to proposed procedures on access
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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
TO:
Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
FROM
K. William O'Connor
JUL 18 1975
Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
SUBJECT: Synopsis of Responses: Congressional Access to Personal
Files Maintained by the FBI
With the exception of the Solicitor General's Office, all
Departmental components whose views were solicited have provided
their views on the question of Congressional Access to Personal
FBI Files.
OLC, OLA, and Criminal Division favor a combination of
options 1 and 3. Civil Rights Division favors option 1. The
Bureau chooses option 3.
This office recommends the adoption of the position
articulated by OLC and concurred in by OLA and Criminal.
REVOLUTION
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ALL FEI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE TOO BY SPRAUM KP
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
COMMENTS ON PERSONAL FILES
Suggest combine option 1 and option 3; make deletion per option 1,
but make oral explanation of the deletion; entire paragraph or
document should be withheld to protect source.
Feels there is a serious, if not constitutional, issue as to the
prospective trespass upon a citizen's rights to give information
in confidence to his government,
Option 4 is absolutely unacceptable; would fight it in the courts.
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Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legislative Affairs
COMMENTS ON PERSONAL FILES
Opts for 1 & 3 consolidation
Same gist as Scalia
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FBI
15
COMMENTS ON PERSONAL FILES
FBI would choose 3, but say "portion of papers" instead of "papers"
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"
My view is that item 9 goes too far in that there must be some
provision which allows the Department or the Committee to
abrogate the arrangement. I should think the agreement could provide
that at any time the Chairman of the Committee or the Attorney
General could give a notification that the (1) agreement was
not suitable for a particular category of material or(9) that for
some reason the agreement was not operating suitably and that as to
either one or two there would then be an endeavor to work out
a suitable modification or different arrangement (but I think
it has to be said that the arrangement can be cancelled by eitherà
party )
OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
7/18/75
To:
Bill O'Connor
From: Doug Marvin
Attached is the Attorney General's
comment on the procedures for
dealing with the Senate Select
Committee
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Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
COMMENTS ON PERSONAL FILES
Approves Option 1. (memo to follow)
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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
JUL 18 1975
TO:
See Distribution
FROM:
B
K. William O'Connor
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED)
DATE 10/19/00, BY SYALMKP
Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
SUBJECT: Congressional Access to Personal Files Maintained
by the FBI
Certain members of the Senate Select Committee have requested
access to their personal files. The preferred mode of access is the
subject of pending consideration by the Attorney General. As you
x know, under the mandate of the Senate Select Committee, access to
the personal file of a member of the Senate Select Committee may be
had without any consideration of Freedom of Information Act issues.
The Attorney General has considered several options, and has
asked that you consider them and indicate hereon your view; he has
asked that these views be delivered to me not later than 1:00 p.m.,
this afternoon so that he may promptly consider them. The options
considered are not exclusive. If you have any suggestions other
than the options indicated, please attach it to your response.
Responses should be delivered to me in Room 4213, Main Justice,
by the time indicated. Thank you for your cooperation.
OPTIONS
Option 1: Departmental staff examine the documents in the file and
delete any references to sensitive sources or ongoing criminal inves-
tigation; thereafter, the file is made accessible to the Senator under
“controlled circumstances at the Department of Justice.
Comment:
Approved
Disapproved
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Option 2:
:
Same as Option 1, except that a xerox of the documents as
excised is delivered to the Senator.
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Option 3:
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Brause of "Lome" PROBLEM.
The file is assembled and the Senator given access to it,
with certain papers withheld and the Senator is orally advised of
the reasons for withholding of the documents.
Comment:
Approved
SEE COMMENT TO #1
Disapproved
Option 4:
The Senator is furnished his entire individual file
without any excisions or deletions, for review at the Department
of Justice.
Comment:
Approved
× Disapproved
Distribution:
Deputy Attorney General
Solicitor General
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Thomburg Criminal Division
Mr. Pottinger, CRD
Mr. Scalia, OLC
Mr. Uhlmann, OLA
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:
ASSIST ANY PATTERNCY GENERAL.
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Department of Justice
Washington, B.C. 20530
TO:
Bill O'Connor
FROM:
Stan Pottinger
July 18, 1975
SUBJECT: July 18 memo--congressional access to
personal files maintained by the FBI
Without knowing how these files were compiled (public
sources? wiretap? confidential informant?), or what
is in them (personal matter of derogatory nature?
national security information?), or why they exist,
(I have read in newspapers that they exist, but that's
all), I would probably choose in the absence of knowing
something about these Option #1, with the understanding
that copies of releaseable information can then be
made available to the Senator according to criteria.
spelled out in the Freedom of Information Act. I
assume, however, that whoever is advising the AG
about this has actually read the files in question,
at least sufficient to know in a generic sense the
answers to the questions raised above.
Despite the fact that I am operating in a vacuum on
this, I do appreciate being consulted.
REVOLUTIC!!
BICENTENNIA
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ALL FEI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY SPRALMKP
FRANK CHURCH, IDAHOT CHAIRMAN
JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS VICE CHAIRMAAL --
PHILIP HAR MICH.
* WALTER FORO, MINN,
WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.
ROBERT MORGAN, N.C.
GARY HART, COLO.
HOWARD H. PAKER, JR., TENN.
CANRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.
CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MD.
RICHARD S, SCHWEIKER, PA,
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL
1311
111/12/1
RECEIVED
JUL 16 19/5
KVVO'C
nited States Benate
SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(PURSUANT TO 5. RES. 21, 94TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
July 16, 1975
11 12
4 5
K. William O'Connor, Esq.
Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Mr. O'Connor:
i
18'
I have received your letter of July 15 regarding
access/delivery of documents requested in the Committee's
letter of July 9, 1975. The following relates specifically
to the procedure suggested for handling documents on the
so called "Kissinger 17" surveillance, which is also applied
in your letter to materials relating to electronic sur-
veillance of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic
City in August 1964, materials relating to the electronic
surveillance of Dr. King, and possibly the û & C files.
I regard this suggested procedure as a major step
forward and a recognition that previous arrangements were
too cumbersome and time-consuming. Nevertheless, there
are certain practical problems with the procedure which may
be resolved by interpretation. For example, I assume that
application of the procedure to the Atlantic City conven-
tion matters does not foreclose the Committee from receiving
for use at its offices actual documents or portions of
documents, as well as summaries. I understand that the
FBI has no objection to providing such documents on this
matter to the Committee for use at its offices.
Therefore, in order that the procedure you suggest
may be applicable to all areas of Committee inquiry claimed
by the Department to involve particularly sensitive matters,
it should be interpreted as follows: the Committee staff
will have direct access to all files and materials at FBIHQ:
the Committee staff shall select certain documents from the
files which it deems pertinent to the Committee's inquiry
and necessary for the examination of witnesses or the es-
tablishment of certain facts during the course of the
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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
PATS JO 16/00 BY STE M
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12957/16/7
K. William O'Connor
Page 2
July 15, 1975
inquiry; the FBI shall at that time designate specific
portions of such documents which might jeopardize par-
ticularly sensitive sources or methods; with respect
to such specifically designated portions of documents,
the Committee staff will prepare appropriate excisions
or summaries of the information; the summaries will be
checked at that time with senior Bureau executives to
ensure the protection of particularly sensitive FBI
sources or methods; thereafter, the excised documents
and summaries will be removed to the Committee's offices;
the Committee staff may check back to the original documents
as extensively as necessary; staff notes on the designated
specific portions of documents will not be removed from
FBIHQ; and Committee members may, of course,
at any time
see the documents which the staff has seen.
