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A subsequent teletype advised that scheduled meeting was to be at the| ‘iedia, ’ennsylvania, firehouse to be sponsored by the John Birch Society. An anonymous letter threatening>———olves received at the speech location and was turned over to local police who notified lof the threat. The meeting was held without incident or arrest. Sxtortion aspect being handled by Gen. inv. Div. Dissemination made to Secret Service and to the Department, the Deputy Attorney General (Analysis and Evaluation Unit), Civil Rights Division and Criminal Divisio Internal Security and General Crimes Sections. weed 1 - General Investigative Division Tao Be ao Dep-A-D~ Depadalane revom vase esnen @ aD COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAR 1 21875 N09 NK PLAIN me PM URGENT 3/12/75 DuP TO DIRECTOR PHILADELPHIA NEWARK (157-1980) (P) ON MARCH 12, 1975, A SOURCE WHO HAS GIVEN RELIABLE INFO IN THE REQUEST NEEDED SOME HELP IN MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF A “iC L_KNIGHTS OF THE EXTREMIST MATTER - NKKKK PAST ADVISED KKK MEMBERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY READING, PAs, ON MARCH 12, 1975, AND HAVE ED TO MEET AT HIS RESIDENCE ON THAT DATE INASMUCH AS SOURCE DESCRIBED| as FORMER FBI INFORMANT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JAILING OF lOF WHITE KNIGHTS IN MISSISSIPPI WHEN THREE C. FUTURE. IVIL RIGHTS WORKERS WERE SLAIN IN THE EARLY 1960'S, APPARENTLY DUE OUT OF FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN NEAR REC 62 js7 Sey 7 jfreazes Bee s2¢ heey a wan 191975 —_—_—— PAGE TwO NK 157-1980 APPARENTLY SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT A FIRE HALL OR TOWN HALL AT CHESTER - UPPER DARBY, PA, EVENING OF MARCH 12, 1975. SOURCE ADVISED] WANTS TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF ITO PREVENT OTHER RIGHT WING MEMBERS FROM BECOMING FEDERAL INFORMERS JHaS INDICATED TO SOURCE HE IS CONSIDERING DOING BODILY HARM TO ADMINISTRATIVE RE NEWARK TELCAL TO PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 12, 1975. SOURCE MENTIONED IN INSTANT TELETYPE IS SOURCE STATED HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFICS REGARDING JPLANS AND WILL LEAVE TRENTON, N. J WEWARK INDICES NEGATIVE REGARDING| PHILADELPHIA AT CHESTER - UPPER DARBY, PA. WILL ATTEMPT PAGE THREE WK 157-1980 TO VERIFY THE PROPOSED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT OF AND MAINTAIN LIAISON WITH ANY INTERESTED POLICE AGENCIES, NEWARK AT TRENTON, N. J. WILL MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH REGARDING THIS MATTER. o-734Rev. 1-30 Date Transmit in CODE vin tletype the attached eee izy_ message. ‘Plates or code] Tprecedente] AP 7% FROM: Director, FBI FIELD DISSEMINATION 70: RUEADWW/ (7) The Président RUEADWW/ (7 The Vice President DAte. RUEADWW/ (7) White House Situation Room Atte: at i Reo eres ira anes gals b2 RUEKICS/ [] Director, Defense Intelligence Agency tsgars: and National Indications Center RUEACSI/ Department of the Army RUEBGFA/ [-] Department of the Air Force (AFOSI) RUEOLKN/ (] Naval Investigative Service RUEADSS/ (gf. S, Secret Service (PID) RUEBWJA/ [1] Atomey General (([] By messenger) RUEBWJA/ ( Deputy Attorney General ( (-} By messenger) RUEDWIA (yhouitanAorney General, Crinine Division and Internal Security Section 1 and General Crimes Section RUEBWJA/ (2) Immigration & Naturalization Service RUEOIAA/ [-} National