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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== 0-6 (Rev. 4-17-68) Di tor Federal Bureau of Investigation To The Solicitor General June 12, 1968 Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Stephen J. Pollak Director, Bureau of Prisons The Pardon Attomey Chairman _ Parole Board Assistant Attorey General for Administration Immigration &nd Naturalization Service Y8 Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Office of Alien Property Chief Accounts Branch Chief Administrative Services Office Chief of Personnel General Litigation Section, Civil Division Records Administration Office Att.: Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div_ Intemal Security Div. Inter-Division Information Unit A No further action will be taken in this case in the absence of a specific request from you. B Please advise what further investigation, if any, is desired in this matter: C. For your information, I am enclosing & communication regarding the holder of & diplomatic or interational organization visa. D For your information: E. Please note change in caption of this case. John Edgar Hoover Director cc: Attomey General @XXDeputy Attorney General Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Internal Security Div. IDIU Enc. removal of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal form becomes UNCLASSIFIED.) Awes )) / (Upon ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 0F JUSTICE FEDERAL B U REA U 0F INV ES TIG ATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 Fila No: June 12 , 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY LOS ANGELES > CALIFORNIA Investlgation 18 continulng In order to develop full background Information concerning Sirhan Blshara Sirhan as well 49 tbat of pemberg Of bis immedlate fanily and associates. Nith respect to a previous gtatement attributed to Hayor Samuel W_ Yortye Los Angeles_ Californla_ a8 reported by the newg media on June 6, 1968 alleging Sirhan was associated with the W E B DuBols Clubs of America , and a vehicle registered to Sirhan 's brother Adel , was observed on January 16 1966, 1n the Vicinity of Baces Hall, 1528 North Vermont, Los Angeles , California, where a meeting sponsored by that organlzation was belng held _ information has been developed Indicating Adel Sirhan had previously been employed as a musicLan at the Fez Res- taurant, 1508 North Vermont , adjacent to Baces Hall - Full details are being developed with respect to th18 pbase of our investlgation . Op June 9 , 1968 _ a Unlted Press International release datelined Cairo made reference to the arrest of one Soliman Sirhan by Iraqi euthorities as an Israeli spy alleging he was a brother of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan_ Sirhan '8 mother during an intensive interview by FBI Agents on June 10, 1968 , volunteered she bad heard tbis newscast and stated she has only flve sons Sirban, Munlr, Sharif Adel and Saidallab , none of wbom are living outside the Unlted States . The individual to wbom tbe Uplted Press International referred was unknown to ber . 6 720 Interviewg are contioufpg tA# tbose "aebasg 03 pals who were 1n or near tbe Embaggy Room at 'the Hotel during tbe evenLng of Jupe 455, J8968 5 {968reHgtave Jun ? Fil m ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== 1 T ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY been located who were witnesses to the shooting 0f Senator Robert F Kennedy and who poSitively identify Sirban Bishara Sirhan as thbe individual who flred the shots at Senator This phase Of our Investiga - tion Is being exhaesnedeiy pursued, According to information furnlshed by ambulance attendant Max Alma Behrmann 9 after responding to the call at the Ambassador Hotel, 2 distraught Mrs _ Kennedy attempted to keep bim from assisting the Senator stating your hands off I'm Mrs Kennedy _ As the Senator was placed 1n an ambulance, a0 argument ensued between Behrmann and Mrs _ Kennedy as to who would accompany the ambulance and again, according to Behrmann , when be questloned Mrs Kennedy while en route to the hospital as to wbat bad transpired _ she "1 stated "I don 't give a damn what you say , grabbed his record book and threw it out Of the ambulance _ Upon noting the Senator was baving difficulty breathing and thereafter trying to assist him, Behrmann was told by Mrs , Kennedy "You keep your dirty filthy bands off my busband_ and sbe struck bim on the right side Of his face stunning him He further recalls Mrs Kennedy called to a ma le associate who was sitting ip the front seat to "Come back here and throw this ambulance man out; be '8 bothering be '8 asklng too many questions It was further reported by a witness at the hospital that upon arrival there Mrs , Kennedy grabbed a camera from a newsman, knocking it to the floor and sbe also swung at the newsman bitting him in the chest area . Senator Kennedy '9 bodyguard then jumped over the stretcher and punched tbe Dewsman in the face. Of pOssIble 91gn1ficance 1s the fact that among Items found on Sirban '8 person wben taken into custody was a newspaper article by David Lawrence captioned "Paradoxical Bob" and highlighting the fact that while Kennedy vigorously opposes thbe war in Vietnam he bas nevertheless reconmended full assistance to Israel "with arng if necessary 11 to meet tbe threat Of the Soviets _ In addition, whereas press reports cleim Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion , and Roosevelt Grfer _ professional football player, subdued tbe assailant , Iovestigatlon reveals tbe first to reach the asga1lant were two hotel employees . They tben were as81sted by Grter and Johngon . 2 "Keep bim, me ; ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 06 (Rev. 2-20 From Director Federal Bureau of Investigation To The Solicitor General JUN ? ( 19E8 Deputy Attorney General ) Maroney Assistant Attorey General Keuch Director, Bureau of Prisons Burns The Pardon Attomey Korff Chairan, Parole Board Hayaen Assietant Attorney General for Administration Beck 7742r Immigration ad Naturalization Service Office of Alien Property Chief Accounts Branch Knight Chief Administrative Serviceg Office Noto Chief of Pergonnel General Litigation Section, Civil Division Records Administration Office Att:: Antitruet Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Intemal Security Div. Inter-Divigion Information Unit A. No further action will be taken in this case in the absence of a gpecific request from you_ B Please advise what further investigation, if any, i8 desired in this matter: For your information, [ am encloging a communication regarding the holder of a diplomatic Or international organization visa; D. For your information: E. Pleage note change in caption of this cage. John Edgar Hoover Director cc: Attomey General Deputy Attorney General Antitrugt Div. Civil Div. Civil Righte Div. Criminal Div. Internal Security Div. IDIU Enc. (Upon removal of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal fomm becomes UNCLASSIFIEDJ) ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer t Chicago Illinois File No 89-61 June i2, 1968 157-2195 ASSASS INATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY 0 V- RORERT_SMITH S < Wil-/ ? On June 9 1968 Detective Da le Buehler , Area One Homicide Chicago Police Department advised that on Saturday , June 8 , i968, at approximately 10:00 AM, two ma le Negroes Subsequently identified as Robert Smith also known as Yaree Ameer and his ha lf-brother Michael Walton entered Supreme Grocery Store 343 East 5lst Street, Chicago_ and without any warning shot the owner of the store who was bent over arranging a display in the store Three witnesses observed Smith and Wa Iton enter the store a pproach the owner and without utter- 8 ing a sound fire two shots from a .38 caliber revolver, strik- ing the head of Abder Rayyan_ described a5 a ma le Arab , age 51, a lien from Jordan ) who has been in the United States for five years He died fifteen minutes later Detective Buehler further advised that an Aaron Meyers is being he ld as a ma terial witness_ inasmuch as he drove the car which carried Smith and Wa lton both to and away from the scene of the murder A confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past_ advised on September 21, 1967 that Smith, using the alias of Yaree Ameer is the acting director of the Chicago Branch of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC ) A characterization of SNCC is attached hereto_ Sources utilized in this characterization ha ve furnished reliable information in the past According to the arrest records of the Chicago Police Department , Smith has been arrested a number of times for burglary aggravated battery, robbery and purse snatching, inciting a riot and rape This document contains neither recommendations' nor conclusions of the Federa1 Bureau of Investigation (FBI) It is the property of the FBIyand js 1o4hed to your agency ; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency Ciy BIC 3-0 Fu ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== ASSASS INA TION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY ROBERT SMITH On June 10 1968 local Chicago radio stations in reporting of the killing of Abder Ra yyan of Jordanian nat ionality indicated that the motive for the killing might be one of revenge or a demonstration of emotion by the Negro assa ilants over the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy by the Jordanian Arab nationa] One newscast stated that Aaron Lee Meyers ment ioned above as being he ld as a ma terial witness has been charged with murder and two other ma le Negroes were being sought _ On June 10 1968_ Detective Da Ze Buehler Area One Homic ide Chica go Poiice Depaeteent] advised Aaron Lee Meyers had not been charged with murder but was be ing held as a ma terial witness He further stated that warrants have been issued for both Robert Smith and his half-brother, Michael Walton, charging them with murder_ On June 11 1968 , Sergeant John Mc Mahon Area One Homicide Chicago P iice Department , advised that the where- abouts of Smith and Wa lton are unknown at this time and inten- sive investigation is being conducted to locate these persons On June 12 1968 , Sergeant Mc Mahon advised that Smith and Wa lton are still being sought for the murder of the grocery store owner Furthermore a warrant has been issued on June 12 1968 for Sally Miller, described as a fema le Negro, who a lso was reported ly in the vehicle which carried Smith and Wa lton to and away from the scene of the crime RORERT SMITH AND MICHAEL WALTON SHOULD BE CONS IDERED ARMD AND_DANGEROUS One copy each of the above information is being furnished the following agencies : United States Attorney Ch Illinois United States Secret Service Chicago, Illinois Region I, 1l3th Military Intelligence Group Evanston Illinois 2 icago , ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE Literature distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinat ing Commlttee (SNCC) hea dqua rtered a t 360-362 Nelson Street S . W Atlanta Georgia describes itself a 5 not being a membership organization but rather a n agency 9 ttempt ing to stirulate a nd foster the growth of local pro_ test movements SNCC wa 5 born out of the sit-in movement which erupted a cross the South beginning on February 1 1960 , A conference a t Raleigh North Carolina tha t Spring _ brought together many 0f the demonstra ting Southern students in a loose network of militant youth which was officially named SNCC in October 1960 _ A source has advised that in 1966 Stokely Ca rmichael was elected National Cha ira n by the Central Com - mittee in 1967 Ca rmichacl was replaced aS Chairman H _ Rap Brown with Ca rmichael assuming the position of Recruiter and Organizer for the SNCC In August 1967 at the invitation of Fidel Castro Carmichael participated in the Organization 0f Latin American Solidarity Conference which wa 5 held in Ha va na Cuba Subsequent t ereto Carmichael tra veled to Hanoi and other sections of North Vietnam He returned to the United States in Dcember 1967 at which t ime hs passport was picked up because of tra vel to un- authorized countries A source advised that when Ca rmichae] wa S elected Cha i rman 0 f SNCC _ the organization emba rked on a program 0f el im fnating Caucasians from its ra nks With the election of M Rap Brown aS Chairman in 1967 it embarked on a world- wide struggle for human rights am to take a Fi 1n stand aga inst violations 0 f these rights the American Government and to strengthen its programs of opposition to the dra ft and to the United States involvement in Vietnam Literature distributed in February 1968 identi- fies SNCC a 5 an organization in the re volutionary vanguard [t a dvocates thai to be successful it is necessa ry to deve - Lop a rcvolutionary ideology and revolutionary program On August 13 , 1967 while addressing a group in the Watts a rea of Los Angeles Cal ifornia H Rap Brown sa id "You hetter Shape up America or we 11 burn you down 11 Later 1 n February 1968 in a publicized note Brow wrote "America i f it takes my death to organize my people to revolt aga inst you and to organize your Jails to revolt aga inst you and to organize your children your God your poor your country and to organize mankind to rejoice in your destruction and ruin then here S my life L 3* 1 Ma y _ May hy by ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== June 19 1968 BY HD S JUL 9 1y68 Jo6 _ F@-/ Mr Edmund A . Stephan, Jr, 19 Birch Lane Larchmont ) New York Dear Mr Stephan ; The Attorney General has asked me to thank You for Your letter of June 12 . You have misquoted Mr Clark_ He has never stated that the assassinations of Senator Kennedy and Dr were each the work of one man He has stated that there is no evidence in either case of the involvement of more than one man This is still true, Sincerely , Cliff Sessions Director of Public Information CS;fy CC : Records Files Er 9" King ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== Edlunel . 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Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Intemal Security Div. Inter-Divigion Information Unit A. No further action will be taken in this cage in the absence of & specific request from yOu: B. Pleage advise what further investigation, if any, is desired in this matter: For your information, 1 am encloging a communication regarding the holder of a diplomatic Or international organization visa. D. For your information: E Pleage note change in caption of thig cabe, John Edgar Hoover Director cc: Attomey General Deputy Attorney General Antitnst Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Internal Security Div. IDIU Enc. remoual of classified enclosures, if any, this nsmittal [om become s UNCLASSIFIED. ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== 6-/2 @x EY HDS Ci JUl 1 1958 lil ================================================== Page 14 ================================================== UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE @ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Chicago Illinois File No. 89-61 June 12 ) 1968 157-2195 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR J21233 ROBERT F KENNEDY 6v,0> G NAL BiviSION ROBERT SMITH S :[Y 6: / ? ; On June 9 1968 Detective Da le Buehler Area One Homicide Chicago Police Department advised that on Saturday , June 8 , 1968, at approximately 10:00 AM, two ma le Negroes _ subsequently identified as Robert Smith also known as Yaree Ameer and his ha lf-brother Michael Walton,_entered Supreme Grocery Store 343 East slst Street= Chicago, and Without any warn ing shot the owner of the store who was bent over arrangipg a display in the store Three witnesses observed Smith and Wa lton enter the store approach the owner and without utters ing a sound fire two shots from a 38 caliber revolver ) strik- ing the head of Abder Rayyan_ described as a ma le Arab , age: 51, a lien from Jordan who has been in the United States for five years He died fifteen minutes later Detective Buehler further advised that an Aaron Meyers is being he ld as a ma terial witness inasmuch as he drove the car which carried Smith and Wa lton both to and away from the Scene of the murder: A confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past , advised on September 1967 tha Smith, using the alias of Yaree Ameer is the acting director of the Chicago Branch of the Student Non_Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC ) A characterization of SNCC is attached hereto _ Sources utilized in this characterization ha ve furnished reliable information in the past According to the arrest records of the Chicago Police Department , Smith has been arrested a number of times for burglary aggravated battery, robbery and purse snatching, inciting a riot and rape This document contains neither recommenaat ions nor conclusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) _ It is the property of the FBI and is loaped to your agency ; it and its contents are ~not to be distributed outside your agency 'Ulcn-AL-sen; ce"E Sfc, ENU RECZIVED 21, lwn ================================================== Page 15 ================================================== ASSASS INA TION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY ROBERT SMITH On June 10 1968 _ local Chicago radio stations in reporting of the killing of Abder Ra yyan of Jordanian nat ionality - indicated that the motive for the killing might be one of revenge or a demonstration of emotion by the Negro assailants over the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy by the Jordanian Arab nationa1 One newscast stated that Aaron Lee Meyers ment ioned above as being held a5 a ma terial witness has been charged with murder and two other ma le Negroes were being sought _ On June 10 1968_ Detective Da le Buehler Area One Homic ide Chicago Police Department advised Aaron Lee Meyers had not been charged with murder but was be ing held as a material witness He further stated that warrants ha ve been issued for both Robert Smith and his half_brother, Michael Wa Iton . 9 charging them with murder On June 11 1968 , Sergeant John Mc Mahon Area One Homicide Chicago Boiice Department , advised that the where- abouts of Smith and Wa Iton are unknown at this time and inten- Sive investigation is being conducted to locate these persons On June 12 1968 , Sergeant Mc Mahon advised tha t Smith and Wa Iton are still being sought for the murder of the grocery store owner Furthermore a warrant has been issued on June 12 _ 1968 _ for Sally Miller described as a fema le Negro, who a Iso was reportedly in the vehicle which carried Smith and Wa lton to and away from the scene of the crime ROBERT SMITH AND MICHAEL WALTON_SHOULD BE CONS IDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS One copy oach of the above information is being furnished the following agencies : Uni ted States Attorney Chicago , Illinois United States Secret Service Chicago , Illinois Region I, 113th Military Intelligence Group Evanston Illinois 2 ================================================== Page 16 ================================================== STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE Literature distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinat ing Commlttee (SNCC) hea dqua rtered a t 360-362 Nelson Street S , W Atlanta Georgia describes itself a S not being a membership organization but rather a n agency a ttempting to stinulate a nd foster the growth of local pro- test movements SNCC wa 5 born out of the sit-in movement which erupted a cross the South beginning on February 1 1960 _ A conference a t Raleigh North Ca rolina that Spring brought together many of the demonstra ting Southern students In a 1oose network 0f militant youth which was officially named SNCC in October 1960 _ A source has advised that in 1966 Stokely Carmichael was elected Na tional Cha irman the Central Com- mittee in May 1967 Carmichael was replaced as Chairman by H_ Rap Brown with Carmichael assuming the position of Recruiter and Organizer for the SNCC In August 1967 at the invitation of Fidel Castro Ca rmi chael participated in the Organization 0f Latin American Solidarity Conference which wa 5 held in Ha vana Cuba Subsequent t ereto Carmichael tra veled to Hanoi and other sections of North Vietnam He returned to the United States in Dcember 1967 at which time his passport wa s picked up because of travel to un- authorized countries A source advised that when Ca rmichael wa S elected 'ha irman 0 f SNCC the organization embarked on a program of el iminating Caucasians from its ranks With the election of MI Rap Brown aS Chairman in 1967 it embarked on a world- wide struggle for human rights am to take a Fi Im stand aga inst violations 0 f these rights by the American Government and to strengthen its programs of opposition to the dra ft and to the United States involvement in Vietnam Literature distributed in February 1968 , identi- fies SNCC as an organization in the re volutionary vanguard It a dvoca tes thai to be successful it is necessary to deve - op a rcvolutionary ideology and re volutionary program On August 13 1967 while addressing a