I believe this interpretation can serve as a work-
able framework for Committee access to particularly sensitive
FBI materials. You may be assured that the Task Force shares
your concern for the need to provide special handling tech-
niques to convey or secure any particularly sensitive
information or materials, as indicated in the Outline for
Inquiry Procedures. We hope this interpretation will
‘facilitate the mutual effort by the Committee and the
Department of Justice to accomplish this purpose.
I would appreciate receiving your immediate advice
to me as to whether any further interpretation of this
matter is required. Any public discussion of these arrange-
ments and interpretations should be cast in such terms as
will not jeopardize particularly sensitive FBI sources.
Sincerely,
Jhunt Elliph
John T. Elliff
Director
Domestic Intelligence Task Force
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1778.1914
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
JUL 15 1975
Mr. John T. Elliff, Director
Domestic Intelligence Task Force
United States Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence Activities
Washington, D. C. 20510
Re: Access/Delivery of Documents Requested in Senate
Select Committee Letter of July 9, 1975
Dear Mr. Elliff:
Pursuant to our conversation of July 11, and confirming it,
the following arrangements are approved for access to materials and
delivery of materials to the Senate Select Committee staff, in addi-
tion to that which has already been made available.
All the provisions of this letter, hereinafter stated, are,
of course, subject to the agreements embodied in the Outline for
Inquiry Procedures referenced in the Committee's letter of June 27,
1975. Particular reference will periodically be made to the second
sentence of paragraph B, page 2, of that document which specifies:
"
...The agency will also specifically indicate any
of such materials which are extraordinarly sensi-
tive in order to facilitate the mutual effort by
the Committee and the agencies to provide special
handling techniques to convey or secure any parti-
cularly sensitive information or materials as
appropriate..."
Special handling techniques in addition to those indicated
herein may be required in order to protect the security of sensitive
materials covered herein.
CC: Read Moring
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE OO
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Please refer to the attachments to the July 9, letter:
Page 3, Paragraph 2, Subsection A. All of the FBI files on
the so called "Kissinger 17" surveillance will be made available to
you and specific appropriately cleared staff in Room 4171 of the
Hoover Building. These documents may be reviewed and studied there,
and you and such staff may take such notes as you deem appropriate;
we have agreed that the notes are to be left in the secure room of
the Hoover Building during your study. When your study is completed,
you may prepare a summary of the information which you consider to be
appropriate for Committee use. The summary must be checked with
senior Bureau executives to ensure the protection of national security
matters, protection of confidential sources of information, and
observation of privacy considerations. Thereafter, the approved
summary may be removed to the Committee's office and all the staff
notes will be destroyed. You may check the summary back to the
original documents as extensively as necessary, in Room 4171.
Page 3, Paragraph 2, Subsection B. Materials have already
been transmitted regarding the Kraft matter and the agreement between
his attorney and the Attorney General. When you have reviewed those
materials, and have contacted Mr. Kraft's attorney, should you deem
that appropriate, I understand you will contact me if further infor-
mation is requested.
Page 5, Paragraph 3, A & B. As you may know, representatives
of the King family, including Mr. Harry H. Wachtel, attorney, have
formally expressed to the Department a special concern regarding any
public disclosure of any derogatory information regarding Dr. King
which may be contained in Bureau files. Subject to your reaching
an agreement with such representatives of the King family, and the
acceptance by the Department of such a written agreement, all of the
materials related to the electronic surveillance of Dr. King, in the
custody of the FBI, will be made available to you and specific appro-
priately cleared staff under the same conditions and with the same
agreements as specified above with regard to the "Kissinger 17"
surveillance.
Page 6, Paragraph 4. Those materials in the custody of the
FBI which reflect and relate to electronic surveillance of the
Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City in August 1964,
will be provided under the same conditions as articulated above
with regard to the "Kissinger 17" surveillance.
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Page 9, Paragraph C. A summary of procedures for mail covers
has been provided by my recent letter to you. In addition to that,
a statistical summary of mail covers on closed matters will be made
available to you in Room 4171, together with access to the underlying
documentation requesting the individual mail covers.
Documentation relating to the opening of mail will be withheld
at present, due to ongoing investigations.
After your review of the mail cover summaries and any under-
lying documents you wish to review, we will discuss any further access
which you may request to mail cover information.
Page 10, Paragraph E. I understand and accept your explanation
that the word "implementation" in line 2 of paragraph E(1) does not
seek access to the "raw" files of COINTELPRO programs. All of the
memoranda originating the several COINTELPRO programs will be made
available to you and specific appropriately cleared staff for review
in Room 4171.
We will furnish to you, for your study at Senate Select.
Committee offices, a complete set of the excised exhibits A-E to
the Petersen Report; as previously agreed, your staff may have
access to any unexcised pages of Exhibits A-E which you may wish to
see, and which will be maintained at Room 4171. The back up materials
underlying any particular summary in A-E will be extracted from the
"raw" files upon your request and made available to you for your
study in Room 4171. General access to the "raw" files is not
required, as I understand it, for your purposes under this agreement.
General disclosure of information derived from documents other than
the excised pages of Exhibits A-E will be made available subject to
limitations to be determined, dependent upon the sensitivity of such
information, in conference with appropriate Bureau officials and in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph B of the Outline for
Inquiry Procedures, to protect the considerations outlined above:
Page 14, Item I. This will confirm your understanding that
certain Huston Plan documents prepared by the Bureau in response to
your request under this heading have been delivered to the White
House for "third agency clearance". This statement formally confirms
my previous discussions with you of this fact when we met with
Mr. Schwarz and Mr. Smothers on July 2. Be advised that the docu-
ments which have been transmitted to the White House for clearance
will be forwarded to you, or made available for access, if appropriate,
upon our receipt of the White House directions.
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Page 16, Paragraph J. This will confirm our understanding that
on July 14, there will be available for your review in Room 4171, a
160 page summary document reflecting an analysis of the 0 & C files.
After you have reviewed that analysis, I will discuss with you
an appropriate further step with regard to the 0 & C files if such is
indicated; such an agreement would be generally similar in terms to
the foregoing arrangements.
I trust that this letter accurately reflects our understanding
as reached in our discussion on July 11. If it does not, your imme-
diate advice to me of any particulars in which we disagree in our
understanding will be appreciated. In the meantime, I have furnished
a copy of this letter to the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney
General and have requested the Bureau's cooperation in promptly making
available the information indicated.
I would appreciate meeting with you and Mr. Schwarz and
Mr. Smothers around July 18, for the purpose of discussing any
problems which you may have identified and to clarify any out-
standing documentary request which you may have, and to agree upon
an appropriate schedule. Since we have received several additional
requests from you, since the July 9, letter was delivered, it would
seem appropriate to re-analyze your requirements in light of the
agreements reached on July 11, reflected herein.
Sincerely,
We of
K. WILLIAM O'COMMOR
Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination
CC:
Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General
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TO
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
JULY 1973 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.0
UNITED STATES EDVEMENT
Memorandum
The Deputy Attorney General
Attn: K. William O'Connor
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In response to your memorandum dated July 18, 1975,
captioned as above, we observe that the substantial negotiations"
which produced the proposed procedures did not include participation
by a representative of the FBI and that the request for our views
concerning disclosure of highly sensitive FBI material was first
received at 11:14 a.m. today with a reply expected by 2:00 p.m.
today. We'respectfully suggest that not only should you afford greater
opportunity for an expression of our views on this matter, but that
any such proposed procedures should be presented to the President's
Counsel for concurrence and for an expression of the President's views
as to the general policy of the Executive Branch in this regard. Further,
you may want to consider addressing the problem of the impact such-
general disclosure of files would have on pending criminal investigations.
