Cointelpro New Left Birmingham Part 01 Final

This document appears to be a cover sheet for a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request related to the COINTELPRO program. The text clearly indicates "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS" and "SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO)". It also specifies "NEW LEFT BIRMINGHAM DIVISION" and a case number "100-449698-4". A circular emblem with the text "FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT" is prominently displayed, featuring an American flag motif and a star. The bottom of the page displays "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" in bold capital letters. There are no photographic images, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, logs, charts, or redactions visible on this page. The visual elements primarily consist of text and a seal, all serving to officially categorize and identify the enclosed information. FOIPA COVER SHEET FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO) NEW LEFT BIRMINGHAM DIVISION 100-449698-4 FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION { ( NOTICE THE BEST COPIES OBTAINABLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPRODUCTION OF THE FILE. PAGES INCLUDED THAT ARE BLURRED, LIGHT OR OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO READ ARE THE RESULT OF THE CONDITION AND OR COLOR OF THE ORIGINALS PROVIDED. 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Referenced Bureau letter instructs submission every three months of a status letter covering the prior three month period under the following captions: 1. Potential Counterintelligence Action 2. Pending Counterintelligence Action 3. Tangible Results During the period October - December, 1970, the Birmingham Field Division did not have under inves- tigation any "New Left" type group of definite organization. The "New Left" during this period existed on an ad hoc basis without established leadership/membership. Therefore, Birmingham has had no opportunity for the development of a counterintelligence program. REC-73 / do 1997 695-1-14 EX-113 (2)- Bureau (100-449698)(RM) 1 - Birmingham (100-5513) RSM:scl (3) 4 JAN 4 1971 INT.SEC: 98-1970 8010-106 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan ```json [ {"box_2d": [8, 140, 18, 234], "text_content": ". 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Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan"}, {"box_2d": [936, 140, 968, 242], "text_content": "4 JUL 1970"} ] ``` MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (11 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVE MENT Memoranaum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) DATE: 4/1/70 FROM : [PHYSICAL DATE STAMP] [PHYSICAL DATE STAMP] SAC, BIRMINGHAM (100-5513) (P*) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT Re Bulet to Albany, 5/10/68. Referenced Bureau letter instructs that commencing 7/1/68, and every three months thereafter, participating offices should submit a status letter covering the prior three-month period under the captions: 1) Potential Counterintelligence Action 2) Pending Counterintelligence Action 3) Tangible Results During the period January - March, 1970, the Birmingham Field Division did not have under investigation any organization within the so-called The document is a memorandum from the FBI Birmingham Field Division to the Director of the FBI, dated December 30, 1970. It discusses the "New Left" and COINTELPRO. There are several handwritten annotations, including a signature or initials on the "FROM" line, and what appear to be routing codes and dates in the upper right and lower right corners. A rubber stamp marked "REC-73 / EX-113" is visible, along with another stamped date of "4 JAN 4 1971". Additional handwritten notations include "INT.SEC" and what looks like a signature. A small image of a soldier is present on the lower left corner. The document appears to be an official FBI communication with internal routing and administrative markings. three months thereafter, participating offices should submit a status letter covering the prior three-month period under the captions: 1) Potential Counterintelligence Action 2) Pending Counterintelligence Action 3) Tangible Results During the period January - March, 1970, the Birmingham Field Division did not have under investigation any organization within the so-called "New Left". The Oneonta Collective was associated with the defunct Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC). After SSOC ceased activity, the Oneonta Collective adopted a Marxist-Leninist point of view and on 3/21/70, during a visit by DANIEL RUBIN, National Organization Secretary, CPUSA, was constituted as the Oneonta Club of the CPUSA. Therefore, in the absence of an organized New Left, Birmingham has had no opportunity for development of a counterintelligence program. (2) Bureau (RM) 1 - Birmingham RSM:bgs APR 3 1970 REC-41 SECTION 63. 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The primary content is typed text, detailing a report from the Birmingham FBI office regarding the "New Left" organization. There are several handwritten annotations, including signatures and what appear to be routing or file codes. Multiple official stamps are present, such as "REC-88" and "REG-88." Additionally, there is a small illustration of a figure standing, and a section of text near the bottom suggesting involvement with "Savings Bonds." There are no photographs of individuals, surveillance targets, or facilities visible on this page. "text_content": "L\n"}, {"box_2d": [531, 330, 645, 815], "text_content": "The RYM faction of SDS was in existence\nin Birmingham only from mid-August to\nmid-October 1969. 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Contact with sources indicates that such student activity as has occurred has been of an improvised nature rather than a New Left manifestation. 