group in the Watts a rea of Los Angeles Ca l i fornia H Rap Brown sa id "You better shape up America or we 11 burn you down I Later 1 n February 1968 in a publiclzed note Brown wrote "America i € it takes my death to organize my people to revolt aga inst to organize your Jails to revolt aga inst you and to oSgani ze your children your God your poor your country and to organize mankind to rejoice in your destruction and 1i ruin then here S my ife R 3+ " Ma y _ by and ================================================== Page 17 ================================================== 0-6 (Rev. 2-23-88) From Director Federal Bureau of Investigetion To TY DIVISIOE The Solicitor General JUN 2 0 Deputy Attorney General J862EzReneral Assistant Attomney General 7 stent Director, Bureau of Prison8 :<atant The Pardon Attomey 284 2 :384 Chairan, Parole Board Assistant Attomney General for Adpinisqation m8. Sav- Immigration &nd Naturalization Cki Office of Alien Property Chlz: ;' Sue $ Chief Accounts Branch ?1 etalng Chief Adminietrative Service8 Office Cncrdlaate; Chief of Personnel Securcy General Litigation Section, Civil Division Mlolhm Records Administration Office Att:: Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Criminal Div. Intemal Security Div. Inter-Division Information Unit A No further action will be taken in this case in the absence aZpecific requegt from you: B= Pleage advige what further investigation, if any, is desired in thi8 matter. For your information, I am enclosing & communication regarding the holder of a diplomatic or international organizafion_visa:_ ~C_- L D. For your information: ~~~ Kan E. Pleage note change in caption of this cage. Cror:ll F) roazan "t dEaxrit Svz sk Kcoro O1tvor Thaller (1) Tlle:: Hoover cc: Attomney General Deputy Attorney General Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Interal Security Div. IDIU Enc. (Upon remoual of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal fom become s UNCLASSIFIED ) Servige ) Enez; ================================================== Page 18 ================================================== UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 7 In Reply, Please Refer to Chicago Illinois File No. 89-61 June 1968 157-2195 2 2 ASSASS INATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY ROBERT SMITH Saulyl- On June 9 1968 Detective Da le Buehler Area One Homicide Chicago Police tment, advised that on Saturday , June 8 , 1968, at approximately 10:00 AM, two ma le Negroes subsequently identified as Robert Smith also known as Yaree Ameer_ and his ha lf-brother MignaeT WaTton , entered Supreme Grocery Store = 343 East STst Street, Thicago and without any warn ing shot the owner of the store who was bent over arranging a display in the store Three witnesses observed Smith and Wa lton enter the store approach the owner and without utter- ing a sound fire two shots from a 38 caliber revolver strik- ing the head of Abder Rayyan described as a ma le Arab, age 51, alien from Jordan 1 who has been in the United States for five years He died fifteen minutes later Detective Buehler further advised that an Aaron Meyers is being he ld as a ma terial witness, inasmuch as he drove the car which carried Smith and Walton both to and away from the scene of the murder A confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised on September 21, 1967 that Smith, using the alias of Yaree Ameer is the director of the Chicago Branch of the Student Non_Violent activord inating Committee TSNCC) - A characterization of SNCC is attached hereto. Sources utilized in this characterization ha ve furnished reliable information in the past _ According to the arrest records of the Chicago Police Department , Smith has been arrested a number of times for burglary aggravated battery, robbery and purse snatching, inciting a riot and rape This document contains neither recommendatfons nor conclusions of the Federa 1 Bureau of Investigation (FBI) It is the property of the FBI and your agency ; it and its contents are 'dotiytoseed1ge8 RECEIVEG tributed outside your agency 28 1958 JN 32= L;h.#; su Cvil Section Security Division 1 2 g 12 , 2 4-J3-4 Depar VW. FILE In__' JLW ================================================== Page 19 ================================================== ASSASS INATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY ROBERT SMITH On June 10 1968 loca 1 Chicago radio stations in reporting of the killing of Abder Rayyan of Jordanian nat ionality indicated that the motive for the killing might be one of revenge or a demonstration of emotion by the Negro assa ilants over the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy by the Jordanian Arab nationa 1 One newscast stated that Aaron Lee Meyers mentioned above as being he ld as a ma teria 1 witness has been charged with murder and two other ma le Negroes were being sought _ On June 10 1968 _ Detective Da le Buehler Area One Homic ide Chicago Police Department_ advised Aaron Lee Meyers had not been charged with murder but was be ing held as a material witness He further stated that warrants have been issued for both Robert Smith and his half-brother Michael Walton, charging them with murder On June 11 1968_ Sergeant John Mc Mahon Area One Homicide Chicago Boiice Department , advised that the where_ abouts of Smith and Wa lton are unknown_at this time and inten- Sive investigation is being conducted to locate these persons On June 12 1968_ Sergeant Mc Mahon advised that Smith and Wa lton are still being sought for the murder of the grocery store owner Furthermore a warrant has been issued on June 12 1968 for Sally Miller_ described as a fema le Negro, who a lso was reportedly in the vehicle which carried Smith and Wa lton to and away from the scene of the crime ROBERT SMITH AND MICHAEL WA LTON SHOULD BE CONS IDERED ARMD AND DANGEROUS One copy each of the above information is being furnished the following agencies : United States Attorney Chicago , Illinois United States Secret Service Chicago, Illinois Region I, 113th Military Intelligence Group Evanston, Illinois 2 ================================================== Page 20 ================================================== STUDENT NONVIOLCNT COORDINATING COMMITTEE Litera ture distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordina ting Commlttee (SNCC) headqua rtered a t 360-362 Nelson Street S . W Atlanta Georgia describes itself a S not being 9 membership organization _ but rather a n agency attempting to stimulate 9 nd foster the growth of loca] pro- test movements SNCC wa s born out of the sit-in movement which erupted 8 cross the South beginning on February 1 1960 _ A conference a t Raleigh North Ca rolina tha t Spring brought together miany of the demonstra ting Southern students in a loose network of militant youth which wa & officially named SNCC in October 1960 _ A source has advised that in May 1966 Stokely Carmichael was elected National Cha irman by the Central Com- mittee In 1967 Ca rmichael wa s replaced as Cha irma n hy H. Rap Brown with Ca rmichael assuming the position of