AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : * ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: JFK Assassination System Date: 6/4/2015 Identification Form $n Agency Information FBI Peleased under the John 124-90129-10160 . Kennedy WSsassination Records DL. : . - allection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). 105-1280-153 asex: NW S3074 Date: 5-30-2017 Document Information FBI DL .. HQ 11/27/1964 48 MINUTEMEN PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/15/1998 | INDEFINITE OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 53074 DoclId: 32335769 LHM | i Page 1
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ; : FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. . Dallas, Texas HW 53074 November "27, 1964 “MINUTEMEN". DECLAS: ON, The following information was. furnished on } and 24 by Dallas T-1. © Dallas ‘pel ‘advised that Dallas T-1 is presently a member of a group referred to as the "Minutemen" and "American | Underground" and has been so since approximately 1962. Dallas T-1l advised that the organization is nationwide with approximately’ fifteen to thirty members in Tarrant County. Dallas T-1 stated that the name of the organization as such has. only been used twice ; in two years and that proper names are seldom, if ever, used — and that this makes it very difficult to determine identities of members.- Dallas T-1 advised that the following are. currently members of the (opganization: Haltom City. Texas, ung lives with Koling.. . s.. employed at Montgomery. Ward's. and Yecently _ transferred to Montgomery Ward's, Houston, Texas.” Pollard,. 3421 Hanger, Fort Worth, Texas. outskirts of Fort Worth and who has formerly lived in the neighbor- hood of 2820 Northwest 29th in the:early 1950's Dallas T-1 advised that. an attorney whom members of the group have been advised to contact if “they get into trouble", is W, Alfred Windor, ‘with offices in the Ellis Building in Fort Worth. Dallas T-1 advised he does not know whether or not Windor is a member of the organization. Dallas T-1 advised the primary: purpose of the. organization is to fight against the present Federal control of national and | for, "States' rights". The group is cy. It { ae J agen are not to be distributed outside your and * Search ___p-——— | 0&, O05 - 1280-153 . a, a) Doclda: 32335769 Page 2?
HW 53074 RE: “MINUTEMEN" supposedly national in origin and believes that the Federal Government is in the process of seliing out to the communist and that the group is the last line of defense against this sellout. The group secondarily is racial in that it believes in white — supremacy. Dallas T-1 advised that the organization suffered a severe setback because of the assassination of President Kenhedy but now is attempting a full-scale reorganization. The group recruits basically from those who do not have criminal records and is organized in such a manner that no one is supposed to know the names of other members in the organization. This is: to prevent effective infiltration by. the Government. Dallas T~1 advised — that the group has no immediate plans for action, but that several times locally this group has determined to act on their own and this action has been curtailed because of orders relayed from higher authority in the organization. These higher authorities are unknown to Dallas T-1, except that a person by the name of Ray (last name unknown) at the ranch in the vicinity of Venus, Texas, appears to be in contact with the group's organizational leaders. Ray is described as a. personal and close friend of retired General Edwin Walker and about ome and one-half to two years ago was apparently implicated in some manner in the burning of a newspaper in the area. of Midlothian, Texas. Ray is also apparently a warehouse supervisor in Dalias. nan ema he a also advised he has been recently contacted by ..a .whom he does not know but who apparently lives in the Fort Worth area, and this unknown male. advised Dallas T-1 to disassociate himself with the small group he is now attached to for the apparent purpose of moving into a position of more prominence in the organization. Dallas T-1 advised that the small group with which he has been associated is the lowest level in the organization and that their primary purpose is to do the “dirty work". Dallas T-1 stated that the group is also prepared, in the event of a Negro uprising in the Fort Worth area, to take action against various Negro leaders including Dr. Flint, Dr. Fleming and Dr. Ransom, and a Fort Worth hoodlum named Madison Hogan, who is apparently a Nation of. Islam leader in the Fort Worth area. conENTAL = ~ a. Docld: 32335769 Page 3 Lo
of, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE . § FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. ‘ ' Dallas, Texas November’ 27, 1964 DECLA "MINUTEMEN". oy. The following information was. furnished on.-November 19 and 24 by Dallas Yo oe ‘Dallas. ‘T-1 ‘advised that Dallas -1 is presently a member of a group referred to as the "Minutemen" and "American Underground" and has been so since approximately 1962. Dallas T-1 advised that the organization is nationwide.with approximately’ fifteen to thirty members in Tarrant County. Dallas T-~l stated that the name of the organization as suchhas. only been’ used twice in two years and that proper names are seldom, if ever, used — and that this makes it very difficult to determine identities of members.- Dallas T-1 advised: that the following are. currently members of the organization; : oP Ather Pollard, 2707 Berryhill Drive, Fort Worth, Texas ‘Otto (Duke) Koling and Shirley Bob Renshaw, 2341. Harris _ Lane, Haltom City, Texas, who lives with Koling.. Bill Seals, employed at. Hontgomery Ward's. and recently . transferred to Montgomery Ward's, Houston, Texas.” Van Pollard, 3421 Hanger, Fort Worth, Texas.- Closely associated with the organization and. perhaps a member is Richard W.. Dawson, who lives on Highway 121 on the ‘outskirts of Fort Worth and who has formerly lived in the neighbor- hood of 2820 Northwest 29th in the:early 1950's Dallas T-1 advised that. an attorney whon members of the group have been advised to contact if "they get into trouble", is W, Alfred Windor, with offices in the Ellis Building in Fort Worth. Dallas T-1 _ advised he does not know whether or not Windor is a member of the organization. Dallas -T-1 advised the primary purpose of the organization: is to fight against the present Federal control of national and . local Governments and to fight. co mara tes' rights". The group is _ 10-Bureau (RM) 2-Kansas City (62-7 RE) 7 2-fecret Service, Dallas 2~Houston Exoquded rom automatic2..@SI » Tinker AFBI Dalla -105-1480):graafdg NTC, Dallas [ oP SEAS endations no> of the FEL It is the property of th -FBI and is loaned to your agency. It and it. contents are not to he distributed qutside your agency. SOS: 1280-153 = }34-New) (POLLARD) conclusions aN | AW 53074) Bocld:323355769 Page 4