Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: NO
Document date: 7/8/65
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/4/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90116-10072

RECORD SERIES: NO

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-3395-177

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MINUTEMEN

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CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

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CURRENT STATUS:

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

NBIL ORLEANS

ITLE OF CASI

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

KANSAS CITY

"MINUTENEN"

DATE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

7/8/65

REPORT MADE BY

3/17 - 7/6/65

SA JOHN J. HALLERON

CHAFACTER OF CASE

INFORMATION CONCERNING

(INTERNAL SECURITY)

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RET ERENCES:

Report of SA STEPHEN F. CALLENDER, at New Orleans,

dated 3/31/65.

INFORMANTS:

IDENTITY OF SOURCE

NO T-1 is NO1271-R

LOCATION OF INFORMATION

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165, 168, 171,

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NO T-2 is Agent JUAN

de CARLO, OSI, New

Orleans, Louisiana

NO T-3 iS NO 1223-R

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1-ONI, New Orleans (RM)

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3-New Orleans

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NO 62-3395

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NO T-4 15 JN 98-R (PROB)

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NEW ORLEANS DIVISION:

AI FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA

#ill attempt to obtain background information on

(FNU) GUTHRIE, who allegedly has been accepted as a member of

the "Minutemen".

AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

(1) Hill interview LORET JAMES ROSS, 7514 Orion Street,

Metairie, employed at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, regarding

any information he may have concering the 'Minutemen" organization.

(2) Will conduct credit and arrest checks on LORET ROSS,

white male, date of birth, November 7, 1941, residing at above

address.

(3) Will interview BEULAH F. MOORE, 336 Dauphine.

(1) Will determine feasibility of interviewing ALBERT B.

JOY, 4651 Lancelot Drive.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

No interviews are planned of former "Minutemen"

members in the Bogalusa area, inasmuch as information from

10 111 Rstrongly indicates that there is no connection whatsoeve

i1tn the National organization. These individuals will be

or have been interviewed with regards to Klan affiliations in

this area.

An extra copy of this report is being submitted

to the Bureau for dissemination to Secret Service.

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52-006 (10.8850)

Copy tos

Report of

Date:

Field Offica File Nos

Til :

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

I-SECRET SERVICE, NEW ORLEANS (RM)

1-OCT, NET ORLEANS (RA)

1-OSI, BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE (RM)

SA JOHN J. HALLERON

JULY 8, 1965

62-3395

"MINUTEMEN"

Office: NEW ORLEANS

Bureau File No.s 62-107261

Character:

Synopsis

DETAILS:

INFORMATION CONCERNING (INTERNAL SECURITY)

Attempts to locate LORET JAMES ROSS, at Natchitoches

and Shreveport, Louisiana, negative;

credit and

criminal checks on ROSS at Natchitoches and

Shreveport,

Wife of ALBERT B. JOY

advised, 7/5/65, that he had a heart condition and

preferred not to be interviewed at this time.

Attempts to interview BEULAH F. MOORE, negative.

Sources have reported that the "Minutemen" groups

in Bogalusa have now digbanded and that no informa-

tion has been developed indicating these groups are

connected with the National organization. Investi-

gation continuing.

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A characterization of the Original Knights of the

Ku Klux Klan (OKKKK) can be located in the appendix section

of this report.

The following investigation was conducted by SA DAVID v.

BUCKLEY at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on March 17, 1965:

made available an

the following:

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE /3/2983BY S4'8310/0

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On May 17, 1965, NO T-l advised that on May 11, 1965,

a meeting of the "Minutemen"' was scheduled to be held at the

DAV Hall, Bogalusa, Louisiana.

a no on a de an condie one no into ted that

it had been Beveral weeks since day acts of harassment had been

• conducted against either BASCOM TALLEY OF LOU MAJORS.

members indicated that in the future they should again start

these acts of harassment.

On May 26, 1965, NO T-I advised that there has been

only one group in the Bogalusa, Louisiana, area known as the

"Minutemen" which has been meeting in the past. This group 1s

no longer active and no longer meets due to the lack of interest

This "Minutemen" group was organized

to conduct acts of harassment against LOU MAJORS, the editor of

the Bogalusa newspaper, BASCUM TALLEY, local attorney, and RALPH

BLUMBERG, the owner of

radio station BOX.

AT SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA

On April 14, 1965, NO T-3 advised that on that date,

that this was the reason he wanted to join them.

He said he

had seven men who would join with him but he did identify the

other seven men.

On April 8, 1965, NO T-4 advised that a man named

GUTHRIE,

(INU), Ferriday, Louisiana, has reportedly tried for

sometime to join the "Minutemen" and has recently been tentatively

accepted for membership.

AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

On April 19, 1965, NO T-2, another government agency

which conducts personal and security investigations, furnished

the following information;

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