Recruiter and Organizer for the SNCC In August 1967 a t the invitation of Fidel Castro Ca rmichael participated in the Organization 0f Latin American Solidarity Conference which wa 5 held in Ha vana Cuba Subsequent t ereto Carmichael traveled to Hanoi and other sections of North Vietnam He returned to the United States in December 1967 at which time hs passport was picked up because of tra vel to un- authorized countries A source advised tha t when Carmichael wa S elected (ha i rman 0f SNCC _ the organization emba rked on a program of el iminating Caucasians from its ranks With the election of H Rap Brown aS Chairman in 1967 it emba rked on a world- wide struggle for human rights am to take a fir stand aga inst violations 0 € these rights by the American Government and to strengthen its programs of opposition to the dra ft and to the United States involvement in Vietnam Literature distributed in February 1968 identi- fies SNCC as an organization in the re volutionary vanguard _ [t a dvocates that to be success ful it is necessary to deve - 4op a revolutionary ideology and re volutionary program On August 13 1967 while addressing a group in the Watts a rea of Los Angeles Ca lifornia H Rap Brown sa id "You better Shape up America or we 11 burn you down M Later 1 n Februa ry 1968 in a publicized note Brow wrote "America i F it takes my death to organize my people to revolt aga inst you and to organize your Jails to revolt aga Inst you and to organize your children your God your poor your country and to organize mankind to rejoice in your destruction and ruin_ then here S my life T1 3* 2 May ================================================== Page 21 ================================================== T' 7/3/68 FMV: RCN:hch 166-12C-1' July 1 6, 196a Ai Btenhen Myouiy 2108 T1ffIn Avenue s/o Mdoredo Motel By Banduaky. 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Goin 9 b acK_9urle A_few-Yeaks "Lind be R9 Kid vAA} A ct_ 54 R on $ Kaw $ Passed 4o PReven } #his 4y PF of Vnlence . A Com ple He feleka _ 1nveshvy a+& Shovld be H hde Ii ho 0 hio 1 2 Sweed divo Rce Racke+ Yox S}cpheN Myosky 2 40 & Tiffin Ave Saldus Ky 0hio 44770 A1l Avd i N Joq din 9 . Rate ) N e And tex Avd Thavk ================================================== Page 25 ================================================== PRESIDENT JOHNSON talks with Dr. Milton Ei- senhower , top, chairman of the commission, while at bottom, he chats with Lloyd Cutler, 3 Washington attorney_ who was appointed executive director of the commission. (UPI Telepholo) The JovRnp | LcRain 0 hio Find Violence Cause; New Commission Told WASHINGTON (UPI) dy and Abraham Lincoln; The pressing questions have Johnson urged the members been posed. to m a k e 3 'penetrating search that will benefit not Now comes the difficult only America but 0 t h e r part: Determining whether countries at a time when there is 'something in the violence is an "internation- environment 0 [ American al phenomenon_ society that produces vio- lence. BEG INNING WITH That in essence was the Chairman Milton $ Eisen- assignment Presidest John- hower, president emeritus son handed yesterday to his of Johns Hopkins University new10 member National and brother of former Pres- Commission 0n the Causes ident Eisenhower , Johnson and Prevention of Violence. went around the table ex- tracting from each member A T A WHITE HOUSE promises to g0 to W 0 rk meeting with the members, immediately without pr € the President signed an ex- judging the issues. ecutive order giving the panel its official title, pro- Johnson suggested th e viding it with money and a commission explore, anong stafl, and giving it a year to other things, these ques- report back o its Findings tions: and suggested remedies. "Is there something in Johnson announced crea- the environment of Ameri- tion oftlie commission last can society or the structure Wednesdlay after the shoot - of our" institutions {ha t ing of Sen, Robert F, Ken- causes disrespect f 0 r the nedy in Los Angeles While law, contempt lo The 4ghs that act was not mentioned 0] ofhers and incidents on at the meeting, the Presi- violence There 15, how dent' 5 clear mandate was t0 can we correct it? delermine whether there are b a 5 1 € flaws in the Has permissiveness to- American WAY of lifc which give rise t0 such political ward extreme behavior in murder. our" society encouraged an increase in violence Flankedat either end of the Cabinct room by bronze busts of Iwo assassinated presidents, John F Kenne- ================================================== Page 26 ================================================== Oterken 2 40 % Tiffiv kc 83 'J ;* f Eldo Rpde Mv }e | ] 1 Snndvs Ky , 0 h/0 9208 44 9/0 7o7ha ( Pnesi dex / 0 f 7 62 2 89' L, B Tokx sox ' VirtA $ lon 2 C M 4of kin9 ================================================== Page 27 ================================================== 0-6 (Rev- 417-68) Federal Bureau of Investigation To The Solicitor General June 12, 1968 Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorey General Director, Bureau of Prisons The Pardon Attorey Chairan, Parole Board Assistant Attorney General for Administration Immigration and Naturalization Service JUN Bureau of Narcotic8 &d Dangerous Drugs 2 1968 Office of Alien Property Chief Accounts Branch Chief Administrative Services Office Chief of Personnel General Litigation Section, Civil Division Records Administration Office Att;:: Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Intemal Security Div. Inter-Division Information Unit No further action will be taken in this case in the absence of a specific request from you. B. Please advise what further investigation, if any, is desired in this matter. C. For your information, I am enclosing & communication regarding the holder of a diplomatic or international organization visa. D. For your information: E. Please note change in caption of this cage. John Edgar Hoover Director cc: Attomey General Deputy Attorney General Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Interal Security Div. IDIU Enc. (Upon remoual of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal fom becomes UNCLASSIFIED ) RECETVED )pety Eitorey Gzuere ================================================== Page 28 ================================================== UNIT STATES DEPARTMENT' OF' JUSTICE FEDERAL B U REA U 0F INVES TIG ATION In Rcply, Please Refer t WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 Fila No. June 12 , 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA InvestigatLon 18 continulng In order to develop full background Information concerning Sirhan Bishara Sirban as well as that of nembers of his immedlate family and associates _ Nith respect to 2 prevlous btatement attributed to Mayor Samuel W _ Los Angeles Californla 29 reported by the news Yonedia on June 6, 1968 alleging Sirhan was associated wIth the W . E. B. DuBols Clubs Of America_ ) and a vehicle registered to Sirhan '8 brother Adel ) was observed on January 16 , 1966 , 1n the Vicinity Of Baces Hall 1528 North Vermont, Los Angeles _ 1 California, where a meeting