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, {/ TO FROM SUBJECT: * Legal Couns ~ OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA GEN, REG, NO, 27 UNITED STATES RB, ERNMENT 5010-106 Assos. Dir. el Memorandum Ly Mee Mints se 1 = Mr. Wannall i 1 - Mr. Cregar come ee — : Mr. J. B. Adams DATE: 1/29/76 Files & Com. — 1 - Mr. Hotis pens Ines lL - Mr. Sy nf meni u Jf I. Laborat Phebe Spec. in Dy val. — Training "Telephone Rm. — Director Sec’y Robert Kelly, Staff Member of captioned Committee, requested that the Bureau make available a representative or representatives to give a deposition to captioned Committee concerning security a2 extremist informant matters. Kelly suggested that SA Edward P. Grigalus and SA Homer A. Newman , Jr., would be the Bureau's witnesses who would logically have the information the Committee is seeking through this deposition. In this regard, SAs Grigalus and Newman have previously briefed Mr. Kelly concerning Bureau informant matters. Kelly stated that as soon as the Bureau witness or witnesses have aaa determined, he would furnish additional details concerning t ae type of information he desires to be furnished in the deposi, : RECOMMENDATION : That the Intelligence Division designate the appropriate Bureau witness or witnesses. to give a deposition concerning in- formant matters. pv? Bt wirP{ A ADDENDUM: INTELLIGENCE DIVISION: Lepresentative ot Legal Gunse/ di) attend if necessary . be a> HEH:enm 2/2/76 ___ REC-10G a Wy, 395 _|3 62. Inspector - Deputy Assistant Director Hunter Pindcon #1 Man Homer A. Newman, Jr., IS-1 Section; and Unit Chief Edward P. Grigalus, IS-2 Section, Intelligence Division, will be available-tar-deposilions in this~ matter. Pvp: 1aa WY ct FEB 10 1976 (7) (A ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED A so ay HEREIN 19 UNCLA ie : DAT 8 8 4 FEB 17 1976
‘Assoc. Dir. 3— 1 a aie’ » ‘ S. Dep-AD Adu @ panes Buni GF WS ATA ee ppt . HEE or CONMMECATINNS SECTION ask Dip } Comp. Syst. 4 JAN 3 1 1976 Ext, Affairs | ~ Biles & Com. —— 3 en, Inv... } } oe oo E Ident. l 94 SD PLAIN ae |. Inspection,-z ih pastel. - Ha236 AM NITEL JANUARY 31, 1976 GKF kee re & AY Laboratory an 4 TO? DIRECTOR (62-116395) FROM SAN DIEGO (66-1714) (P) ATTN: INTD AND LEGAL COUNSEL Ay Feeusy wy 15 RE SAN DIEGO TELETYPE TO BUREAU JANUARY 28, 1976. REFERENCED TELETYPE STATES THAT SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMAN LEON WILLIAMS MET WITH SENATE INVESTIGATOR ARTHUR err JEFFERSON FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR ON JANUARY 275 1976, REVIEWING ni FBI TTEMPTS TO DISRUPT BLACK NATIONALIST GROUPS. WILLIAMS | ALLEGEDLY TOLD JEFFERSON OF HIS ATTEMPTS TO MEDIATE A FEUD BETWEEN THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY (BPP) AND THE US GROUP IN 1969, AND THAT HE WAS INFORMED BY TWO CITY OFFICIALS THAT THE BPP PLANNED TO ASSASSINATE HIM. A REVIEW OF SAN DIEGO FILES eh THAT ON [3B MAY 29, 1969, SD L151-R ADVISED THE FBI THAT Hh ge 8 lo US ON MAY 25, 1969, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION CONCERNING T a7 THAT COMMUNITY LEADERS INCLUDING GEORGE STEVENS, TOM sown FEB Ai 975 > LEON WILLIAMS AND REV. JAMES HUXLEY HAD CALLED ON THE BPPY: o ty + eek ite ee ier, HEADQUARTERS AT 2952 IMPERIAL AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE TO MAKE FOR UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE BETWEEN Ta yal ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED S° HEREIN JS UNCLASSIFI bite 12 5]00 nr SPAM KP
PAGE TWO SD 66-1714 BPP AND THE US GROUP. UPON APPROACHING THE HEADQUARTERS, THEY WERE RUN OFF BY A GROUP OF BPP MEMBERS ONE OF WHOM HAD A MACHINE GUN. THE PANTHERS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT TRY TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WHEN A PANTHER BROTHER HAD BEEN KILLED ON MAY 23, 1969, ON WHICH DATE BPP MEMBER JOHN SAVAGE WAS KILLED BY AN US MEMBER. A BOMB THREAT WAS TELEPHONED TO US HEADQUARTERS DURING THE MEETING AND OST PERSONS PRESENT LEFT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ON JUNE 4, 1969, SD 1!151-R REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT VERNON J. FONTENETTE, GEORGE STEVENS AND LEON WILLIAMS WERE ON THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ASSASSINATION LIST. VERNON J. FONTENETTE WAS A LEADER OF THE US GROUP. GEORGE STEVENS WAS A BLACK MILITANT WHOSE SWAHILI NAME WAS CHAKA. HE ADVOCATED THAT BLACK PEOPLE LEARN TO MAKE BOMBS AND KILL “PIGS" AND WHITE PEOPLE RATHER THAN BLACK PEOPLE. HE WAS CONSIDEREDARMED AND DANGEROUS AS HE CARRIED A RIFLE IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR.