Cointelpro New Left Hq Part 05 Final

The document is a title page for a declassified FBI file. Large, bold sans-serif text dominates the upper portion of the page, identifying the document as "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS" with the "SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO)" and "NEW LEFT". Below this are "100-449698" and "SUB A". Centered in the lower half of the page is a black and white circular seal featuring an American flag motif and the text "FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT". At the bottom, in large sans-serif text, it reads "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION". There are no photographs, handwritten notes, official stamps, forms, wiretap logs, surveillance schedules, operational charts, or visual evidence of surveillance methods present on this page. The page is entirely composed of text and the aforementioned seal. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO) NEW LEFT 100-449698 SUB A 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. THESE ARE THE BEST COPIES AVAILABLE. 0-19 (Rev. 1-30-74) FOLA-SIRRN FBI Counterintelligence Plan Against Radicals Outlined By Susanna McBee Washington Post Staff Writer The man responsible for the FBI's controversial counterin- telligence program against ex- tremist groups in the 1960s was former Assistant Director William C. Sullivan, whom the Ilate J. Edgar Hoover ousted in 1971, according to a Brandeis University professor. John TElliff, an assistant professor of politics who has studled the FBI for the last. three years, made the dis- closure in testimony before a Senate Judiciary subcomittee. He also said that Sullivan was the source of another pro- gram, the so-called "Huston plan," which called for bug- ging, break-in, and mail cover operations against radicals. Sullivan, who is now retired, confirmed Elliff's comments about his role in the counter- intelligence program but said he was not the "sole source" of the "Iluston plan." Elliff, who has written nu- Imerous articles on the FBI and is now working on a book about the bureau, said Sulli- van's role in the counterintel- ligence-disruption program is revealed in two memos the FBI relased last January. One, dated May 9, 1968, was written to Sullivan, then head of the domestic intelligence di- vision of the FBI, hy his deputy, Charles D. Brennan. The memo outlined the ra- tionale for starting an FBI program to "expose, disrupt, and otherwise neutralize the activities" of the New Left. "It shows that the program Initiated in the office headed by Sullivan," Elliff told a re- porter after his testimony. The next day Director Hoover sent memos all over the coun- try Initiating the program, Fl- liff noted. The second memo, dated April 27, 1971, also was writ- ten by Brennan, then head of the intelligence division, to Sullivan, then assistant to Hoover. That memo said the counterintelligence programs, which the FBI called COIN- TELPROs, should be discon- tinued "for security reasons because of their sensitivity." Elliff cited a memo that Hoover sent to field agents the next day that said, "Effective immediately, all COINTEL- PROs operated by this then assistant to Hoover. That memo said the counterintelligence programs, which the FBI called COIN- TELPROs, should be discon- tinued "for security reasons because of their sensitivity." Elliff cited a memo that Hoover sent to field agents the next day that said, "Effective immediately, all COINTEL- PROs operated by this bureau are discontinued." Sullivan, reached last night at his home in Sugar Hill, N.H., said several FBI men working for Brennan thought up the program. "I had noth- ing to do with the thought be- hind it but I approved it 1,001 per cent," he said. "And I was responsible for it." Elliff told the Senate sub- committee he learned of Sulli- van's role in the 1970 surveil- lance plan that was named for a former White House alde, Tom Charles Huston, from. several interviews with Sulli- wan and with current FBI offi- cials. Sullivan confirmed Elliff's description of him as the act- ing chairman of the working group that devised the plan, which President Nixon ap- proved in July, 1970, then re- scinded five days later at the insistence of Hoover. Huston has since said he told Mr. Nixon at the time that the plan was illegal. Sullivan said that the intelli- gence community represented on the working committee was fconcerned over the FBI's ina- bility to solve "the bombings and killings that were going on at the time." A-2 He said he suggested.rein- statement of old techniques, including burglaries, which the FBI had used at least since 1926 and which Hoover had discontinued in