sponsored by that organization wag being held , information bas been developed indicating Adel Sirhan bad previously been employed as a mugician at the Fez Res - taurant, 1508 North Vermont , adjacent to Baces Hall - Full details are being developed with respect to this phase of our investigation. On June 9 , 1968 _ a United Press International release datelined Cairo made reference to the arrest of one Solinan Sirhan by Iraqi authoritles as an Israeli spy alleging be was 0 brother of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan _ Sirban '8 mother _ during an Intensive interview by FBI Agents on June 10, 1968 volunteered she bad heard this newscast and stated she has only fIve sons Sirban, Munfr Sharif Adel and Saidallab, none of wbom are livlog outside the Unted States . The individual to whom tbe Unlted Pregg International referred was unknown to ber _ Interviews are continulng wItb PEBEEENdeVITEL wbo were ip or near tbe Embabsy Room at the Ambasgador Hotel duriog tbe evenLng Of Jupe 4-5, Jiges . JANe @Galgadvet F R BY OnFED 7 1969 M ================================================== Page 29 ================================================== ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY been located wbo were witnesses to tbe shooting 0f Senator Robert F Kennedy and wbo positively identify Sirban Bishara Sirhan as the individual who fired tbe shots at Senator Tbis phase Of our InvestLga - tion Is being exhaestedeiy pursued . According to Information furnished by ambulance attendant Max Alma Bebrmann 1 after responding to the call at the Ambassador Hotel, a distraught Mrs _ Kennedy attempted to keep him from assisting the Senator stating "Keep your hands Off him, I m Mrs Kennedy _ As the Senator was placed in an ambulance, a0 argument ensued between Behrmann and Mrs Kennedy as to who would accompany the ambulance and again, according to Behrmann when be questloned Mrs Kennedy while en route to the bospital as to wbat bad transpired, she stated "I don 't give a damn what you say , grabbed his record book and threw it out of the ambulance. Upon noting the Senator was bavlng difficulty breathing and thereafter tryiog to assist Behrmann was told by Mrs _ Kennedy "You keep your dirty fiitby hands off my husband , and she struck bin on the right side Of his face stunning him_ He further recalls Mrs , Kennedy called to a ma le associate wbo was sitting ip the front seat to "Come back here and throw this ambulance man out; be'6 bothering be '8 asklng too many questions It was furtber reported by 2 witness at the hospitel that upon arrival there Mrs Kennedy grabbed a camera from a newsman, knocking 1t to tbe floor and she also swung at the newsman hitting him 1n the chest area Senator Kennedy '9 bodyguard then jumped over the stretcher and punched the newsman Ln the face. Of possible significance 1s the fact that among Items found on Sirhan '8 person wben taken 1nto custody was a newspaper article by David Lawrence captioned "Paradoxical Bob 11 and highlighting the fact tbat wbile Kennedy Vigorously opposes the war in Vietnan 1 be bas nevertheless recommended full assistance to Israel "with arms If necessary" to meet tbe threat of tbe Soviets_ In addition, whereag press reports clafm Rafer Johnson , Olympic champion, and Roosevelt Grfer profesgional football player, subdued tbe aSSA1lant , Iovestigetion reveals tbe fIrgt to reach the assa1lant were two hotel employees . They then were as81sted by Grier apd Johngon . 2 bim, me ; ================================================== Page 30 ================================================== Fom No. G-IN DEPARTMENT Of Justice (Ed. 2-10-65) ROUT SLIP To NAME Building AND ROOM 7uea 3. 5. SignATurE COMMENT PER ConvErSATion ApPaovAl NECEssARY Action As REQUESTED SEE ME NOTE And ReturN NOTE AnD File REcommeNDATion CALL ME YOUR INF OB VA TION ANswER Or AcknOwl- EDGE ON Or BEFORE PREPARE REPLY For The Signature Of REmARKS FROM NAME buildinc_ Room, EXt. DATE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ================================================== Page 31 ================================================== 0-6 (Rev. 3-19-6 6) From D)ir; Federal Bureau O1 investigalion To June 12 , 1968 The Solicitor General Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Director , Bureau of Prisons The Pardon Attorney Chairman _ Parole Board Assistant Attorney General for Administration PrRT Immigrat ion and Naturalization Service Office of Alien Property Chief Accounts Branch 2 1988 Chief Admninistrative Services Offiee Chief of Personnel General Litigation Section_ Civil Division Records Administration Office Attention: Antitrust Division Civil Division Civil Righls Division Criminal Division Internal Security Division A= No further action will be taken in this case in the absence of & specific request from you: B. Please advise what further investigation if any, is desired in this malter. C For your information, [ am enclosing & communication regarding the holder of a diplomatic or international organization visa: D For your information_ E. Please note change in caption of this case _ Coples were als0 furnished to the Attorney Generel and Asslstant_Attorney _General CrLoLna1 D1v1sion . John Edgar Hoover Director Enc . removal of classified enclosures , if any, this transmittal form becomes UNCLASSIFIED ) ~n JU Deputy Attorney Gzzeral (Upon ================================================== Page 32 ================================================== Kz Assa3s/anor 0f J2,arez 12o BErt F KztxnEpy FiAED On FEB 7 _1969 1 2 SUMMARY RE FEMALE In POLKA DOT DRESS To RC DEPARTMENT OF: JUSTICE R: SANDRA SERRAAC; agk TWENTY, INTERVIEWED BY SANDQR VANOCUR, NBC NEWS, APPROXIMATELY ONE And OWE-KALF FtI 22 1969 0 R KEHAEDY SHOOTING. AUDIO TAPE OBTAINED. DURIMG Tv INTERVIEW R.Ac' D SERRA NO CLAIMED To KAVE SEEN WOmAN And Man COMING DCWA STATRS SH QRTLY AFTER SHOOTING A ND THE WCman SAID, WE SkOT HIM WE SKOT HIM, SERRANO CLAIMED SHE ASKED "SkoT WKo? ~ AND WoM An SAID ~SENATOR-KENNEDY" SERRANO CLAIMED Woman WORE WKITE DRESS WITH BLACK PoLka DOTS, SERRANO SUBSEQUENTLY CLAIMED To BE SITTING Jon FIRE ESCAPE STFPS QUTSIDE AMBASSADOR BALLROOM. AMBASSADOR HOTEL Kas: A NUM BER OF BALLROORS AnD RANQUET ROCMS, EACH 0F WHICH XAs DIFFERENT NAME And LOCATION In HOTEL, EMBASSY BALLROOiA, WKERE KENNEDY APPEARED, IS On SECOND FLOOR In RELATION To FRonT ENTRANCE OF HOTEL , END PAGE ONE ch2/z BY ~C-YTD Jin 1968 Deputy Attorey General H0uxs3 776 4 IKc ================================================== Page 33 ================================================== #AG? Twn LA 56-[5& CIRECTLY PEL?I TxAt 3ALPCCX Ow Fi?ct fLG? 19 AmbAssA?Z CALL?o . Victims WZrE SkOt I? KItCXFA 63EA LCCATED {% "oeTX SI2E DITECTLY Cff FbASSY SALLECCX. 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SERRARO CLAIrS XcT 70 HAVE SEEW Direction #GXA# Axd MAw Rp" AFTER PASSIw: NEm SICE SkE LCCKED Pack GP STEPS, ShW MothinC, A@D TxEn wALXEC RACK Into HALLWAY AREA Cf A!rassadcp PALLPCCN. JUst I"EIDE, ShE ASKED U#IFC;ED Glaed If It PAS TPVe TX^t SEXATCS XEM"EDY KAD BEER SX?T. ACCOfDI4g To SERRaNQ, GlAfD ACCl'SED 4fR 0f HAVI"G TCo MUCK To DRIFG, ALtFCUGh Skz CLAIXS TO KAVE HAD cwLy OfE DRINK. SXE Tken ASkED 4 FfcuP Cf FIvE CR fIX PCOFLE Tf It WAs TRUE. SHF KEATD oni Y 4 co?LE OF CGerts FrCM1 TPE cPcUp, O"E BEING "YOU'PE CiAz" AxD TR'E Qthet SEins EMD PPGE IwpeF ================================================== Page 35 ================================================== TAcE Foi? LA 56-15& 3 Txf EXPfE??ICA "Q4 Ry Go2, FOUFTEE: AnSnss;cC? SECWRITy GUARDF Z"TEEVIEWED Iq Dft:, AXD "0 Cu?? LccaiEd wXQ RECALLS ThIS IncIdcnT CR n;SIC;) Bco;: IC; IvFS? SifIFS. 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END PASG Four ================================================== Page 36 ================================================== F455 FIVE L: 56~158 "An5EL AFb AAPARIO SEfRARC, LcznIr, OPIQ, FArE:IS QF Saedf SEzRA"C, ADVISEC SkE TELEWQnCALi:Y Ccwtacted} TKEX kT Afp?ritely SiX Fi (Et) Ji;I FGIR LAfT TQ Conc?Atilatz XeR ERotKZR UPc? PIS GRACUFTIc: FRZ WIGK ScnccL. SHE CALLfD AAJ: 4T TeL T4igty Pm (FDT) StAting SKI WGS 4? XeseEdy CAMpaicm HIAZQiARTERC Ard Ke#WEDy WAS Gni:? T0 wi! CAlIfcewia FriARY ELECTior. SA"3RA TheN GRLLFD RSTWR? CcLLEct RP?RGXIMATELy TKTFE Inizty AX (EcT) (TRELVE twiRty PTT) JVXE FIVz LAST A"P, ACCQ,cI?? Tc [PTXER; VAS RYSTERICPL: 2A*CRA TOLD Roikft S5"4T27 XF' rfty 4Ad 3EEL Skot; Qlt DId #Jt KNowi WXzTFEZ %erFEcy WCs :EA? A#j sikiED #E 4ad BEEn SxcT A:?zF HIS :FEECX. MCTPER EAI? {A;33 wAS KYSTzBICAL DURiRG ERTIS TFLEPHGFE CoNVERSATicn A#P WsPLE TO FFCALL SmrdRa FEPTIOiyC AwytWi;G SBcVT OfSEPWIRC 4%Yo"z co""zctsd "Itk ShGoTInC, mOtxER CLAiNED Sakdaa KEPT REPEATInG, Wy WCLLD TKEY DO A"YtWi:G LIKE TRIS. HE WAS Suc! A 8?22 Mm," Sc#CPA KSXZD TC SPEAk To HER FATKER, FUT FE DECL I ED SIKC= KE W4S TCC UPSET AfTcT XEAFinC QF SkcctIn:. SA#CFf AGAIn CALLED KQTFER AP?ROXI#ATELY EIGXT Af: (EDT) JVxs FIVE La:T, AnD At This TIXE ACCORCI{; To MotNER STATED ShE Xed 11 BFEN k TERRkCE" AT AmbaSSADOR KOTEL PRIcR To SENATCR %ER"ECY'S SPEzCW A" R6s SEEW Ti? %Ew ARD 4 NCAK ^RD DESCRIbzD TXc xEK E0 FACE >iVE ================================================== Page 37 ================================================== PAGE ?IY %-V} 'W 3 Efe #t?7e (ftz 43:: Sxf TcL #QTKcR SkE OpSEPNZD 0#E %f ikr MEN A#D TE S;E GIfL RunrinS PaSI KER DwW QUTSid5 FIRE ESCAPE staifS. ACCCRTItc TC XCTWER, SkE DId #cT Ei_AecrATZ FURTXER "CR [id ShE Furtker DESCTI?E TWFS5 indiViduALS. 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F3I WASx 5C ================================================== Page 44 ================================================== 0-6 (Rev. ?23-68) From Director Federal Bureau of Investrgation To The Solicitor General JUN 2 7968 Deputy Attorney General Assistant Attorey General Maroney crfs Director, Bureau of Prisors Keueh The Pardon Attomey Burns Chairan, Parole Board Korff Assistant Attorney General for Administration Hayden Immigration &nd Naturalization Service Beck Office of Alien Property Chief Accounts Branch Chief Administrative Services Office ) Knight Chief of Pergonnel Noto General Litigation Section, Civil Division Recorde Adminigtration Office Att;: Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Internal Security Div. Inter-Division Information Unit A. No further action will be taken in thig case in the absence of a gpecific request from you. Bs Please advige what further investigation, if any, is desired in this matter: For your inforation, I am encloging a communication regarding the holder of a diplomatic or interational organization viga. D: For your information: E. Pleage note change in caption of thig cage. John Edgar Hoover Director cC: Attomey General Deputy Attorney General Antitrugt Div. Civil Div. Civil Rights Div. Criminal Div. Interal Security Div. IDIU Enc. (Upon remoual of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal fomm become s UNCLASSIFIEDJ) ================================================== Page 45 ================================================== UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer t Chicago Illinois File No. 89-61 June i2 9 1968 157-2195 ASSASS INATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY ROBERT On June 9 1968 Detective Da le Buehler Area One Homicide Chicago Police Department advised that on Sa turday , June 8 , i968, at approximately 10:00 AM, two maLe Negroes subsequently identified as Robert Smith_ also known as Yaree Ameer and his half-brother Michael Wa lton , entered Supreme Grocery Store 343 East 5lst Street, Chicago and without any warn Shot the owner of the store who was bent over arranging a display in the store Three witnessges observed Smith and Wa lton enter the store approach the owner and without utter- ing a sound fire two shots from a 38 ca liber revolver strik_ the head of Abder Rayyan described as a ma le Arab age 51, alien from Jordan who has been in the United States for five years He died fifteen minutes later Detective Buehler further advised that an Aaron Meyers is being he ld as a ma terial witness, inasmuch as he drove the car which carried Smith and Wa lton both to and away from the scene of the murder . A confidential source who has furnished reliable information in the past , advised on September 21, 1967 that Smith, using the alias of Yaree Ameer is the acting director of the Chicago Branch of the Student Non-Violent Coordina tirg Committee (SNCC) A characterization of SNCC is attached hereto_ Sources utilized in this characterization ha ve furnished reliable information in the past According to the arrest records of the Chicago Police Department Smith has been arrested a number of times for burglary aggravated battery, robbery and purse Snatching, inciting a riot and rape This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) It is the property of the FBI and JyMioaned }58 to your agency ; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency D 71775 FTLED Yaa% } OuEB 18 960 SMITHS /t( -_ ing ing File-ELXLR; ================================================== Page 46 ================================================== ASSASS INATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F KENNEDY ROBERT SMITH On June 10 1968 local Chicago radio stations in reporting of the killing of Abder Ra yyan of Jordanian nationality indicated that the motive for the killing might be one of revenge or a demonstration of emotion by the Negro assa ilants over the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy by the Jordanian Arab nationa1 One newscast stated that Aaron Lee Meyers _ mentioned above as being held as a ma terial witness has been charged with murder and two other ma le Negroes were being sought On June 10 1968 , Detective Da le Buehler Area One Homic ide Chica go Poiice Department advised Aaron Lee Meyers had not been charged with murder but was be ing held as a material witness He further stated that warrants have been issued for both Robert Smith and his half-brother, Michael Malton, charging them with murder On June 11 1968 , Sergeant John Mc Mahon Area One Homicide _ Chicago Foiice Department , advised that the where- abouts of Smith and Wa lton