Security Agency (DIRNSA/NSOC (Att.: $00)) I RUEOGBA/ Rederal Aviation AdministrasBEO 104 | ss 4pe/o 8 -/ g 8 (ASSISTANT Arrenney CENEAL, Civit [ar divisien a unetassit1eo Classification: (Classify if other than Bureau Office) a bre aston” SUBJECT: See EXT PHEE | reign iets Uni fo through for reviow FB cheered telephonically with LePLater et 4 ue (Text of message begins on next page.) f 4] SoMBURIrATIEN roe AR 1 os ae wes MF TELCTYPE agi e reveryee ur Hf NRODL AT PLAIN 9 Froran. surciu oF aves My 12241 PM URGENT MARCH 4, 1975 ssp COMMUNICATIONS secriON mip FBI MAS 1 1975 BIRAIN . “ FROM: ATLANTA te 3 ae Le ane, F Cyartowae KNIGHTS OF THE KU KL UK EM = AN3 BUFILEs IBHAM 157-168, ATLANTA FILE: 157-60, ARAB ACTIVITIES IN THE U,S.3 IS - ME3 BUFILE: 105-194289, ATLANTA FILE: 105-4963, ON MARCH 3, 1975, A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE WHO WAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN CNKKKK) IMPERIAL WIZARD JAMES R. VENABLE, MET WITH ‘A KLANSMAN FROM ALABAMA AND kro NARAmA DISCUSS AN UPCOMING TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM, TO-MEET -WITH-OM “To meg T WIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE rece eH 189 VENABLE ALAN ON ATTENDING. rat MEETING, BUT THE SOURCE DID NOT KNOW IF MEMBERS OF ABY | en SOW. Sg 8 {OC UNREQORDED COPY FILED IW = ® @ OTHER RIGHT WING GROUPS SYMPATHETIC TO THE ARAB CAUSE WOULD PAGE Two BE THERE, THE NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE KU HL UX KLAN WAS CHARTERED IN GEORGIA IN 1963, IT CLAIMS TO BE A PATRIOTIC, SECRET, SOCIAL AND BENEVOLENT ORDER WHICH IS AMp-nEaRo, ANT I- JEWISH AND ANTI-FOREIGN BORN IN NATURE, SOURCE FURTHER ADVISED THAT VENABLE HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE MONEY WHICH THE ARABS HAVE OFFERED HIS ORGANIZATION, BUT HE WILL NOT TAKE AND PUBLISH ANY OF THEIR LITERATURE, HE INTENDS FOR THE WLAN TO REMAIN SYMPATHETIC TO THE ARAB CAUSE. CONFIDENTI AL SOURCE, WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST, ADVISED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1975 THAT DURING THOSE MONTHS, NO FURTHER CONTACT HAD BEEN MADE. WITH JAMES VENABLE BY THE ARAB GROUP FROM BIRMINGHAM SINCE THE INITIAL MEETING SOURCE FURTHER STATED THAT VENABLE, AFTER CONFERRING WITH OTHER ATTORNEYS AND FRIENDS, nap SSEEEP co nsmERABLY To Us ARAB'S INITIAL PROPOSAL TO GIVE THE KLAN MONEY EXCHANGE FOR THE PRINTING OF LITERATURE SYMPATHETIC TO THE ARAB CAUSE, THESE ATTORNEYS AND FRIENDS CONVINCED VENABLE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN HIS OR THE COUNTRY’S BEST INTEREST TO SIDE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE “THE ENEMIES” OF THIS PAGE THREE. COUNTRY. TO DATE, VENABLE HAS MADE NO ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE POST OFFICE BOX IN DECATUR OR STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA TO RECEIVE LITERATURE FROM THE ARAB GROUP, SOURCES ALSO ADVISED THEY HAVE DEVELOPED NO FURTHER INFORMATION AS TO WHY THE ARABS DISTRUST UNITED WLANS OF AMERICA, INC., KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN OULD USE ANY MONEY RECEIVED FROM THEM FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT. wired KLANG OF Bre wicr y A KNIGHTS OF THE KI) HLUX KLAN WAS CHARTERED IN GEORGIA IN 1961, IT IS THE DOMINANT HLAN GROUP IN THE U.S, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA. LIKE OTHER KLAN ORGANIZATIONS, IT IS Avi T= MEaRo, ANIT-SYMITIC, AND ANTI- CATHOLIC