te ° ; | Cus - SECRET = ey | i a 5 Oct 1967 a D- { SUBJECT : yy Lews of Billy Hollins on: k Militant: Situation in Chicago Ji Hi, \ S a in in Chicago, d!h. em 1. B lollins is a Chicago-born Negro organizer for Martin Luther __ _King's SCLC. ivéss with Betty Jones, @ white Minnesota girl, at “2014 North 1 Dayton, Chicago, | ni. 60614 (phone 477-1601) . em i RRR Re RO a 2. Hollins said that SCLC activities in Chicago were declining, but He personally had worked during the Summer on 4 were not being wound up. Federally sponsored adult school, but that had been terminated and he thought he might be going to California. Dr. King spent little time in Chicago and was more involved with the peace movement at present, Hollins said. Nevertheless, he and the others (sic) remain solid supporters of King 3. Hollins said that there were many guns in the black commnity, but he seriously doubted that they would be used for anything other than self- defense against the police, if necessary. The b was.chaotic,, - Hollins maintained, and continually sought to gain prestige or profit at the expense of each other and the masses. . hk. Hollins thought Chicago might remain calm, without undue incidents for a while, but the underlying causes of the black rebellion were so great and remained just what they had always been, that new outbreaks of violence re also inevitable, despite the corrupt leadership. He felt that King were atso sanévitabie, ¢ ann REIT SPREE TEI NT sought at least constructive, positive projects, but he admitted that King' s' slum housing project in Chicago was impossible. . The city had promised . - $4,000,000, when $40,000,000 would not be enough, and even the $4,000,000 — % had never actually been allocated, he said. In general, he felt the situation was frustrating and depressing and very gloomy in outlook. . A“ a Somes 5. The Bureau may pass the above report to appropriate field offices for Background Use Only. It is requested no directiaction be taken against. the Subject on the basis of the contents of this report without prior consultation with this. Agency. This restriction may be considered withdrawn e month after Source's, departure from | the United States, although the fact % these statements were ; aby Subject should continue to be considered < oe estricted. ED ae CONTAIN 8 MATION CLASSIFI wee FB! INFoR | IS | Ie TALe TT WEEP 66 00181987 5 ALL HEREIp | HW 55509 Docld:323392763 Page 12
ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED | AW 55509 ee ee oo citizen of Indian descent: who is pro-Chinese in | i panini ina aa a ay, “but not from Ebrahim -- and that it is being sponsored by the group - SECRET (4 » CENTRAL ‘INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 TO: Director Va Federal Bureau of Investigation. .# Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich FROM: Deputy Director for Plans 5 ae Ce SUBJECT: SUGAR : wey Forthcoming Closed Meeting in{London with "Senior Member’ / 1 \ of the Progressive Labor Party (PLP). _ i. The following information was received from SUGAR who talked “| a with Ahmed GAEbrahim, Pan, Africanist Congress (PAC) representative in, Peking WhO ,vas temporarily returned to London,” a and, ’ Abhimanys, aM utlook Evy phbokd | 2. On 23 hugust “1967, Ebrahim said that. he had seen an invitation k which had been sent to the "Internationalists"1 to attend a meeting sometime soon in London in order to meet with a "senior member" of the __/# U.S. Progressive Labor Party (PLP). ‘The date of the meeting was not we specified. Since the meeting is to be a secret one, admittance will 4 be strictly by invitation. Ebrahim did not know the name of the "senior PLP member" but believed it may even be the London PLP representative, - Texas~-born Willieghgn -- who, at times, is given to secrecy because of. “Ais™ position, withthe BBC Drama Department. - ~ an eee toe thet 3=-MariChanda: said that he too had learned of the proposed meeting -- around the publication, The Marxist. Phage! Pie. hee 2 1. Source Comment: The Internati dhalists! ‘ay ane at Trinity college, Dublin. Ebrahim is in contact Qrbén no a member of—the.Entenr ” ; , nationalists who is resident i Londo = Faas, Mi Bs V. _OSCL Js/owree- 67. qe NOV 6 1967" x towne raging and declassification Docld: 32339283 Page 13
