FOIPA COVER SHEET FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO) BLACK EXTREMIST 100-448006 SECTION 3THE BEST COPY _ OBTAINABLE IS INCLUDED IN THE REPRODUCTION OF THESE DOCUMENTS. PAGES INCLUDED THAT ARE BLURRED, LIGHT, OR OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO READ ARE THE . RESULT OF THE CONDITION OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. ‘NO BETTER COPY CAN BE REPRODUCED.; Mew Memoranxum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-448006) rrom /|SACp PHOENIX (105-2544) (P*) AGENCE I Req. REC'D. / REPST A SUBJECT: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAM... BY; BLACK NATIONALISTS-HATE.GROUPS _@y- RACIAL INTELLIGENCE Ksew FTA? - Ro. 32 meeting hi opened that week nd ex! oe the congregation the picture of Rev. RALPH ABERNATHY, — . Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); ELIJAH MUHAMMAD and other Negro leaders joining hands, supposedly at the residence of ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. : GEBEB curtnor stated that CEE then stated “This is proof that even the great leader of the SCLC is a accepting the Honorable ELIJAH MUHAMMAD's leadership.” The / \ Rev, RALPH ABERNATHY knows he has been teaching the white \ man's bogus religion too long to the black people. io - Stated that these staterients made a great. impression on ' MTI 32 congregation. The above is set out for the information of the Bureau and Chicago as 00 regarding the NOI in order to evalu- ate whether or not such impact as mentioned above is prevalent 4 On the national level at other NOI mosques and, if so, to Seigh the possibility of either (1) advising Rev. ABERNATHY that a militant black Negro organization is of the opinion that the SCLC is in sympathy with the NOI separation philo- ~4 sophy and requesting a publicized rebuttal by ABERNATHY, or (2) assuming that ABERNATHY is not cooperative, Bureau and ~ 60 are requested to weigh the potential of a friendly news . media interviewing ABERNATHY, confronting him with the above picture and asking ABERNATHY if in fact the SCLC is in sym- i pathy with the NOI philosophy. counter : es ‘The Phoenix Division has developed no/intelligence interests to report and this matter is placed in pending inactive status. cee 7 : 1.0 REE . a Fae (2?- Bureau (RM) > 2 = Chicago (RM) a wee 2 iA 1 - Phoenix 4 ede oON Beer 10 1988 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan by _