BORN, ADMINISTRATIVE: RE ATLANTA TELETYPE TO BUREAU JANUARY 16, 1975 AND CAPTIONED NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, AND BUREAU AIRTEL TO ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM, JANUARY 17, 1975 AND CAPTIONED AS ABOVE, BUREAU AUTHORITY IS REQUESTED TO AUTHORIZE) TO TRAVEL TO BIRMINGHAM ON MARCH 9, 1975 TO ATTEND THE PAGE FOUR MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE AMERICAN ARAB FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION, SOURCE HAS BEEN ADVISE TO KEEP EXPENSES AT AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, ATLANTA WILL REIMBURSE SOURCE FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURRED OUT OF THE SOURCE'S REGULAR MONTHLY EXPENSES, HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE ATLANTA OFFICE ON A REGULAR BASIS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1975 AND AS STATED IN TELETYPE, HAS REPORTED NO OONTACT BETWEEN VENABLE AND THE ARAB GROUP FROM BIRMINGHAM, END MPM FBIHQ CLR FBI Dote: 3/10/75 Transmit the following in Tipe i planter Code AIRTEL (Priori DIRECTOR, FBI obi SAC, CHARLOTTE (157-193) (P) arronas KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN Cod (00: ATLANTA) Re Charlotte report of SA| dated 1/9/75 captioned as above, and Charlo mvestigative Summary dated 1/30/75 entitled KLAN, CE 157-8949, Bufile 1 Enclosed for the Bureau are four copies, and for Atlanta and Columbia two copies each, of a news item entitled “Klansman: ‘Fight Politically,'" which appeared in The Sentinel, Winston-Salem, N. C., on 8 2 OH i 57 Lb be a By ferenced Charlottereport reflect’ the NKKKK idquartered in Winston-Salem, N. nh Winston-Salem, N. C.,| Wag interviewed by Special Agents o Cawelti fe haa resigned his position as| NKKKK in North Carolina because of the expense involved attending meetings in South Carolina and Georgia, pase © to his lack of interest in a activities of the NKKKK, hea, ra “Gg ve ~usoF (Bpurean conta 50 ee 6 218) Bota) 2-AtLanta (157-66) (Enes. 2-Columbia (157-141) (paces » 4-Charlotte tr -157-193) 1-157- Benes) '1-157-8859 : y GPC: jeb ayy Z a 5 PRPR A W90Biat acon in Chae M Per py of oncl et iy Unrec copy prss effet, 5302-041 Transmit the following in FBI Date: [Type tm plaintext oF code] (Priory CE 157-193 osed news clipping, dated 2/26/75, reflects cE 157-8949, Bufile 157-29642, was appointed f the National Knights of the ku Klux Klan for North Carolina during the preceding week Charlotte file on on 11/12/74, jubsequently was expelled from the UKA by the State Office effective 12/1/74. The reason for his expulsion by the UKA was because] attended a County Commissioners meeting in Winston-Sal@m, N. C., at which time he sided with| ho is self-admitted and publicly known as the head of the Winston-Salem, N. C., chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP).| had requested the County Commission to pay the it ‘or the BPP! Ambulance Service: a result of| siding wit! members of| it, Winston-Salem Unit #88, UKA, and the Fifth Province, UKA, and in general the n the state of North Carolina, became angry with| Information has been received from informants of known reliability in the Winston-Salem area that there has not been a known klavern unit, or an organiza’ 1 NKKKK located in the Winston= ‘area, Since xpulsion from the UKA, however, Ihas indicat intends to form a new kiavern of the NKKKK in Winston-Salem, N, C. lis not on the ADEX in the Charlotte — as