2) Pending Counterintelligence Action None 3) Tangible Results None 2 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 19 MAY 1MO EDITION GSA FPMR (11 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOY NMENT Memorandum DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) FROM : SAC, BIRMINGHAM (100-5513) (P*) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO NEW LEFT DATE: 9/24/69 ReBulet to Albany, 5/10/68. Referenced Bureau letter instructs that commencing 7/1/68, and every three months thereafter, participating offices should submit a status letter covering the prior three month-period under the captions used below. The following is submitted for the period of July-September, 1969: 1) Potential Counterintelligence Action The New Left in the Birmingham Field Division territory presently consists of two factions of Students for a Democratic Society, (SDS). The Birmingham-in-large chapter of SDS is actually located in Oneonta, Alabama, and uses the name Oneonta Collective-Alabama Movement Press, [REDACTED] Its activities to date have been limited to the publication of one handbill and an attempt to put up posters on poles, etc., protesting the closing of swimming pools by the City of Birmingham as the result of the shooting of a white policeman by The document is a "Memorandum" from the United States Government, dated April 1, 1970. It is addressed to the Director of the FBI from SAC, Birmingham. Handwritten marginalia includes a signature in cursive and what appears to be a code or identifier. Official stamps include "REC-41" and "APR 3 1970 SECTION," along with what might be a routing stamp. A sketched figure of a man holding a rifle is present near the bottom left, along with form-like entries indicating "RSM:bgs," "APR0 1970," and a numbered list referencing "Bureau (RM)" and "Birmingham." The text discusses COINTELPRO – NEW LEFT and Birmingham's lack of opportunity for a counterintelligence program development. Oneonta Collective-Alabama Movement Press, [REDACTED] Its activities to date have been limited to the publication of one handbill and an attempt to put up posters on poles, etc., protesting the closing of swimming pools by the City of Birmingham as the result of the shooting of a white policeman by a Negro during a dispute at a swimming pool. A group calling itsself the Birmingham Collective, which is adhering to the program of the RYM II faction of SDS, located in Birmingham, Alabama, in mid-August, 1969. This group, which ②- Bureau (RM) - Birmingham RSM:cap 5800T 78 1969 [ILLEGIBLE] 129 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 67D INT. SEC. REC 82 /0.17 SEP 25 1969 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GO RNMENT Memorandum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) FROM : SAC, BIRMINGHAM (100-5513) (P*) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO - NEW LEFT ReBulet to Albany, 5/10/68. Referenced Bureau letter instructs that commencing 7/1/68 and every three months thereafter, participating offices should submit a status letter covering the prior three-month period under the following captions: June 1969: The following is submitted for the period April- 1) Potential Counterintelligence Action The New Left in the Birmingham Field Division territory now consists of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Southern Student Organizing Committee was dissolved early in June 1969. Accidental Assemblies of Cosmic Dust and Alabama Committee for Freedom and Peace have been inactive during this period, and these investiga- tions have been closed by Birmingham. SDS activity has been principally on the campus at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. No information has been developed which would indicate a possible counterintelligence action. With the advent of the summer vacation period, it is not anticipated that a potential counterintelligence action will be developed during the next three months. Bureau (RM) Birmingham RSM:mas (3) 56 JUL 1 1 1969 REC-59 FX-116 10 JUL 2 1969 INT Ung. Cho. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DATE: 7/1/69 BH 100-5513 2) Pending Counterintelligence Action None. 3) Tangible Results None. 2 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 18 MAY 1002 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVT. ANMENT Memorandum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) DATE: 3/29/69 FROM: SAC, BIRMINGHAM (100-5513) (P*) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO NEW LEFT ReBulet to Albany dated 5/10/68. Referenced Bureau letter instructs that commencing 7/1/68 and every three months thereafter, participating offices FORM NO. 18 MAY 1002 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVT. ANMENT Memorandum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698) DATE: 3/29/69 FROM: SAC, BIRMINGHAM (100-5513) (P*) SUBJECT: COINTELPRO NEW LEFT ReBulet to Albany dated 5/10/68. Referenced Bureau letter instructs that commencing 7/1/68 and every three months thereafter, participating offices should submit a status letter covering the prior three-month period under the following captions: The following is submitted for the period January- March 1969: 1) Potential Counterintelligence Action The New Left in the Birmingham Field Division territory consists of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), Accidental Assemblies of Cosmic Dust (AACD), and Alabama Committee for Freedom and Peace (ACFP). SDS has been attempting to organize upon the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It has not attracted a large following to date. SSOC has established an Alabama head- quarters and has a staff of [REDACTED] and an individual tentatively identified as [REDACTED] a white female. 100-449695-41-7 SSOC and SDS are closely affiliated to the point where they constitute to all intents and purposes a single body at the University of Alabama. SSOC also 670 2- Bureau (RM) 1- Birmingham RSM: mas (3) S6APR15 1969 EX 110 REC-39 3 APR 1 1969 JNT.SEC. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan BH 100-5513 also divorced and the mother of minor children. Information has recently been developed that has left [REDACTED] and returned to her home in North Carolina. Since then [REDACTED] has been living in Oneonta, Alabama, with a young white female who has tentatively been identified as [REDACTED] If this illicit relationship can be established, it is believed a possible counterintelligence action can be devised utilizing [REDACTED] immoral life. Such an action would adversely affect SSOC, AACD and ACFP. No action against SDS appears feasible as yet. 2) Pending Counterintelligence Action None. 3) Tangible Results None. 3 ```json [ {"box_2d": [16, 153, 26, 258], "text_content": "OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10\n"}, {"box_2d": [24, 151, 33, 252], "text_content": "MAY 1962 EDITION\n"}, {"box_2d": [33, 153, 41, 282], "text_content": "GSA FPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.8\n"}, {"box_2d": [44, 151, 61, 436], "text_content": "UNITED STATES GO\nNMENT\n"}, {"box_2d": [61, 149, 96, 418], "text_content": "Memorandum\n"}, {"box_2d": [120, 66, 136, 94], "text_content": "TO\n"}, {"box_2d": [120, 168, 138, 501], "text_content": "DIRECTOR, FBI (100-449698)\n"}, {"box_2d": [127, 673, 140, 722], "text_content": "DATE:\n"}, {"box_2d": [127, 772, 140, 844], "text_content": "1/7/69\n"}, {"box_2d": [168, 196, 188, 546], The document is a memorandum from the FBI field office in Birmingham to the Director, dated December 31, 1969. It contains handwritten annotations, including a signature and initials, possibly from field agents or supervisors. There are no photographs or surveillance logs visible. The document itself is a form of internal FBI communication, with typed headings and text detailing counterintelligence actions. There are no visible redactions on this page. 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