A preliminary review in the time available revealed that.
certain items require considerable modification. For example, Item (3)(c)
should be reconsidered with the following language:
"An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for information
that would tend to identify sources to whom the FBI has
an obligation of confidentiality as to which no access
will be furnished unless the identity already has been made
known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney General,
the Chairman and the Vice Chairman jointly agree on the
limited disclosure of such identity to the Chairman and the
Vice Chairman."
13.
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RECEIVED
JUL 18 1975
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The Deputy Attorney General
Item (6)(b) should be reconsidered with the following language:
"If the Task Force Leader has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases; the FBI will furnish a..
written statement of the grounds for its position to
the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter by
negotiation within 24 hours.".
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Item (8) should be reconsidered with the following language:
"The Staff and the Members of the Committee may examine
the original materials to which the Staff is given access.
as extensively as necessary between the hours of 8:00 a. m.
and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the FBI J. Edgar
Hoover Building at Room 4171."
In light of the difficulties described, it is my strong
recommendation that such procedures should not be hastily agreed upon
with the Committee and that full discussion should be had concerning this
matter by representatives of the FBI, the Attorney General, the Committee..
and the Counsel to the President.
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ALL TBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
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SUBJECT: Proposed Procedures for Access to Department of Justice Files
Attached hereto is a sequence of proposed procedures which
are being considered by the Attorney General for dealing with the
Senate Select Committee, in regard to its desire for access to
materials in the Departmental/FBI files.
This document is the result of substantial negotiations; it
represents what we understand to be the ultimate scope of access
desired by the Senate Select Committee.
i
The Attorney General wishes to be advised this afternoon of
the views of the addressees; accordingly, he has asked that each of
you call me before 2:00 p.m., and advise me of your general approval,
disapproval, or view. Please excuse the urgency of the requested
response; it is necessary to react on a very short fuse because of
the extreme pressures which have been generated in this matter.
Please call me on 739-5211, by the time indicated above. Your
cooperation is appreciated.
Distribution:
Deputy Attorney General
Solicitor General
Director, FBI
Mr. Thornburg, Criminal Division
Mr. Pottinger, CRD
Mr. Scalia, OLC
Mr. Uhlmann, OLA
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PROPOSED PROCEDURES
:
(1) The Domestic Task Force Leader will submit periodically a list
of materials to which the Committee staff wishes access or of which
the Committee desires delivery. The first such list will be delivered
to the Department of Justice within 48 hours of the adoption of this
procedure, and will summarize and supersede all the presently outstanding
requests; this list will be in priority order, as fixed by the Committee,
with fixed delivery/access dates specified. Those materials for which
the Committee requests delivery or access shall be delivered to the
Committee or made accessible in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building not
later than within 48 hours of the date specified. The Committee
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be informed by the Attorney General,
within 24 hours of receipt of the request, of any delay beyond 48
hours, the expected length of the delay, and the specific reasons for
the delay. Partial access or delivery shall be proffered, by the
Bureau of/to any materials requested, while the balance of such
materials are being prepared. A partial proffer shall not extend
the time of full response set forth herein.
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(3) The Department will furnish access at the Hoover Building in
Room 4171 to those materials requested:
(a) only to the members of the Committee, where it is deter-
mined by the Attorney General that the materials involve peculiarly
sensitive foreign intelligence sources and ongoing operations.
(b) In all other cases, to the appropriately cleared staff
who will have access to all of the materials.
potential infy
(c) An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for the names
of so-called "live" informants or potential informants as defined
in the FBI Manual of Instructions as to which no access will be
furnished unless the identity of the individual as an informant e
has already been made known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney
General, the Chairman and Vice Chairman, jointly agree on the limited
disclosure of such names to the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
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(4) Those materials to which the staff has access may be reviewed and
studied in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building and such notes may be
taken as deemed appropriate by the Staff.
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(5) The Committee staff shall select from these materials to which
access is herein provided, those materials which it deems pertinent
to the Committee's inquiries and necessary for delivery to the
Committee's offices.
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(6) The Bureau shall make copies of such materials as are specified
by the staff under the provisions of (5) above for transfer to the
Committee's offices.
(a) before the copies of such materials are taken to the
Committee's offices, the Eureau shall, within 24 hours of the
selection, make appropriate excisions and paraphrases of infor-
mation which might, if inadvertently disclosed, endanger sensitive
FBI sources and ongoing operations.
(b) If the Task Force Leader has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the materials will be forthwith conveyed
by the Bureau, with a written statement of its grounds for its
position, to the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter
within 24 hours.
(c) In the event the matier is not resolved within 24 hours,
the Special Counsel shall submit the matter forthwith to the Attorney
General who shall notify the Chairman forthwith and arrange for an
appropriate disposition.
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(7) The Committee staff may remove to the Office of SSC for appropriate
use, any notes which they may make upon review of screened material
without such notes being reviewed by the Bureau. The Committee staff
may remove notes on unscreened materials only is such notes are reviewed
and cleared by the Bureau under the provisions of (6) (á) thru (c) above.
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(8) The staff and the members of the Committee may examine the
original materials to which the staff has been given access as
extensively as necessary, in the Hoover Building at Room 4171.
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(9) Where accepted by Attorney General and the Committee, these
procedures may be modified only by their joint decision.
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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
TO: Edward H. Levi.
Attorney General
FROM:
K. William O'Connor
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Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
JUL 18 197
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN SINCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/16/00 BY ZAMKR.
SUBJECT: Synopsis of Responses to Request for Comments
on Proposed Procedures
•
The Deputy Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs.
and Civil Rights Division register no objections to the proposed
procedures on access. OLA suggests inclusion of a preamble referencing
security agreements and the need for proper security assurances from
the Committee to the Attorney General.
2. Both the Criminal Division and Office of Legal Counsel
address the short response time frames imposed upon the Attorney..
General, and OLC suggests certain language changes for purposes of
clarity and focus.
3. The Attorney General is troubled by. Item 9 and its need
for modification as to categories of material not treatable by these
proposed procedures or as to a later discovered need to make presently
unanticipated changes to effect a smoother operation of the procedures.
4. The Bureau's comments on the proposed procedures are
attached and should be read. This Office does not agree with the
Bureau that the proposed procedures should be presented to the
President and the President's Counsel.
5. No response has been received from the Solicitor General.
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6. This Office recommends that Item 9 be modified as suggested
by the Attorney General and that the language modifications suggested
by OLC for Items 3 and 6 be adopted.
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7. It is further suggested that the Attorney General. convene
a mesting of the senior Bureau officials for the purpose of informing
them of his policy decision in this matter.
Copies to:
Deputy Attorney Gerieral
Solicitor General
Director, FBI,
Mr. Thornburg, Criminal Division
Mr. Pottinger, CRD
Mr. Scalia, OLC
Mr. Uhlmann, OLA.
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My view is that item 9 goes too far in that there must be some
'provision which allows the Department or the Committee to
· abrogate the arrangement. I should think the agreement could provice
that at any time the Chairman of the Committee or the Attorney
General could give a notification that the (1) agreement was
not suitable for a particular category of material or(9) that for
some reason the agreement was not operating suitably and that as to
either one or two there would then be an endeavor to work out
a suitable modification or different arrangement (but I think
it has to be said that the arrangement can be cancelled by eitherb
party }
OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
7/18/75
To:
Bill O'Connor
¨From: Doug Marvin
Attached is the Attorney General's
comment on the procedures for
dealing with the Senate Select
Committee
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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAR
JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN
PHILIP A. HART, MICH.