foes not qualify for ADEX. LEADS (OKA), “until he res: Fea from that position and from the UKA ATLANTA Approved: Sent M Per Special Agent in Charge 40, & covERUNT PROSTING OFFICE 8 4-098) PogURpres-28-0e)* 8 FBI Date: Transmit the following in (ype in plaintext or code (Priory) Will contact logical NKKKK sources for information concernii Jappointment as[ pf NKKKK in North Carolina, COLUMBIA AT COLUMBIA, S.C. Will contact logical NKKKK info 2 Cqpmba Division for information concernii ppointment a of the NKKKK in North Carolina. CHARLOTTE AT WINSTON-SALEM, Ne C. 411 contact logical informants for information concernin; hppointment as he _NKRKK in North Carolina, Will follow and report] lefforts to form a klavern of the NKKKK in the Winston-Salem area. Will, pursuant to current Bureau instructions concerning interviews with Klan officers, consider interviewing Approved: M Per Special Agent in Charge (Mount Clipping in Sp Kianeman! “Fight Politicattv’ By JANET FOX. name and klan affiliation a Sentinel Statt Reporter secret. cc Grady ig out of the That im't Grady’ mainotrenm of 20tN Con. s1ehOUgh he sald he ry america hat Being known He'pute women tn a speciah protected category thd wont ever get inte an Srgument with oe: way, ure asa klansman hurts his con- tracting business, “I say, fight politically, but he (Grady's predecessor) ‘He thinks the factthat the S88. “That won't~do you Supreme Court can dictate RY damn good. that his children will be He is proud of being a. bused across town is un- long - time member of the ‘American. Klan, and sick of hearing He feels disgust when he the org: ‘sees a black man dating a° characterized as “ ton night white woman. riders burning crosses.” It bothers him that ‘‘Look at its profane and obscene words complishments," he sald, ‘appear in achoo! textbooks. and talked of rehabilitating. He thinks Henry alcoholics and supporting Kissinger is selling the programs for retarded country down the drain. children. ‘And Joe Grady, a He spoke of the things in Winaton = Salem masonry, our society that bother cleaning contractor, was him: a federal government appointed Grand Dragon of that is too strong and too JOE GRADY ‘the National Knights of the liberal, the wastefulness of + .0Ut of the mainstream, Ku Klux Kian for North bureaucracy, the per- Carolina last week, miagive atmosphere in of trying to resist those Ttis Grady’s style of which children are raised, things. Klannishnessa—-—to forced busing, por. _ But why the klan, which Acknowledge his ap- nography, profanity, he knows hae-e-endittant, pointment. The previous encroaching communism. violent, racist image in the Grand Dragon kept his Being inthe kian Is his way minds of many peopl [S71 WI Seta Chip and etate.) B3 THE SENTINEL —Winston-Salem, N.C. ate: 2/26/75 ‘We want to Keep our Southérmurertiage,"" Grady sald. “T feel a kinship to the Southern white working man.” “Grady thinks | ne represents that man, “not the pseudo-intellectual, or the wealthy; but the white working man." And he thinks the klan represents ‘that man, with its rituals that go back to Reconstruc- tion ‘days, and its old- fashioned ‘values: “God, ‘country, home and the Klan, {in about that order." Grady acknowledges that the Klan has traditionally ‘been against groups of peo- ple — blacks, Jews, Catholies and forelgners — ut he personally doesn't. damn racial or religious or ‘ethnic groups wholesale. “The one bunch of people dislike most are the great yellow society,” he said, tne people who are afraid to.come out of their living rooms, who don’t vote, who don't ‘get involved, who don’t ‘even care ‘what happepa.tetyeir children, “have more respect for Larry Little and the Black Panther#-ttaf-T do for all the chicken white people who sit back and don't par- tictpate.’ i Among these are people who call him and expect the Klan to take action, after, for example, a racial inet dent at a public school, “If you can’t try to im prove the situation yourself, T see no use in talking about it,” he said. ‘And in cases where the law offers protection, he thinks people should ‘call the police, not the Klan. ‘Working for and through the Klan ts how Grady acts fon his beliefs and feelings. He likes the companionship ‘of men who share them. He campaigns to elect other ‘men who share them. “Morally, we're. drop: ping. Spiritually, the country 1s down,” he said, “but it's still the greatest country in the world." ‘Being Grand Dragon ia Grady’s approach to preserving the things he sees as great bh FEDERAL BUREAU OF wvesmiArion o COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAR 2 7 1974, \we 007 P@ CODE TELETYPE 1224 PM URGENT MpWCH 21, 1975 DMN yee TOs DIRECTOR (157-168) eee ixtit ‘A (157-60) ag ! FROM: PITTSBURGH (157-425-SUB A) Ve 7 CWATIONAL KWIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN CNKKKK)$ EXTREMIST MATTER. RE PITTSBURGH TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND ATLANTA, DATED MARCH 19, 1975. ON MARCH 20, 1975, INFORMANT STATED TRAVEL TO STONE pore cance? | SERRRRGRRGOna| econ cer OF THE KU KLUR=KLA® -ENKKKW FOR KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, FORSBANAWHA COUNTY, W. VAs, AND TOP AIDES HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1975. MILLER*S GROUP PLANS TO LEAVE CHARLESTON APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM ON MARCH 23, 1975, TO RETURN ON MARCH 26, 1975, REASON FOR TRAVEL IS FOR TO BE IN CHARLESTON, W.VA i) NKKKK MEETING ON WIGHT OF MARCH 22, 19735" at drt i €.F am. DISPUTE IN NKKKK IN KANAWHA COUNTY WILL BE DISCUSSED. BUREAU AND ATLANTA WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN TRAVEL PLANS FOR rou. END nent oF HESTIOATION e outRUNICATIONS SECTION e HARBORS TELETYPE Dep-A.D-Inv. Asst. Dit. ‘Admin. Comp. Syst — Ext. Affeire —| Files & Com. — Gen. Inv. Went. Inspec efi ntoll Laboratory Plan, & Eval — ‘Spee, Inv. —— Training Legal Coun, — Telephone Rm. Director Sec'y lA pare aT onne Fi19 9m RAE IT mamOH an, 1975 Sar Tos nineeras, FPL (157-169 PITTERINGH ¢157-205-1B AD FIOM: ATLANTA CIST=e9 CPD Qortionn, yrreure oF THEY .1% HAN OH = LAN, RE PITISPIPCH TFLETYPF TN THE FIRFAN, MARCH 19, 1975, COMFIRT NTT AL EPUONE MUMPED OF THE ATLANTA OFFICr TA” AM MAMF OF AGNET UMC SINULD BF OOPTACTEN IN caer OF EMFRAEMCY Te yy ”™~t—C CY . aa c vic ort un as Peo = (ST eh Wie 15 MAR 25 1975 g« FEDERAL BUREAU OF HwveSTicaTiON COMMUN) i sane at mate whos SECTION 11:94 PM NITEL ARCH 14, 1975 yal CVS " /. 