WIP, A Holland, Sweden and France. — ‘ i \ a my 5 A \ ‘ iNED ALL FBI | NFORMATION CONTA ge teers we : See vement and Black « Min ttancy Generally ST Qe" Ay o CO Ayy Alksy; A Saga, : 1. Gerald Gray (see S-7 and CSCI-316/03659-66, 20 July 1966) said his Plans of the previous year to move to Bogalusa, Louisiana to work with the ' Deacons of Justice had fallen through. He hinted that he"had no continuing connection with the organization. ‘In reply-to, a4. question, he said that the Chicago Deacons bore little resemblance to the original body and were only ‘ inspired into existence by the visit.a year or two ago of one of the Bogalusa leaders. Gray believed that the Chicago group was quite local in charac AY CL LA 2. Gray said that he had been in touch with the Bay Area SNCC, which» | was mainly white. The Negroes formerly in it had moved into local black ~/, | _ nationalist organizations 2 he added. . 3. Gray said he was most concerned about the anti-draft movement and he desperately wanted information on the groups helping U.S. deserters in He said that there were many problems arising from the growing numbers of American draft dodgers in Canada, and there were also deserters in Canada and within the U.S.A. Getting. them abread involved passport problems, but it was still possible for servicemen to obtain valid passports by simply not mentioning their service: status 3, Lew by pretending to still be civilians. He did not believe this: ‘situation would: long continue, because the State Department would eventually, “Learn” of the | . " = \ 4, In Canada, draft dodgers enjoyed relative security,but + the deserters did not, he said, because of the NATO Treaty. He wanted to.move the deserters to Sweden or France. However, even in Canada, many young Americans felt out of place, in an alien culture, and despite their growing numbers, they were suffering from problems of loneliness, away from families, friends, etc. he wanted to go to Vancouver again in the near future, and €Ineman (Gray's girl-friend) said she had someone she wanted to see ea | Kere, ‘apparently @ draft dodger that she Imew, as well as the leftwing AN gro ups in Vancouver aiding U.S. draft evaders. The Bureau may pass the above report to appropriate field offices = ; or Background Use Only. It is requested no direct action be taken against the Subject on the basis of the contents of ‘this report without prior < consultation with this Agency. This restriction may be considered withdrawn | one month after Source's departure from the United States, although the fact that these. statements were made by Subject should continue. to be ma restricted. Vis af 2£B cL. “ ETE ai ype 2 13 OCT 24 7 ep ‘SeGhET -— 2 | q YO NOV? a” Hw 55509 Docld:323392763 Page 14
7] ‘ 1 Routing Slip 0-7 (Rev. 3+3 1-67) (Copies to Offices Checked) _ = , aoe . i al wl tte : TO: “SAG, “5 fnew 5% ; y } © | [_} Albany [_] Houston Néw York City [~] Tampa ; . Albuquerque Ci, Indianapolis Norfolk {__] Washington Field Anchorage [| Jackson “’” Oklahoma City [-_] Quantico. . Atlanta [-] Jacksonville {__} Omaha “ ; Baltimore Kansas City [_] Philadelphia TO LEGAT: ie ~ Birmingham Knoxville Phoenix (__] Bern i Boston [] Las Vegas [__] Pittsburgh [_] Bonn Buffalo {_] Little Rock Portland [__] Buenos Aires _ Butte (_] Los Angeles () Richmond (| Hong Kong Charlotte [__] Louisville [_} St. Louis [._] London Chicago [_}] Memphis [_] Salt Lake City (| Manila | Cincinnati [] Miami [__] San Antonio [_] Mexico, D.F. ; Cleveland - Milwaukee [_] San Diego {_] Ottawa Columbia ~ | Minneapolis San Francisco {| Paris A Dallas Mobile [~] San Juan [__] Rome '  *{} Denver Newark (_] Savannah [] Santo Domingo » [i] Detroit ; New Haven [__] Seattle {_] Tokyo ‘ (_].E! Paso New Orleans Springfield 1 rt ‘Honolulu SECRET; Date 26 i 3 ‘Z / : Retention For appropriate Beil For information - optional [_] action (_] The enclosed is for your information. If used in a future report, conceal all sources, [] paraphrase contents. . (] Enclosed are corrected pages from report of SA dated = Remorks: Attached is a CIA repert dated 10/16/6% capt: oued, “Yiews and Ceaments by’ Bill Mahe: “Retaivities” fron their tuformant “Sugar ."* disclose ecde mame. Alige aste paragraph 5s Enc. Bufile 1004391905 Urfile 100-8488 B ee oe ee ‘HW 55509 Docld:323392783 Page 15 ee pe ee ~~ om a