- . “OPTIONAL FCM NO, 10 i $010-106 ff MAY 1962 EDITION i y GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 = $ Tolso pA ' " ‘UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT of mt ; 4 .Memorandum TN ENVELOPES: ROUTE IN ENVELOPES | TO : My. W. C. Sullivan DATE: 2/23/65 Vice | . F Tavel_ .ccse* : | be 1 = Ur. Belmont rate | . FROM : F, J. Baumgardner f ig 1 - Mr. Sullivan (Holmes | - 1 -~ Mr. Baumgardn fot Gandy 5 ( 1 - Mr. Rosack y ; SUBJECT’-NATION OF ISLAM ~ @CWer& aoe 8 iv, 2 iffere . ween fre te as EN INTERNAL SECURITY - NOI de By memorandum dated 2/19/65 it was recommended that Chicago be granted authority to install additional technical coverage of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, especially during a contemplated meeting between Muhammad and Martin Luther King, Jr. Information was set forth concerning this possible meeting which would possibly also include Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and James Farmer, National Director of the Congress of Racial Equality. Concerning this contemplated meeting, . the Director. inquired "Have we sent this to A. G and Watson?" Information concerning the possible mooting between Elijah Muhammad, Leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Martin Inuther King, Jr., and possibly Roy Wilkins and James Farmer,, was furnished to the Honorable Marvin Watson, Special Assistant to the President, and to the Attorney .« General by letters dated 2/17/65. These letters contained information regarding the proposed meeting and in addition, set out the subversive +, connections of Bennett Jones Johnson, Jr., who was handling arrangements for the meeting. Johnson is a member of the Communist Party, USA, and leader of a civil rights group in Chicago known as "Protest at the Polis.” ACTION: | For information. oa vA 25-330971 oN TPR: kao a ees ~ 230% sot Eb "ia 2 os ~ . a, Na’, wy MAR 2 1965 <i by em zo This Focumenit is ‘prepared tn response to your request and ts not for Wissen . Pe a ote! Pv, aye pl ly My Brey On 5 f : . t rian “ ‘ a cs ; * ad a geye Ead nation outside yor Bee your Committee. Its use is limited to official proceedings a ME te, 1, your Committee and the content may nut be disclosed to in Shae pera 4 84g nel without the express approval of the FRI , fd, MAR RA. 1369 Page 276
This document is prepared in response to ¥ Baa. and is not for dissemi- your Committee and the content may not PB gisclose REG MBH ELDEST 7 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE pt FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 ,  FileNo. (18) 25-330971 May 5, 1965 = % ? ' re ° A ‘ 4 - weed MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | I ie cae RE: NATION OF ISLAM —C iS. 7 \ INTERNAL SECURITY —~ NOI . A technical surveillance was instituted on the Nation of Islam Headquarters, 4847 South Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, on January 4, 1957, This surveillance covers the activities of the Nation of Islam and, in particular, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, The Nation of Islam is an all-Negro, semireligious organization which preaches extreme hatred of the white man, This surveillance has continued to produce consid~ erable valuable intelligence information regarding Nation of Islam activities, Some examples include the following: Source furnished information regarding possible meeting between Muhammad and other civil rights leaders; a denial that the Nation of Islam was implicated in the murder of Malcolm X Little; the identities of the leading ministers of the Nation of Islam; possible travel of Muhammad to Boyda (phonetic), West Pakistan and Mexico; and the identity of an individual from Egypt who was to attend the annual Muslim convention held at Chicago, Illinois, February 26 through 28, 1965, lane Unless you instruct to the contrary, this technical . surveillance will be continued for an additional six months, Respectfully, ee hn Edgar Hoover Director nation outside your Committee. Its use i: Limited to official proceedings by nel without the express ppsetil of the EF SO ia MAY 18 1965 sf TSorrmmery Ge beh tw 525 SABIE # __h Gpr0chh AYerathaba0sbo Page” a