10 one, FBI ET te or ed ; at Eabnratory — BIpMINGHAM es a Sy Plan, € Brak i" BI BER job pee. I 5 Trnining FROM ATLANTA ‘Hy Legal Coane Ga Telephone Rim ATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE Ki KLIK FLAN, EM = FLAN, BUFILE 157-18 Bimecto- See'y ATLANTA 157-69, QRAB ACTIVITIES IN THE IS. IS - ME, BUFILE 1795-19429, / 1B-A963, f BIRMINGHAM FILE 195-1262. ATLANTA FILE ON MARCH 13, 1975, A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE WHO HAS FURNISHED ot RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISEN AS FOLLOWS: Ne NATIONAL KNIGHT S OF THE KIT “LUX KLAN CNKKKK), IMPERIAL WS WIZAPD JAMES R, VENABLE DID NOT TRAVEL TO BIRMINGHAM, ALA., OW MARCH 9, 1975, AS PLANNED, VFNSPLE STATED THERE HAD BEEN SOME MISUMDFRSTAND ING OVER ARRANGEMENTS AND HE WOULD NOT TRAVEL TO BIRMINGHAM UNT IL PFRHAPS MARCH 16, 1975, HOWEVER, ARRANGEMENTS WERE NOT YET COMPLETE, FROM THE VAY VENABLE TALKED, SOURCE GATHERFN THAT THERE WAS SOME MFSITAT ION ON THE PART OF THE ARABS IN BIRMINGHAM TO CONTIPUENTHE PROPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH FND PAGE ONE 15 MAR 25 1975 THE KLAN. THE NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE Kit 4. UK KLAN WAS CHARTFRED IN GFORGIA IN 1963. IT GQAIMS TO BE A PATRIOTIC SECRET SOCIAL AND BENEVOLENT ORDER, WHICH IS ANTI-NEGRO, ANTI-JEWISH, AND ANTI-FOREIGN RORW IN NATURE, APMINISTRATIVE: RE ATLANTA TELETYPE TO RUREAI, MARCH 4, 1975, CAPTION AS AROVE,| NO LHM REING SIRMITTED, a FEDERAL BUREAU OF ivEsTiGaTION COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAR 2.41975 22 AT CODE 6 TELETYPE jis30 AM URGENT MARCH 24, 1975 SSP Xo DIRECTOR, FBI (157-168) BIRMINGHAM (157-5042) FROM: ATLANTA (157-60) (P) TONAL KNIGHTS OF THE KU HLUX HLAN, EM - KLAN, A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE, WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST, ADVISED ON MARCH 23, 1975, THAT NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE XU KLUX KLAN IMPERIAL WIZARD, JAMES R. VENABLE, VILL NOT TRA' TO PARIS, TO APPEAR ON A FRENCH TELEVISION SHDW ON MARCH 25, 1975, DEALING WITH THE KLAN IN THE UNITED STATES, SOURCE STATED VENABLE BACKED OUT OF THE TRIP FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HOWEVER ,| tS STILL PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO PARIS AS A GUEST OF “THE EXPRESSO" NEWSPAPER, THE NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE KU H.UK HLAN, INC,, A CONSOL DATION OF VARIOUS KLAN GROUPS, WAS GRANTED A CHARTER IN D. B COUNTY, EAL GEORGIA, IN NOVEMBER, 1963, IT IS sant eh be Cela Oe] — FOREIGN BORN, SOURCE ALSO ADVISE) THAT UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA, K' THE XU HLUX KLAN CUKA), = PAGE Two AT 157-60 WOULD ALSO NOT BE TRAVELING TO PARIS SINCE STATE DEPARTMENT RE- PORTEDLY WOULD NOT LET HIM LEAVE THE COUNTRY. THE UKA IS THE DOMINENT MLAN GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES, THE STATED AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE UKA ARE THE PROMOTIDN OF AMERICAN ISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND SEGREGATION OF THE RACES, LIKE OTHER KLAN ORGANIZATIONS, IT IS ANTI-NEGRO, ANTI-SEMITIC, AM ANT I-CATHOL IC, ADMINISTRATIVE RE ATLANTA NITHL TO THE BUREAU, MARCH 10, 1975, CAPTIONED AS ABOVE, EWD JT @ FBIHQ CLR * se Comp. Syst. —. eo @ cess surens oF wvesncaron “ e COMMUNICATIONS SECTION oe? poem aaa dest Diz 15 “Admin. Ext. Affairs — Files & Com. Gon. Inv. Ment. Inspect ind, ES Laboravey — Plan. & Eval — Spec. Inv. Training — Legal Coun, Telephone em — Director See’y WR 01 PG CODE ‘agi TRORMAT PH URGENT MARCH 24, 1975 DFH gen vnc (0 DIRECTOR (157-168) ATLANTA (157-60) FROM PITTSBURGH (157=425- SUB A) ChartowaL xutents oF THE KU KLUX KLANCIKKKI 5 EM bh i RE PITTSBURGH TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND ATLANTA, MARCH 21, 1975. bl END PAGE OWE . PAGE Two a My AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 AM, ON MARCH 23, 1975, UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL FIRED WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE .38 CALIBER BULLET INTO REAR OF AUTOMOBILE WHICH WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. ‘ATED HE BELIEVES SHOT INTENDED AS A WARNING AND THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE NKKKK IN WEST VIRGINIA ATLANTA, AT STONE MOUNTAIN, GA, WILL ALERT PROPER SOURCES — TO VISIT BY TO JAMES VEWABLE IF NOT ALREADY DONE. END FBIHQ CLR SMD iran em) + UNITED STATES ;RNMENT Memorandum ? DIRECTOR, FBI (157-168) SAC, ATLANTA (157-60) (P) sunpos Qartonat KNIGHTS OF THE KLUX KLAN INC. , “aka ~~ EM =-RLAN to the Bureau. NAME é pare: 4/2/75 . _ ua mar i cota : KU_ ane fe Se “ - DATE. jie The following names are submitted to the Bureau for purposes in connection with captioned organization. fying information available to the Atlanta Office con- cerning each of these individuals is set out. include corrections in the spelling or in other instances a name may be spelled differently from that previously furnished This list may b7c Serre DATA Mer subject Organization Member -"NKRRK, Stone Nountain, D@B Atlanta, Ga. {AT _I57=7002) Member of Subject Orgasization LA ember of : gee at rhe - FMR 57 — Cod - | Menor = NKKKK.” Stine Slointains Aes ) mber = - Decatur, Ga (AT TS7=6586) 7 pom g 1918 sit a Cte Member of Subject, Grgnuizacnn ‘Member = WRERK, ‘Stone Mountain, Klan Klocard, Stone Mountain (AT 157-6820) peer of Oragpigntion Gi (AT 157-6998) K b6é b7c lawrenceville, Ga., Occupation= Qe =I Mountain, DOB- , dress- Point, Georgia (AT 157-7029) IMember-Stone Mountain, NKKKK, far 15776811) Member -NKKKK, Stone Mountain, \daréss- ‘Son, Georets > Occupation- car ds7-7iha Member-NKKKK, Stone Mountain, JAddress- s Employed: (AT 157-6965) & = Residence- é 3 (Oecupatio E24 AT 157-7156) a s IMember-NKKKK, Stone Mountain, g adress TtTedee 5 Georgia, Occupation} = Rutledge, Georgia (AT 157-7128) a i IKKKK , IResidence- tren Georgia Employed: CAT 157-7129) Momber-NKKKK, Stone Mountain, Address. Loganville, Georgia, (lives with at 157-6647) atledge, Georgia, ‘\ b6é b7C M =WKKKK, in, Tifton, Gas, [pesuuattoal area KAT 157-6821. | Member-NKKKK, Stone Mountain. ‘Address | McDounogh, Ga., Occupation TF I57-6785 (AT 157-6784) & iy Member =I i tain, \ yantain, Ga., Occupation| ‘AT 157-6832) | Member ~NKKKK: any, Georgia, Occupation- Georgia (AT 157-7157) '-6783, Employed. JAddress-East POInt, 7 A BE 157-6150) . 3! : g | Member -WEKKK, Stone Mountain, = 7 | zi (AT 157-6864) a Member-NKKKK, Stone Mountain (AT 157-68673 2 Member-NKKKK, Stone Mountain, =), Tifton, Georgia AT 157-682. , Member -NKKKK | Occupation: at 157-7158) bé b7Cc Member of Subject Organization her =NKKKK. TapLetia, Bae Occupation- [Stone Mountain, Ga., "Subject Hndicated that he owed allegiance Ito ———— and keeps [COnanY WITH AT 157-7025) = e Mountain, Address- [Thomaton, Ga., Member =NKKKK Taddress- Bolt ark, Ga., Occupation: (at 157-7141) = ain, Address- Monroe, Ga., Occupation- ‘AT 157-6063") NKKKK, Age- 18-20, Stone Mountain Klavern ‘AT 157-6973) wher =NKKKK, SSW, USOTEIS = lember, tain, Age- Prox 30. ployed= Tigreben br T 55 ‘Member of Subject Organization b6 bICc Member -NKKKK, =Stocikl Gay AT’ 157-658: 3 [Occupation: 157-6584 ie -NKKKK, Yonroe, Ceorgia, Uccupation- (AD 153-10285 =! unt ain, Georgi. 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