WALTER KARANIČE, MINN.
WALTER D. LESTON, KY.
ROBERT MORGAN, N.C.
GARY HART, COLO.
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TEMN.
BARRY GOLDWATER, APIZ.
CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR
RICHARD S. SCHWERKER, PA
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK A. D. SCHWARZ, SR., CHIẾT SUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL,
Wnited States rate
SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 94TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
July 18, 1975
Proposed prepidum
The Honorable Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
U. S. Department of Justice.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
Daly
On behalf of the Select Committee, we wish to
express our appreciation to you for meeting with us on
Wednesday afternoon. We recognize the need for the Com-
mittee to have a complete understanding of the concerns
of the Department of Justice so that our inquiry can
proceed in the most responsible manner. Our meeting
was extremely valuable in that respect, and you may be
sure that we have given full consideration to your
views.
The Committee has been informed that Mr. John
T. Elliff, leader of the Domestic Intelligence Task
Force, and members of his staff met yesterday with Mr.
K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel for Intelligence
coordination, and members of his staff to agree upon
procedures for delivery of and access to FBI materials
requested by the Committee. The proposed procedures
which resulted from that meeting are satisfactory to
the Committee.
We are pleased that your staff was able to meet
promptly with our representatives and that they reached
agreement without delay. The Committee expects that the
proposed procedures will, if implemented, expedite its
work during the coming weeks. As you know, one of our
major concerns was that all of the problems with the
Committee's outstanding requests for materials
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be resolved before the August recess so that the staff
can fully prepare the materials for our use when we
return. We believe the procedures are an appropriate
and practical accommodation of our mutual interests.
Indeed, we have instructed our staff to make every effort
to accomplish the work of the Committee within this
framework.
The prompt resolution of this matter demon-
strates a spirit of cooperation which we hope will
prevail in all our future relations. The Committee looks
forward to working with you personally on issues of common
concern during the months ahead.
Sincerely yours,
Frank Church
Chairman
John Tower
Vice Chairman
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or the Senior Staff
(1) The Domestic Task Force Leader/will submit periodically a list
of materials to which the Committee staff wishes access or of which
the Committee desires delivery. The first such list will be. delivered
to the Department of Justice within 48 hours of the adoption of this
procedure, and will summarize and supersede all the presently outstanding
requests; this list will be in priority order, as fixed by the Committee,
with fixed delivery/access dates specified. Those materials for which
the Committee requests delivery or access shall be delivered to the
Committee or made accessible in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building not
later than within 48 hours of the date specified. The Committee
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be informed by the Attorney General,
within 24 hours of receipt of the request, of any delay beyond 48
hours, the expected length of the delay, and the specific reasons for
the delay. Partial access or delivery shall be proffered, by the
Bureau of/to any materials requested, while the balance of such
materials are being prepared. A partial proffer shall not extend
the time of full response set forth herein.
(2) The following procedures shall apply (a) where delivery of
materials requested might jeopardize FBI sensitive sources or
ongoing operations, or (b) where the Domestic Task Force Leader or the
requests access to materials, rather than delivery of
materials to the Committee.
(3) The Department will furnish access at the Hoover Building in
Room 4171 to those materials requested:
(a) only to the members of the Committee, where it is deter-
mined by the Attorney General that the materials involve peculiarly
sensitive foreign intelligence sources and ongoing operations.
(b) In all other cases, to the appropriately cleared staff
who will have access to all of the materials.
Senicr
Staff
(c) An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for the names
of so-called "live" informants or potential informants as defined
in the FBI Manual of Instructions as to which no access will be
furnished unless the identity of the individual as an informant or potential
has already been made known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney
General, the Chairman and Vice Chairman, jointly agree on the limited
disclosure of such names to the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
informant
RECEIVED
JUL 18 1975
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(4) Those materials to which the staff has access may be reviewed and
studied in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building and such notes may be
taken as deemed appropriate by the Staff.
(5) The Committee staff shall select from these materials to which
access is herein provided, those materials which it deems pertinent
to the Committee's inquiries and necessary for delivery to the
Committee's offices.
(6) The Bureau shall make copies of such materials as are specified
by the staff under the provisions of (5) above for transfer to the
Committee's offices
(a) before the copies of such materials are taken to the
Committee's offices, the Bureau shall, within 24 hours of the
selection, make appropriate excisions and paraphrases of infor-
mation which might, if inadvertently disclosed, endanger sensitive
FBI sources and ongoing operations.
or the Senior Staff
(b) If the Task Force Leader/has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the materials will be forthwith conveyed
by the Bureau, with a written statement of its grounds for its
position, to the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter
within 24 hours.
(c) In the event the matter is not resolved within 24 hours,
the Special Counsel shall submit the matter forthwith to the Attorney
General who shall notify the Chairman forthwith and arrange for an
appropriate disposition.
(7) The Committee staff may remove to the Office of SSC for appropriate
use, any notes which they may make upon review of screened material
without such notes being reviewed by the Bureau. The Committee staff
may remove notes on unscreened materials only is such notes are reviewed
and cleared by the Bureau under the provisions of (6) (a) thru (c) above.
(8) The staff and the members of the Committee may examine the
original materials to which the staff has been given access as
extensively as necessary, in the Hoover Building at Room 4171.
(9) Where accepted by Attorney General and the Committee, these
procedures may be modified only by their joint decision.
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COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
1. . No problem with this procedure, but feels that the time limits
are too tight
2. No central policy objection
Suggest incorporate a preamble phrase that makes reference
to security agreements; a specific means for assurance to the
AG by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of proper security - .
measures
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Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Counsel
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
1. 48 hour lead time is very short and may create problems; 24 hour
reaction time may be unreasonable for Attorney General.
2.
The provision seems a little odd, out of context of negotiations.
Å3. Suggest that in 3(a), last line, word and should be or, and
"peculiarly sensitive" read to modify both foreign intelligence
sources and ongoing operations.
4. No comment
5. No comment
6. Time frames are very restrictive; there should be a stated
opportunity for TFL to work out any objections with FBI, before
raising to Special Counsel "...if the issue is not promptly
resolved between the TFL and the FBI, the materials in issue
will be conveyed..."
7. Define "screened" by reference to 6(a) above
8. No comment
9. No comment
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Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Division
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
Views of Thornburg and Kevin Maroney
I.
Time frames a bit skimpy
2. looks as though we're giving up a lot, but that's
probably what's required
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Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROCEDURES
No objection to proposed procedures on access
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OFFICE OF THE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY ENERAL
TO: Director, FBI
FROM: Bill O'Connor
ATTN: James Adams
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The Deputy Attorney General
Attn: K. William O'Connor
Director, FH
EX 104 REC-56 6.2 -116375
Assoc. Dir.
Dep. AD Adm.
Dep. AD Inv.
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
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Ext. Affairs
Files & Com.
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PROPOSEĽA PROCEDURES FOR ACCESS
TO LEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES
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1 Mr. Daly
In response to your memorandum dated July 18, 1975,
captioned as above, we observe that the "substantial negotiations"
which produced the proposed procedures did not include participation
by a representative of the FBI and that the request for our views
concerning disclosure of highly sensitive FE material was first
received at 11:14 a.m. today with a reply expected by 2:00 p.m.
today. We respectfully suggest that not only should you afford greater
opportunity for an expression of our views on this matter, but that
any such proposed procedures should be presented to the President's
Counsel for concurrence and for an expression of the President's views
as to the general policy of the Executive Branch in this regard. Further,
you may want to consider addressing the problem of the impact such
general disclosure of files would have on pending criminal investigations.
