Within a month the New York City Police Department arranged to keep Malcolm X under surveillance; it also made inquiries with authorities in other cities in which he had lived, and prisons in which he had served time.
Dalam sebulan, Malcolm X berada di bawah pengawasan oleh Kepolisian New York, yang juga membuat penyelidikan terhadap pihak berwenang di kota-kota di mana ia pernah tinggal dan penjara di mana ia pernah ditahan.