are unknown at this time and inten_ Sive investigation is being conduc ted to locate these persons On June 12 1968 _ Sergeant Mc Mahon advised that Smith and Wa Iton are still being sought for the murder of the grocery store owner Furthermore a warrant has been issued on June 12 1968_ for Sally Miller described as a fema le Negro, who a lso was reported ly in the vehicle which carried Smith and Wa lton to and away from the scene of the crime ROBERT SMITH AND MICHAEL WALTON SHOULD BE CONS IDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS One copy each of the a bove information is being furnished the following agencies : United States Attorney Chicago , Illinois United States Secret Service Chicago , Illinois Region I, 113th Military Intelligence Group Evanston , Illinois 2 ================================================== Page 47 ================================================== STUDENT NONVIOLCNT COORDINATING COMMITTEE Literature distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commlttee (SNCC) headqua rtered a t 360-362 Nelson Street S . W Atlanta Georgia describes itself a 5 not being a membership organiza tIon but rather a n agency a ttempting to stirulate a nd foster the growth of local pro- test movements SNCC wa 5 born out of the sit-in movement which erupted 9 cross the South beginning on February 1 1960 A conference a t Raleigh North Ca rolina that Spring , brought together miany of the demonstra ting Southern students In a loose network of militant youth which was officially named SNCC in October 1960 _ A source has advised that in 1966 Stokely Carmichael was elected Na tional Cha irman by the Central Com- mittee in May 1967 Ca rmichael was replaced as Cha irman by H . Rap Brown with Ca rmichael assuming the position of Recruiter and Organizer for the SNCC In August 1967 at the invitation of Fidel Castro Ca rmichael participated in the Organiza tion 0f Latin American Solidarity Conference which wa 5 held 1m Ha va na Cuba Subsequent tereto Carmichael traveled to Hanoi and other sections of North Vietnam He returned to the United States in December 1967 at which time his passport was picked up because of tra vel to un- authorized countries A source advised that when Ca rmichael wa S elected Cha i rman 0 f SNCC _ the organization emba rked on a program of cl iminating Caucasians from its ranks With the election of MI Rap Brown a5 Cha irman in 1967 it embarked on a world- wide struggle for human rights am to take a fiI stand aga inst violations 0 f these rights by the American Government and to strengthen its programs of opposition to the dra ft and to the United States involvement in Vietnam Literature distributed in February 1968 identi- fies SNCC as a n organization in the re volutionary vanguard [t A dvocates that to be success ful it is necessa ry to deve - op a revolutionary ideology and re volutionary program On August 13 1967 while addressing a group in the Watts a rea of Los Angeles _ Ca lifornia H Rap Brown sa id "You better shape up America or we 11 burn you down 11 Later 1 n February 1968 in a publicized note Brown wrote "America i f it takes my death to organize my people to revolt against you and to organize your Jails to revo]t aga inst you and to organize your children your God your poor your country and to organize mankind to rejjoice in your destruction and T1 ruin then here S my life 3* Ma y ================================================== Page 48 ================================================== 0-6 (Rev- 4-17-68) Fro; Dire- Federal Bureau nvestigation To The Solicitor General Deputy Attorney General ) Assistant Attorey General JUN 1 3 1963 Director, Bureau of Prisons The Pardon Attorney Matoy Chairan_ Parole Boerd ) Ketch Assietant Attomey General for Administration Burns Immigration &nd Naturalization Service Korff Bureau of Narcotics &d Dangerous Drugs Hayden Office of Alien Property {} Beck Chief Accounts Branch Brookhart Chief Administrative Service8 Office XX Eoce_ Chief of Personnel ) Kn:2: General Litigation Section, Civil Division ) Noto Records Administration Office Att.: Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Righte Div. Ofiminal Div. Intemal Security Div. Inter-Division Information Unit A_ No further action will be taken in this cage in the absence of a specific request from you. B. Pleage advige what further investigation, if any, is desired in this matter: C- For your information, I am encloging & communication regarding the holder of & diplomatic Or international organization visa. D For your information: Ea Pleage note change in caption of this cage. John Edgar Hoover Director cc: Attomey General Deputy Attorney General Antitrust Div. Civil Div. Civil Righte Div. Criminal Div. Internal Security Div. IDIU Enc. remoual of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal form becomes UNCLASSIFIED ) Chi Rolz/ 3 (Upon ================================================== Page 49 ================================================== X8i NeSH' WC : F3] CKicaGC 4624m.WBQEWt 6-13-62.RFJJ, TOBIRETOR (100-414870 ) (62-587} ? MEMPHIS 4ND WFo WFO VA #ASHINGTON FROM CMICAGO (!57-2185) (89-61) ATTN & NCIC ROBERT SMITH 2 RM-SncC 0 KEnSALI REAciIon T0 AsSASSInaTiow 0f SENATOR ROBERT F , KENNKDY . RM . DETECTIVE DALE BVEIILER , AREA ONE , HONICIDE , CHICAGo PD ADVISED JUNE TWELFTI Last THAT MURDER WARFANT HAS BEEN IS~ SWE) FOR SALLY Be MILLER In CONNECTION Witk XILLING 0F ABDER RAYYAN 0 ARA3 ALIEN FROM JORDAi In UaS , FOR PAST FIvE YEARS , MURDERED In HIS GPOCERY STORE Qn JWNE EIGHT LAST 0 WAPRAXIS KejE; PLWIQNSLY ISSVED JOR ROBERT SNIIX, Xwoii 0S YAREE NzeR; #Wd XAlf BROTMER MICMAEL WALtoN 9 WITNESSES 03s8RUzD SMITX AND Walton EntcRinG GROCERY STORE 0F #SDER RA YYAN AND Fifing TwO SKOTS TRM.A JMIRTYEIGHI cAlibei REVCivE? StBiklnd RAYyAN Ii KEAD: SALIAY B o MJLLER KAs BEEN IDEiTIfizd As 9 PassENcER In VzhIcLE C.RRyTc SMITx FND WALTuN To AWD FRON ScEWz 0f KILLINC & '6/14 63 ?ALE CZE Aeluo ================================================== Page 50 ================================================== FAGE Two RESIDENCE 0F MILLER , FOUR NINE TWo #INE SoUzH PARK AVENUE , WAs SEARCKED BY CkicaGo PD YESTERDAY , RECOVERED DURINC SEARCH WAS GROUP PhotocRaPX ContaiNiNG PICTURES 0F SiITH AND STOrEL:Y CARMGICKAEL AmonG OTHERS , ALsO RECOVERED WERE TWo F 0 ONE RIFLES BEARInG SERIAL NUMBERS TWo SIX ZERO ZERO FOUR FOUR FIVE AND QNE ONE EIGHT TIo T10 NINE THREE , WZAPOnS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING STOLEN In THEFT FROM TILDEN VocationAI KIGH SchooL , FOUR SEVEN FOUR SEVEi' SOUTH UnIon STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINQIS , oh FEBRUARY TWo NINE 9 LASt . ACCORDInG To An InfoRMANT 0F CHICAGO PD , WkO IS RELATIVE OF MILLER , SMITH RECEIVED PAXMEnT FOR ABOVE KiLling FROM UwXNOWN SOURCZ & SUBSEQUEMT Io KILLING, SMITH , HRLTOn AXND #ILLER; PURCHASED WEY CLOTHIISA_AED RETURNED TO MILLER S RESIDENCE WKERE THEY C4 THERED ADDITIONAL BELowGineS , TMEY SUBSEQWENTLY_DISAP?EAREP WITHQUT LEAVInG InforNATON CO CER#InG FUTURE DESTinatIon_ 0 ERD PAGE TWo

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