A preliminary review in the time available revealed that
certain items require considerable modification. For example, Item (8)(c)
should be reconsidered with the following language:
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"An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for information
that would tend to identify sources to whom the FEI has
and obligation of confidentiality as to which no access
will be furnished unless the identity already has been made
known to the Committee, or unless the Attorney General,
the Chairman and the Vice Chairman jointly agree on the
limited disclosure of such identity to the Chairman and the
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Item (6)(b) should be reconsidered with the following language:
"If the Task Force Leader has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the FE will furnish a
written statement of the grounds for its position to
the Special Counsel who shalt resolve the matter by
negotiation within 24 hours."
Item (8) should be reconsidered with the following language:
"The Staff and the Members of the Committee may examine
the original materials to which the staff is given access
as extensively as necessary between the hours of 8:00 a. m.
and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the FE J. Edgar
Hoover Building at Room 4171. "
In light of the difficulties described, it is my strang
recommendation that such procedures should not be hastily agreed upon
with the Committee and that full discussion should be had concerning this
matter by representatives of the FMI, the Attorney General, the Committee
and the Counsel to the President.
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AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, DC. 20530
JUL 18 1975
TO:
See Distribution
FROM:
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K. William O'Connor
Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
ALL FET INFORMATION CONTAINED
FISKEIN WINCLASSORTED
DATA1013/00 BY 5:2ALMYP
SUBJECT: Proposed Procedures for Access to Department of Justice Files
Attached hereto is a sequence of proposed procedures which
are being considered by the Attorney General for dealing with the
Senate Select Committee, in regard to its desire for access to
materials in the Departmental/FBI files.
This document is the result of substantial negotiations; it
represents what we understand to be the ultimate scope of access
desired by the Senate Select Committee.
The Attorney General wishes to be advised this afternoon of
the views of the addressees; accordingly, he has asked that each of
you call me before 2:00 p.m., and advise me of your general approval,
disapproval, or view. Please excuse the urgency of the requested
response; it is necessary to react on a very short fuse because of
the extreme pressures which have been generated in this matter.
Please call me on 739-5211, by the time indicated above. Your
cooperation is appreciated.
ENCLOSURE
Distribution:
Deputy Attorney General
Solicitor General
✓ Director, FBI
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EX 104
Mr. Thornburg, Criminal Division
Mr. Pottinger, CRD
Mr. Scalia, OLC
Mr. Uhlmann, OLA
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PROPOSED PROCEDURES
(1) The Domestic Task Force Leader will submit periodically a list
of materials to which the Committee staff wishes access or of which
the Committee desires delivery. The first such list will be delivered
to the Department of Justice within 48 hours of the adoption of this
procedure, and will summarize and supersede all the presently outstanding
requests; this list will be in priority order, as fixed by the Committee,
with fixed delivery/access dates specified. Those materials for which
the Committee requests delivery or access shall be delivered to the
Committee or made accessible in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building not
later than within 48 hours of the date specified. The Committee
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be informed by the Attorney General,
within 24 hours of receipt of the request, of any delay beyond ‍48
hours, the expected length of the delay, and the specific reasons for
the delay. Partial access or delivery shall be proffered, by the
Bureau of/to any materials requested, while the balance of such
materials are being prepared. A partial proffer shall not extend
the time of full response set forth herein.
ALL FEI INFORMATION CONTAINED
ECHCHAN BANCLASSIFED
DATE 10/13/00 BY SPRAWY KP
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(3) The Department will furnish access at the Hoover Building in
Room 4171 to those materials requested:
(a) only to the members of the Committee, where it is deter-
mined by the Attorney General that the materials involve peculiarly
sensitive foreign intelligence sources and ongoing operations.
(b) In all other cases, to the appropriately cleared staff
who will have access to all of the materials.
(c) An exception to (a) and (b) above is made for the names
of so-called "live" informants or potential informants as defined
in the FBI Manual of Instructions as to which no access will be
furnished unless the identity of the individual as an informant or potential inform
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disclosure of such names to the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
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studied in Room 4171 of the Hoover Building and such notes may be
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(5) The Committee staff shall select from these materials to which
access is herein provided, those materials which it deems pertinent
to the Committee's inquiries and necessary for delivery to the
Committee's offices.
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(6) The Bureau shall make copies of such materials as are specified
by the staff under the provisions of (5) above for transfer to the
Committee's offices
(a) before the copies of such materials are taken to the
Committee's offices, the Bureau shall, within 24 hours of the
selection, make appropriate excisions and paraphrases of infor-
mation which might, if inadvertently disclosed, endanger sensitive
: FBI sources and ongoing operations.
(b) If the Task Force Leader has any objections to the
excisions or paraphrases, the materials will be forthwith conveỹed
by the Bureau, with a written statement of its grounds for its
position, to the Special Counsel who shall resolve the matter
within 24 hours.
(c) In the event the matter is not resolved within 24 hours,
the Special Counsel shall submit the matter forthwith to the Attorney
General who shall notify the Chairman forthwith and arrange for an
appropriate disposition.
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(7) The Committee staff may remove to the Office of SSC for appropriate
use, any notes which they may make upon review of screened material
without such notes being reviewed by the Bureau. The Committee staff
may remove notes on unscreened materials only is such notes are reviewed
and cleared by the Bureau under the provisions of (6) (ȧ) thru (c) above.
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(9) Where accepted by Attorney General and the Committee, these
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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
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DATE 10/15/00 BY SPRAUMKOP
Enclosed for your information are two copies each of
two memoranda concerning interviews by a Staff Member of captioned
Committee of two FBI Special Agents. One set of these memoranda
is for forwarding to Mr. James A. Wilderotter, Associate Counsel
to the President.
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Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.
Special Counsel for
Intelligence Coordination
Assoc. Dir.
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LHMs being furnished to the Attorney General were DEN
received by airtels from Los Angeles 8/15/75 (Ward interview),
and 8/7/75 (Bloeser interview), both in connection with Senstudy 75.
Copies of the airtels and the LHMs will be designated for the
respective personnel files of the personnel who were interviewed.
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File No.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Los Angeles, California
August 7, 1975
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/13/00 BY SP2ALMER
U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) ;
INTERVIEW OF SUPERVISOR RICHARD H. BLOESER
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
REVOLUTION
On August 5, 1975, Supervisor Richard H. Bloeser
was interviewed by SSC Staff Member Lester Seidel at the
Los Angeles FBI Office regarding the COINTELPRO/Black Panther
Party (BPP).
Mr. Seidel advised Supervisor Bloeser that the
interview was voluntary, but did not advise Supervisor
Bloeser of his rights in this matter.
Mr. Seidel inquired of Supervisor Bloeser as to
how many offices he had served in, his length of service in
the Bureau, and how long had been spent on intelligence
investigations. Supervisor Bloeser replied that he had
served in Philadelphia, El Paso and Los Angeles, had been
in the Bureau approximately 24-years, and had been assigned
to intelligence work for 22 years.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether Supervisor Bloeser
believed that the Bureau had placed undue pressure on the
field to come up with counter intelligence proposals concerning
the BPP and was it difficult to come up with a proposal.
Supervisor Bloeser responded that there was no undue pressure
placed on the field by the Bureau, that the COINTELPRO/BPP
was merely another case assigned to an agent and that agent,
as in any other case, had the responsibility of handling the
matter whether it concemed the solving of a case or the
submission of proposals. Mr. Seidel was also informed that
it was not unduly difficult to come up with a proposal and that
a number of proposals were rejected at the field level and
never submitted to the Bureau.