mid-1966. But he said, that others on the committee advocated their reinstatement, too, and that the "Huston plan" was there- fore a group effort. "I accepted it as traditional government policy," Sullivan said. Hoover later told him he was 'worried that the plan was "tod dangerous," and both he and the director outlined Hoover's objections in foot- notes to the plan itself, Sulli- van added. In his testimony, Elliff out- lined a fascinating power struggle between Sullivan, whom he called the FBI's "leading intellectual," and Ho- over, who ultimately forced Sullivan to resign in October, 1971. Hoover died in May, 1972. Referring to the counterin- telligence operations, Elliff said, "While Hoover approved those measures, Sullivan chafed under the director's other restrictions. For exam- ple, FBI agents were barred from undercover infiltration of New Left groups. Instead, they had to recruit informants and sources from This page contains a "NOTICE" statement, informing the reader that the best possible reproductions are included, but some pages may be blurry or difficult to read due to the condition of the original documents. The text is printed in a large, bold font, spanning multiple lines. There are no images, stamps, handwritten notes, redactions, or any other visual elements on this page besides the printed text. The page is a standard white document. October, 1971. Hoover died in May, 1972. Referring to the counterin- telligence operations, Elliff said, "While Hoover approved those measures, Sullivan chafed under the director's other restrictions. For exam- ple, FBI agents were barred from undercover infiltration of New Left groups. Instead, they had to recruit informants and sources from outside the bureau's ranks." However, Elliff related, be- fore the 1968 Democratic con- vention in Chicago, Sullivan 'defied Hoovers rule and as- signed several unmarried agents from the local field of- fice to grow long hair and beards and join the protesters. "When the convention ended they cut their hair, shaved, and were reassigned to the West Coast. The agent in charge of the Chicago office: apparently cooperated with Sullivan, and the director never learned of the incident." REC 107 NOT RECORDE.. MAR 29 1974 The Washington Post Washington Star-News Daily News (New York) The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The National Observer The Los Angeles Times Date MAR 19 1974 11-583 --- Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm. Dep. AD Inv. Asst. Dir.: Admin. Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs Files & Com. Gen. Inv. Inspection Intell. Laboratory Plan. & Eval. Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. Director Sec'y 1974 Cointelpro New Left Hq Part 05 Final FBI Director Clarence Kelley testifies at Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing By Margaret Thomas The Washington Post that he has no objection to a 10-year limit on the director's tenure. --- ___ --- 0-199-11-73) Hoover Ordered FBI to Plant Spies, Forge Papers Against Extremists By Susanna McBee Washington Post Staff Writer The late J. Edgar Hoover issued orders calling on FBI agents across the country to expose, disrupt, and "other- wise neutralize" a variety of black, white and left-wing groups from 1961 to 1970. The targets were the Black Panther Party, six unnamed "black nationalist-hate groups" and six unnamed black lead- ers, the Ku Klux Klan and nine unnamed white "hate" groups and the Socialist Workers Party. FBI tactics against the tar- gets included fabricating doc- uments so they would appear to be "pilfered from police files," planting spies pretend- ing to be "disgruntled police employees," and discrediting leaders of extremist groups in their own communities. These disclosures came in seven severely censored docu- ments that the FBI released yesterday to NBC newsman Carl Stern, who had sued for release of the Hoover memos under the Freedom of Infor- mation Act. They were The page is a scanned newspaper clipping featuring a large headline: "FBI Counterintelligence Plan Against Radicals Outlined." Handwritten annotations are present at the top, including "FOIA-21TER N," and a circular stamp with "REC 107." In the lower right corner, there is an official stamp that reads "NOT RECORDED / 19 MAR 29 1974," followed by paper inserts with typescript lists that are partially obscured by a handwritten signature and other marks. Additionally, there are handwritten notations under the stamp, including a date stamp "MAR 19 1974" and what appears to be a case file number "F-11E-583." The page contains a black and white photograph of FBI Director Clarence Kelley speaking at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing. The