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14-00000 SUBJECT: Jamaican Special Branch Report « . _Jamaica/United States Black Power Ties i. Pertinent items from the Jamaicaa Special Sranch. monthly report for April 1968, which contains several references to ties between Black Power groups in Jamaica and the United States, are provided, in full, below. A Summary of the report, omitting portions concerning the United States or United States citizeng, has been dissemin- ated in C3-311/06459--68, a copy of which ig attached. 2, The item: of possible interest, omitted from the dissemination, are noted below: | “S, Trezd mee Anvil 1968, Peni nies $4 not ont the cab “faction of the Nation of islam (NOI). were held. “3 April, Percy Hayles, the boxer, said that he yen impressed with the doctrine and had written to. Hlijah -"Hohammed asking for a scholarship to enable him to study in one of the Islam Universities in the United States, Errol Levy said that only a revolution could end the white man's practice of robbing the black people oF everything. e b. At the meeting on 24 Avril, Cecil €Prince “Buster) Campbell stated that the premises on 47 Charles Street in Kingston belonged to him and he was willing for it to be used for the assistance of the black race, — _ He called for unity among black people and said that his organization was fighting to rule Jamaica, He told members that they should be prepared to meet the ~L Reverend Sherriffe (aka. Thomas View) who would so00n be _ visiting the Island. ¢. On the Sth and 8th of April, discussions vere - held led by George VYassel, leader of the Young Socialist
14-00000 2 = De ~ League and a member of the Jamaican (Caribbean) Workers Hovement, on the possibility of holding demonstrations at the American Embassy in Kingston te protest against the assassination of Dr. Martin “Luther King. Vassel claimed that there was a United states citizen hiding in Jamaica to escape the draft who had in his possession recordings of speeches made «Dy the late Malcolm X during 1964, one of these was entitled "The Ballot or Bullets". He stated that King's death disproved his theory of non-violence and was bringing inte prominence men like Stokely Carmichsel and H, Rap Brown. a. During April, about 40 persons including “o-* Winstom Monree, Joseph Christie, Roy Jeffrey, Leonard * Solomon and one Hy Survad, who is the American draft escapee referred to in Paragraph c. above, met at 29 Fourth Street, Trench Town (Dallas Corner), where Ssurvad, identified ag a Black Muslim and a member of the Black Power Movement (BPM), answered questions put to him by the gathering. It was understoed that Survad wast in Jammica to solicit suprert for the BPM in the United States as well as to establish a branch here. The record "The Balist or Bullets" was played ‘by. Survad and recorded by Monroe. — e, Survad accepted George Hyers' invitation to attend a getetogether which he was arranging in Savanna ia-Mar on 11 Hay, and to spend a week or tyvo with him _ there, They discussed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the BPH, and it was suggested that a local Steering Committee should be appointed to consider the formation of a group in Jamaica. f. |Comment: Survad has subse= — .gnentiy been identifi as John Davis, aka Selvyn Grey, a member cf CORE and the Slack Muslims, He is in touch with Rastafarians at Hintyre, and the leaders of the Viking and Spade Gangs... He is expecting to meet one ~Corporal James, aka "“Jimery” of the Jamaica Defence . Force, who is gaid to have complained that he was deprived of promotion because of his views. Arrange- “ments wers alse being made for him to meet Valter Rodney of the University of the Yest Indies, Ssurvad has stated
14-00000 . Be that if given the chance he would, within eighteen months, stage a demonstration. He has suggested that . if his colleagues can supply sarijuana and find a way to export it, he could cuarantee an outiet in the United States and the money thus obtained could be used to finance the local Movement. Survad was being _-Bupperted by his girlfriend, Bernadine Houston, who was expected to arrive from the United States towards the end of the ensuing month. He is now in straitened circumstances ,) WH/7/RA___—ssdkmbk «(8 October 1968) . Distribution: Orig.- FBI w/att CI/OPS/DO Gr WH/7/B/JATS 1 ~ C/WE/7/JATS | os fores fiay a = Vs ny ee Based on: HJK-251 | a. ~ para 405 b. ~ para 406 » para 411 d. - para 413 ©, ~ para 417 — ff, - para 420