Mr. Seidel inquired specifically as to counter
intelligence proposals involving cartoons ridiculing the BPP.
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions
of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed
outside your agency.
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BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Supervisor Bloeser responded that he vaguely remembered such
proposals but without reviewing the file had no definite
recollection. Mr. Seidel did not request that the file be
reviewed.
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Mr. Seidel inquired specifically about a business
card which allegedly had been prepared by the Bureau bearing
the phrase "Karenga is impotent.' Mr. Seidel requested
Supervisor Bloeser's views on the distribution of this card
by the FBI. Supervisor Bloeser responded that he vaguely
remembered the card, that he thought it was humorous, and
that the word impotent had various meanings.
Mr. Seidel then inquired about the blood feud
which existed in the past between the US Organization and
the BPP and the efforts of the Bureau to keep this feud.
alive and thus promote violence. He specifically inquired
as to the personal feelings of Supervisor Bloeser concerning`
any counter intelligence proposals which, if placed in
operation, could lead to violence between the two groups.
Supervisor Bloeser responded first that personally'
he had no apologies for the counter intelligence program as
a whole, that proposals submitted six or seven years ago.
were believed necessary at that time due to the circumstances
specifically that at that time the EPF and the US Organization
were involved in violent activity against the community as a
whole. Mr. Seidel was informed that the feud between the US
Organization and the BPP occurred long before the FBI
COINTELPRO became involved in the feud and that any proposals
approved by the Bureau had relatively little effect on the
violence committed by either group. Mr. Seidel was also
reminded that six or seven years ago the Congress of the
United States fully supported the war in Vietnam in which
thousands of people were killed, but that under today's
circumstances no support has been given to South Vietnam.
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U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE -ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC);
INTERVIEW OF SUPERVISOR RICHARD H. BLOESER
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
Mr. Seidel then posed a hypothetical question
involving the following factors: Would Supervisor Bloeser
now or in the past approve a counter intelligence proposal
whereby one extremist with a criminal record of violence
be anonymously informed that another extremist with a
record of criminal violence was an informant for the FBI,
knowing that the alleged informant`might be injured or
killed. Supervisor Bloeser replied that under the present
conditions such a proposal would not be approved, but
that he could not give an answer as to what his feelings
might have been six or seven years ago under any given
situation. Mr. Seidel was again reminded that Congress
in the past has not hesitated to support wars which kill
thousands of people but that recently they have critizedcized
the CIA for allegedly plotting to assassinate one individual
whose death might prevent a war. Mr. Seidel was also informed
that it was ironic that Congress was investigating another
agency of the Federal Government which was attempting to
prevent revolutionary violence in this country.
Mr. Seidel then inquired into the counter
intelligence proposals approved by the Bureau in relation
to the actress Jean Seberg and Raymond Hewitt, a leader
of the BPP. This proposal concerned the fact that Seberg,
who was then married to a French producer, admitted being
pregnant by Hewitt who was also married at the time. The
Bureau approved anonymously beaking this information to a
Hollywood columnist. Mr. Seidel inquired as to whether
Supervisor Bloeser did or did not believe that this was an
invasion of privacy. Supervisor Bloeser responded that the
item was news_worthy and that it would have been any fair game
for any newsmen had they come across it in the course of their
business which they could have probably easily done, and that
ed
certainly Congress would not have critized a newspaper for
printing such an item or claim it to be an invasion of privacy.
Mr. Seidel inquired as to the purpose of this particular
operation and he was informed that Miss Seberg was giving
support to the BPP and that it was hoped that such publicity
would prevent any future support by her of the BPP.
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INTERVIEW OF SUPERVISOR RICHARD H. BLOESER
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
He was further advised that it was the responsibility of the
FBI to determine who was funding revolutionary groups in this
Country.
Mr. Seidel then inquired as to whether or not it
was difficult to conduct intelligence investigations under
present statutes and under the Criminal Rules of Procedure.
He was informed that it was somewhat difficult to conduct an
effective intelligence operation under present circumstances
and that perhaps new legislative or executive orders would be
helpful to the FBI in order to allow the FBI to continue its
investigations in the Domestic Intelligence field. Mr. Seidel
inquired as to whether it would be helpful to have specific
legislation which might completely separate criminal and
itelligence operations so one would not taint the other
He was informed that if such legislation could be enacted
that it would undoubtedly help the FBI.
The interview lasted approximately two hours and
it was not necessary to consult with another Bureau
representative during this time.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Los Angeles, California
August 15, 1975
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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED.
DATE 10/13/00 BY SP2MMIGR
U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC);
INTERVIEW OF SA WALLACE E. WARD
BY SSC STAFF MEMBER
REVOLUTION
On August 5, 1975, Special Agent (SA) Wallace E.
Ward was interviewed by SSC Staff Member Lester Seidel at
Los Angeles Field Office regarding Cointelpro/Black
Panther Party.
The interview lasted from 9:12 a.m. to
9:22 a.m.
SA Ward was advised by Mr. Seidel that the
interview was voluntary but SA Ward was not advised of
his rights in this matter.
Seidel asked how long SA Ward had been a
Special Agent with the FBI, and SA Ward responded nine
years. He further requested previous offices SA Ward
had been assigned to, and SA Ward responded Cincinnati,
Ohio. Seidel advised the Bureau informed him that SA
Ward had been assigned Cointelpro/Black Panther Party
in June 1969. Seidel requested to know what work SA
Ward had been assigned before this, to which SA Ward
responded he could not remember, but believed general
criminal work.
Seidel requested to know what specific
instructions were issued with regard to operating
Cointelpro/Black Panther Party. SA Ward advised
that due to his employment agreement, the sensitive
nature of the Bureau work, and the possible overlap
of Bureau investigation, he did not feel he could
respond to any further questions. Seidel advised he
understood SA Ward's position as he, Seidel, had
worked criminal matters himself and knew the need
for secrecy.
The official interview was terminated
at this point.
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In a friendly conversation that followed
for approximately ten to fifteen minutes, SA Ward
advised Seidel that he had only been assigned the
Cointelpro/Black Panther Party matter for three
months and had no knowledge that would be of value
to Seidel. The Cointelpro/Black Panther Party matter
was not further discussed. The rest of the time was
involved in discussing points of interest in the Los
Angeles basin of tourist value, such as Marineland,
Palos Verdes, and Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.
SA Ward advises that he is aware that the
Director waived his employment agreement with certain
exceptions regarding privileged areas. With this in
mind, SA Ward reviewed his employment agreement and
concluded, after noting the following quotation, that
he could not disclose any information without following
the prescribed procedure:
"The burden is on me to determine, prior to
disclosure, whether information may be disclosed, and
in this regard, I agree to request approval of the
Director of the FBI in each such instance by presenting
the full text of my proposed disclosure in writing to
the Director of the FBI at least thirty (30) days prior
to disclosure".
With this in mind, SA Ward answered Mr.
Seidel as noted heretofore.
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the
FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents
are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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Date the abstract and put on any internal control numbers required.
