. \ * Date: 12/08/04 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER : 104-10063-10192 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A DOCUMENT: INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI ; FROM : FBI, DIRECTOR TO : THE PRESIDENT TITLE : CABLE RE SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTUBRANCES PITTSBURGH, MEMPHIS, AND MIAMI DATE : 08/16/1968 PAGES : 3 SUBJECTS : RACE DISTURB RACIAL UNREST US-DEMOS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS : OSTPONED IN FUL : O07 DATE OF LAST REVIEW COMMENTS : JFK10 : F2 : 1993.07.13.14:31:21:150520 : FBI DENIED IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97. [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10063-10192 HW 50529) Docld:32346744 Page 1
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HW 50529 PAGE TWO  =CONFIiDENTITAL..° * SOS FIVE NEGROES WERE ARRESTED , AND ORDER was RESTORED «. EARLY “THIS” MORN ING THERE WERE TWO FIRE BOMBING INCIDENTS: IN THE | HOHEWOOD ‘SECTION; HOWEVER, no. FURT HER ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE « RE PORTED PLOT TO KILL (RALPH D. ABERNATHY: ON AUGUST FOWRTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY!EIGHT, SPEAKERS ‘STRESSED HONVIOLENCE AT THE. "OPENING SESSION OF. THE CONVENTION OF THE SOUTHERN CHRIST TaN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN Me MPHIS, TENNESSEE... _ THE MEMPHIS . POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT YESTERDAY INDICATING THERE IS A PLOT ‘TO KILL RALPH D. ABERNATHY, (PRESIDENT , AND ALEXANDER RICE; SECURITY OFFICER, OF THE SOUT HERW CHRISTIAN’ | LEADERS HIP. CONFERENCE. “THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HaS “PLACED A GUARD *aT’ THE CLARIDGE HOTEL WHERE, ABERNATHY 1S STAYING AND HAS ADVISED HIM OF THE ASSASSINATION PLOT. EARLY THIS MORNING POLICE WERE, ATTEMPT ING TO LOCATE RICE TO* - ADVISE” HIM OF THE “ALLEGED PLOT. THIS BUREAU IS CHECKING : FURTHER TO: IDENTIFY THE ALLEGED. ASSASSIN. BOBBY DEW, A NEGRO, aes TO DETERMINE THE. WATURE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE BLACK HAND. SAW IFAT LOW=WORKERS STRIKE, MIAME, “FLORIDA: ABOUT FIVE. “HUNDRED coe | METROPOLITAN. DabE county, FLORIDA, SaNITAT IOW WORKERS aRE | - END PAGE TWO. DoclId: 327346744 Page 4
So ee ON: DENTAL PAGE THREE - CONFIDE NTIAL ON STRIKE AND ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MIAMI BEACH SANITATION __ WORKERS HAVE REMAINED OFF THEIR JOBS IN SYMPATHY WITH THE ae MIAMI STRIKERS, A NEWS ITEM IN A FLORIDA NEWSPAPER YESTERDAY INDICATED. THAT PANFILO JuL us CIAMPA, A ‘UNTON ORGANIZER FROM WASHINGTON D. C., ‘ARRIVED IN MIAMI AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS _ NO STRANGER TO LABOR DISPUTES” AND THAT HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE ' oo. IN THE DISRUPTIVE GARBAGE STRIKE IN NEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, THAT “. BROUGHT. MARTIN LUTHER KING, “UR ey To ‘MEMPHIS WHERE HE was "ASSASSINATED. THE DADE COUNTY. MANAGER ANNOUNCED. THAT IT wouLD Sea BE AUTOMAT ICALLY ASSUMED THAT ANY WORKERS NOT RE PORT ING TO "THEIR JOBS ON AUGUST SIXTEEN , NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, HAVE _ RESIGNED, AND. WILL NO LONGER BE ‘CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES. HW 50529 DBocld:32346744 Page 5
HW 50529 Date: JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM 12/08/04 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10063-10192 JFK 80TO1357A AGENCY ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW COMMENTS DOCUMENT. INFORMATION FBI FBI, DIRECTOR THE PRESIDENT CABLE RE SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTUBRANCES PITTSBURGH, MEMPHIS, AND MIAMI 08/16/1968 3 RACE DISTURB RACIAL UNREST US-DEMOS PAPER SECRET 1B POSTPONED IN FULL 07/13/93 JFK10 : F2 IN FULL - 2/16/94; 1993.07.13.14:31:21:150520 ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97. FBI DENIED Docld: 32346744 Page 6 ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10063-10192
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4 ‘PAGE TWO. CONFIDE NTDAL | FIVE NEGROES WERE ARRESTED, AND ORDER was RESTORED «_ EARLY - THIS: MORNING THERE WERE TWO FIRE BOMBING INCIDENTS: IN THE | HOMEWOOD ‘SECTIONS HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ACTIVITY TOOK’ PLACE. . "REPORTED PLOT TO KILL RALPH D. ABERNATHY: ON AUGUST FOWRTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTYSEIGHT , “SPEAKERS ‘STRESSED NONVIOLENCE AT THE. "OPENING SESSION OF. THE CONVENTION OF THE SOUT HERN CHRISTIAN i LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN MEMPHIS, ‘TENNESSEE. THE MEMPHIS | ~ POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT: YESTERDAY INDICATING. THERE IS A PLOT ‘TO KILL, RALPH D. ABERNATHY, (PRESIDENT AND - ALEXANDER RICE, SECURITY OFFICER OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN’ oe | LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. OTHE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS “PLACED A GUARD: AT THE ‘CLARIDGE HOTEL WHERE ABERNATHY IS STAYING AND HAS “ADVISED HIM OF THE ASSASSINATION PLOT.. _ EARLY THIS MORNING POLICE WERE. ATTEMPT ING TO LOCATE RICE To” ADVISE HIE OF THE ALLEGED PLOT. THIS BUREAU IS CHECKING "FURTHER To. IDENTIFY. THE ALLEGED ASSASSIN BOBBY DEW, A NEGRO, AND: TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE BLACK HAND “GANG OF CiIcao, ILLiNozs, OF WHICH HE IS REPORTEDLY. A vem | SAHITATTOW-MORKERS STATIC. , MEAT, FLORIDA: about FIVE - HUNDRED . METROPOLITAN. DADE COUNTY,. _FLORIDA, Sau ITAT ION WORKERS. ARE END Page TWO. tony ~s, HW 50529 -Docld:32346744 Page 8. eee he ee
Vp ee me _ C as C ae, FEE om pes a oo PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL ON STRIKE AND ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MIAMI BEACH SANITATION WORKERS HAVE REMAINED OFF THEIR JOBS IN SYMPATHY WITH THE MIAMI STRIKERS, A NEWS ITEW IN A FLORIDA NEWSPAPER YESTERDAY “INDICATED THAT PANFILO JULIUS ClaMPA, @ UNION ORGANIZER FROM WASHINGTON ° C.; ARRIVED IN MIAMI AND ANNOUN CED THAT HE WAS No STRANGER 16 LABOR DISPUTES AND ‘THAT HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE oN THE DISRUPTIVE GARBAGE STRIKE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE , THAT. BROUGHT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, TO MEMPHIS WHERE HE Was ce ASSASSINATED THE DADE COUNTY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD - ‘BE AUTOMAT ICALLY ASSUMED THAT ANY WORKERS NOT REPORTING TO. : THEIR Jos ON AUGUST SIXTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, HAVE a RESIGNED, “AND VILA. NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES. eri. 2 7 HW 50599 Docld:329346744 Page 9 erage tes 9 et Ra A A ee a -