"FROM" entry should clearly identify the organization providing the
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matters if appropriate. Any feedback or evidence of investigatory interests
should be noted. Commitments made to supply additional information should be
noted. Additionally, certain administrative information may be entered here,
e.g., restrictions on review of a document, if document was paraphrased, whether
interviewee is current or former employee, etc. If actual document or transcript
is provided, that fact should be noted and no summary is required. Additional
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Lester B. Seidel, Senate Select Committee Staff
Member, requested on 8/19/75 that SA Richard H. Ross be
made available for Staff interview concerning the Bureau's
investigation of the Black Panther Party and COINTELPRO as
it applies to the Black Panther Party. Seidel stated that
he would prefer handling this particular interview in con-
junction with his interview of SA Richard W. Held. He
requested he be advised when the appropriate clearance pro-
cedures have been completed and SA Ross is available for
interview. SA Ross is currently assigned to the Intelligence
Division. SA Held was previously cleared for interview by
memorandum dated 8/1/75.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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(1) That SA Ross be released from existing employ-
ment agreement for purposes of an interview concerning the
Bureau's investigation of the Black Panther Party and COINTELPRO
as it relates to the Black Panther Party.
(2) That an Intelligence Division representative
be available but not present during the interview of SA Ross
to assist in making a determination whether a question may
be properly responded to.
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Right to Counsel
(1) You have the right to counsel during interview
and/or testimony.
(2) The FBI cannot provide you with private counsel.
(3) If you are unable to secure private counsel, you
may so state and request assistance in securing counsel.
Secrecy Agreements
(1)
You must request a waiver by the Director, FBI
of any applicable employment or secrecy agreement prior to
interview or testimony in order that you may be authorized to
furnish the information requested.
(2) If your testimony is pursuant to a subpoena,
order, or other demand, you must obtain the approval of the
Department of Justice prior to furnishing testimony.
Representative from FBI
(1) A representative from the FBI will be available
during interview and/or testimony for consultation.
(2) The FBI is concerned with possible impairment of
FBI's current and future efforts to discharge its reponsibilities.
.(3) You are not to discuss the following matters with-
out prior authorization from the FBI"
A. Information provided by sources (or any other
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information), which might tend to identify
a confidential source.
Information concerning sensitive investi-
gative techniques.
Information derived from other Government
agencies, including information from
foreign intelligence sources..
Any information the disclosure of which
could adversely affect ongoing investigations.
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AUG 20 1975
TO:
John A. Mintzy Assistant Director
Legal Counsel Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FROM: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.
Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
SUBJECT: Seymor Phillips
Sinatray.
The attached letter is self-explanatory and, though mentioning
no name, concerns Seymor Phillips.
On Friday, August 15, 1975, I orally advised Messrs. Callahan
and Wannall that the Deputy Attorney General thought that Senator
Church's letter had some merit and that for the sake of appearances
it was the Deputy's suggestion that Mr. Phillips be removed from
such conspicuous and open involvement with the SSC's requests and
agent interviews as they may relate to Martin Luther King matters.
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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
File
DATE 10/17/00 BY SPIRALMICP
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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN
JOHN G. TONER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN
PHILIP A. HART, CH.
WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.
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WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY,
ROBERT MORGAN, N.C.
GARY HART, COLO.
HCWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN.
BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.
CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., MD.
RICHARD 5. SCHWEIKER, PA.
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL
Vlnited States Senate
SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 24TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
August 14, 1975
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Honorable Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
U. S. Department of Justice
Washington, D. C. 20530
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DATE 10/17/00 BY SPRAUMJGP
I am writing to call your attention to a mat-
ter which may be a cause of concern to you and to the
Select Committee at some time in the future.
As you may know, a special unit has been estab-
lished in the TDI Intelligence Division to handle this
Committee's requests for materials and to handle certain
arrangements for the Committee staff's interviews. The
Special Agents assigned to this unit accompany Bureau
witnesses to the Committee offices, travel to out-of-town
locations where Committee staff interviews are conducted,
and apparently "de-brief" interview subjects after the
interviews.
One possible problem has arisen with this arrange-
ment. As you are aware, one of the alleged abuses which
the Committee is examining pursuant to S. Res. 21 involves
the FBI's activities with respect to the late Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. As the inquiry has proceeded, informa-
tion has been developed to indicate that one of the
Special Agents who has been handling Committee staff inter-
views, "de-briefing" witnesses, and, presumably, compiling
materials with respect to the King matter was also the
supervisory case agent during the time that some of the
alleged FBI improprieties regarding Dr. King took place.
Moreover, as a logical step in our investigation, it was
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recently necessary to interview this Special Agent to
determine the nature and extent of his involvement in and.
knowledge of the alleged abuses at the time when he served
as supervisory case agent with respect to the King case.
During the interview he did provide detailed information
concerning his substantial participation in this matter.
The Committee in no way intents at this juncture
to pre-judge the propriety of the FBI's activities with
respect to Dr. King, and it would be inappropriate to
characterize the conduct of any of the Bureau's personnel
regarding this case until all the facts are in. Neverthe-
less, I am concerned that in this kind of situation, the
interests of the FBI and the Department of Justice might
best be served, from the standpoint of appearances, by re-
considering the assignment of this Special Agent to the
King matters. It is possible that some may conclude that .
there is a conflict between the Special Agent's personal
interest, and the interests of the FBI and the Justice
Department in ensuring that full dicalo
tee is made with respect to this case..
to the Commit-
Finally, let me assure you that the Committee
has no evidence that the present arrangement has prevented
the Committee from obtaining the full disclosures sought;
but it seems to me that it would be mutually beneficial
for appropriate steps to be taken so that we will both be
able to assure the American people and the Congress that
our oversight responsibilities were fulfilled in an objec-
tive and impartial way.
I hope you will share my view that this course
will best serve our respective interests and, of course,
the interests of the country.
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Attached for your information are the original and a
copy of a letter I addressed to Senator Church in response to his
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letter to you dated August 14, 1975, which was brought to my attention
by referral by Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination.
If you concur in my response, please forward the
original of the letter to Senator Church.
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Director Sec'y
Honorable Frank Church
Chairman, Select Committes to
Study Governmental Operations with
Respect to Intelligence Activities
United States Smate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
August 27, 1976
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Your thoughtful letter of August 14, 1975, to the Attorney
General was referred to me and it has been carefully considered.
I certainly agree with the view expressed therein that it is important
the Committee's oversight responsibilities be fulfilled in an objective
and impartial way. To that end, I have required employees with
experience to assist in locating the full documentation called for in
Committee requests. The voluminous files and variety of indices
entries would have been much more difficult to sort for your benefit
without the assistance of persons having auch expertise.
I appreciate your assurance that the Committee has no
evidence that our arrangements have prevented the Committee from
obtaining the full disclosure sought. I have absolute confidence that
those FH employees participating in our current efforts to assist
Four Committee are working in good faith and have not inhibited
full disclosure. Further, I have required close supervision of this
work by superiors and thereby avoided the possibility of an improper
decision by any one individual affecting the responses.
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As to the availability of an FBI representative during
Committee staff interviews of present or former FEI employees
concerning alleged "abuses, "I have determined that such no longer
will be generally afforded. The subject matters requiring consultation
with such witnesses are essentially four: (1) information which identifies
or may identify FEI confidential sources; (2) information which may
adversely affect on-going FEI investigations; (3) information concerning
sensitive methods and techniques; and (4) information obtained from
third agencies, including foreign intelligence agencies. Witnesses may
be cautioned prior to interview concerning such problem areas and
refrain from furnishing the information pending consultation with FBI
Headquarters. This modification is effective immediately.
I hope that you will bring this matter to the attention of
your staff and that in so doing you also will review the standards of
objectivity and impartiality being followed in their interviews to assure
protection of individual rights.
Sincerely yours,
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Director
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
August 29, 1975
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT
John A. Mintz, Assistant Director
Legal Counsel Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.
Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
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Senate Select Committee Request
Новодон
Attached is a copy of a letter from Senator Church to the
Attorney General dated August 28, 1975. The letter is self-
explanatory.
I would appreciate it if you would treat this request
with the highest priority.
I have discussed with Mike Epstein (in Elliff's absence)
of the SSC and with Elmer Larson of the Bureau the demands this
request will pose for the Bureau, and we have agreed to defer
responding to Elliff's requests of August 20, 1975, for Parts IV
and V, from September 4 to September 9, in an effort to meet the
response date (September 3) of the attached request.
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August 29, 1975
TO: John A. Mintz, Assistant Director
Legal Counsel Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FROM: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.
Special Counsel for Intelligence
Coordination
SUBJECT: Senate Select Committee Request
Attached is a copy of a letter from Senator Church to the
Attorney General dated August 28, 1975. The letter is self-
explanatory.
I would appreciate it if you would treat this request
with the highest priority.
I have discussed with Mike Epstein (in Elliff's absence)
of the SSC and with Elmer Larson of the Bureau the demands this
request will pose for the Bureau, and we have agreed to defer
responding to Elliff's requests of August 20, 1975, for Parts IV
and V, from September 4 to September 9, in an effort to meet the
response date (September 3) of the attached request.
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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10/17/10 BY SPANIS
FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN
JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN
PHILIP A. HART, MICH.
WALTER 'MONDALE, MINN.
WALTER HUDÓLEŠTON, KY.
POWERT MORGAN, N.C.
MARY HART, COLO.
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN.
BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.
CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., &
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.
WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK .. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL
United States Senate
SELECT COMMITTEE TO
STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 94TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Honorable Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
U. S. Department of Justice
Washington, D. C. 20530
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
August 28, 1975
I would like to bring to your personal attention
a situation which has severely restricted our efforts to
establish the relevant facts with respect to one of the
areas of alleged abuse which is the subject of inquiry
pursuant to S. Res. 21.
I have been informed by the staff that numerous
materials which have been requested during the past several
weeks which pertain to the FBI's activities with respect to
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., have been withheld from the.
Committee by the Department because of concern expressed
by Mr. Harry Wachtel, the attorney for the King family and
estate, as to the appropriateness of the Department's
"disseminating" to the Committee contents of conversations
monitored during electronic surveillances of Dr. King.
Upon reviewing the lists of materials requested,
I am at a loss to understand how most of those items could
conceivably be encompassed by the issues raised by Mr. Wachtel,
especially in view of the fact that our letters of request
have specifically pointed out that tape recordings and trans-
.cripts should not be supplied.
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Accordingly, I want to take this opportunity to
place the Committee formally on record as reaffirming all of
the outstanding requests for materials relating to the King
matters, with the limited exception of (1) Mr. DeLoach's
August 24 27, 1964 memoranda which pertain to the 1964
Democratic National Convention, and (2) those portions of any
other requested materials which actually summarize or quote
from conversations monitored during any electronic surveill-
ance of Dr. King.
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AUG 28 1975
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Honorable Edward H. Levi
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August 28, 1975
Delivery is requested by Wednesday, September 3,
1975, pursuant to the provisions of the general procedural
agreement between the Department and the Committee which
governs all Committee requests. I understand that the
Bureau has been collecting the King-related materials upon
receipt of each of our requests, and therefore I presume.
that there will be no substantial burden in meeting the
September 3 date.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
I am taking the liberty of sending Mr. Wachtel
a copy of this request.
CC:
Harry Wachtel
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Frank
Frank Church
Church
Chairman
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SENSTUDY 75.
1975.
INFORMATION CONCERNING.
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Dep.-A.D.-Adm.
Dep.-A.D.-Inv.
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
Comp. Syst.
Ext. Affairs
Files & Com.
Gen. Inv.
Ident.
Inspection
Intell.
Laboratory
Plan. & Eval
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Training
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RE OMAHA TELCALLS TO BUREAU AND MINNEAPOLIS, JUNE 19,
IN THE JUNE 19, 1975 AFTERNOON ISSUE OF THE OMAHA WORLD
HERALD, A DAILY NEWSPAPER, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, APPEARED THE
FOLLOWING ARTICLE CAPTIONED SENATE COMMITTEE SENDING
"
INVESTIGATIOR TO GORDON, NEBRASKA". THE ARTICLE APPEARED
UNDER A WORLD HERALD WASHINGTON BUREAU DATELINE.
CONTACT WITH OMAHA WORLD HERALD AUTHORITIES AT OMAHA
FAILED TO DEVELOP THE NATURE OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE* S
INVESTIGATION AT GORDON, NEBRASKA.
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EXPLAIN THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DEVELOP THIS INFORMATION
IN WASHINGTON.
THE ARTICLE REFERRED TO ABOVE IS SET FORTH BELOW VERBATIM:
"AN INVESTIGATOR IS BEING SENT TO GORDON, NEB., BY THE
SENATE COMMITTEE THAT IS INVESTIGATING THE CENTRAL INTELL-
IGENCE AGENCY AND OTHER GOVERNEMTN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES,
A SOURCE SAID.
"A COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE INVESTIGATION
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT TAKEOVER
OF WOUNDED KNEE, S. D. HE SAID HE COULD NOT DISCUSS THE
MATTER FURTHER.
"WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CUSTOM OF IDENTIFYING DIFFER-
ENT INTERROGATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, A COMMITTEE SPOKES-
MAN SAID. TO DO SO, HE SAID, 'COULD DRY UP SOURCES.'
"
MUCH THE SAME REPLY CAME FROM AN AIDE TO SEN. JOHN
TOWER OF TEXAS, THE RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE COMMITTEE THAT
IS HEADED BY SEN. FRANK CHURCH, D-IDA. *WE HAVEN'T BEEN
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"TALKING AT ALL ABOUT THE COMMITTEE'S ACTIVITIES', HE SAID.
"WHILE THE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION OF THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HAS ATTRACTED THE MOST ATTENTION, IT
ALSO IS LOOKING INTO THE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF OTHER
AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION."
OMAHA UNABLE TO SHED ANY LIGHT ON THE ABOVE INFORMATION.
INASMUCH AS SIX SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FBI ARE NOW USING
GORDON, NEBRASKA, AS LIVING QUARTERS WHILE HANDLING CIR
INVESTIGATIONS ON PINE RIDGE RESERVATION UNDER DIRECTION
OF MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE, MINNEAPOLIS BEING FURNISH THIS
INFORMATION.
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ATTENTION: JOHN C. GORDON, ROOM 5078, GENERAL CRIMES UNIT,
GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.
Assoc. Dir.
Dep.-A.D.-Adm.
Dep.-A.D.-Inv. ________
Asst. Dir.:
Admin.
Comp. Syst.
Ext. Affairs
Files & Com
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Intell.
Laboratory
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Training
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75, INFORMATION. CONCERNING.
RE OMAHA NITEL TO DIRECTOR JUNE 19, 1975.
INFORMATION HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT THE PIRPOSE OF THE
CHURCH COMMITTEE INVESTIGATOR'S TRAVEL TO GORDON, NEBRASKA, IS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTACTING AND INTERVIEW ING A FORMER MEMBER OF
THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS A BUSINESS
IN GORDON, NEBRASKA, IS BELIEVED TO BE JERRY BORMAN, WHO OPERATES
A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN GORDON AND PRESUMABLY WAS A MEMBER
OF THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVING OVERSEAS. 62.11637-601
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