photograph is grainy and appears to be a newspaper clipping pasted onto the document. Below the photograph, there is a caption that reads "FBI Director Clarence Kelley testifies at Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing that he has no objection to a 10-year limit on the director's tenure." There are also handwritten annotations and what appear to be ink blots and smudges scattered across the page. The document also has some faint lines and dots which appear to be part of the printing process or scanning of the original document. Overall, the page appears to be a scanned document with a photograph and accompanying text, possibly from a news report. "disgruntled police employees," and discrediting leaders of extremist groups in their own communities. These disclosures came in seven severely censored docu- ments that the FBI released yesterday to NBC newsman Carl Stern, who had sued for release of the Hoover memos under the Freedom of Infor- mation Act. They were the second of a series of secret memos re- leased by the Justice Depart- ment in response to Stern's suit. The first two memos, made public last Dec. 6, dis- closed Hoover's counter-intel- ligence program (called COIN- TELPRO) against the New Left that went from 1968 to 1971. A major goal of Hoover's campaign against "black na- tionalist hate groups" was to prevent the rise of a "mes- siah" who could unify and electrify the militant black nationalist movement," accord- ing to the document. See HOOVER, A6, Col. 3 Assoc. Dir. Asst. Dir.: Admin. Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs Files & Com. Gen. Inv. Ident Inspection Intell. 91 Laboratory Plan & Evol. Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. Director Sec'y Fils 54APR 1 174 MAR 28 1974 MAR 29 1974 The Washington Post Times Herald The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People's World Date 12/74 FILE S-ESP Disrupt Extremist Loover Told FBI HOOVER, From Al Jenting violence, keeping such ing to à March 4, 1968, Hoover groups from attracting young memo. members, and preventing them It said that one black lead- "from gaining respectability." er, whose name is deleted but Hoover told his agents, "You who may be Malcolm X, "might must discredit these groups have been such a 'messiah'; and Individuals to first the he is the martyr of the move- responsible Negro commun- ment today." Malcolm X was Iity," then to the white commu- assassinated in 1965. nity, especially liberals "who The memo listed other have vestiges of sympathy for names, all deleted, who, it said, militant black nationalist[s] "all aspire to this position." simply because they are Ne- One leader, whose name is groes. Third, these groups must blanked out but who may be be discredited in the eyes of the 76-year-old Elijah Muham- Negro radicals, the followers mad, head of the Black Mus- of the movement." lims, "is less of a threat be- cause of his Ne- One leader, whose name is groes. Third, these groups must blanked out but who may be be discredited in the eyes of the 76-year-old Elijah Muham- Negro radicals, the followers mad, head of the Black Mus- of the movement." lims, "is less of a threat be- cause of his age," the memo Hoover outlined his "dis- said. ruptive-disinformation opera- tion" against the Black Pan- Another would-be messiah, ther Party (BPP) in Oakland whose name was deleted but and San Francisco in a May, was probably Martin Luther 11, 1970, memo: King, could "be a very real "Xerox copies of true docu- contender for this position ments, documents subtly in- should he abandon his sup- corporating false information, posed 'obedience' to 'white, and entirely fabricated docu- liberal doctrines' (nonviolence) ments would be periodically and embrace black national- anonymously mailed to the Ism," Hoover wrote. The man residence of a key Panther "has the necessary charisma leader," he proposed. to be a real threat in this way," Hoover added. They would be on police and FBI stationery and if they In the same memo he noted were supposedly FBI docu- that in the summer of 1967 ments, they would be marked leaders of an unnamed group as "early indicating they had being watched by the FBI were files," he said. The Panthers brought to the attention of po- would be made to think they lice in an unnamed city. came from a "disgruntled po- "They were arrested on év- lice employee sympathetic to ery possible charge until they the Panthers." could no longer make bail," Hoover said. As a result, they Then phony documents spent most of the summer in would be prepared "pinpoint- jail and no violence took place ing Panthers as poilce or FBI that could be attributed to informants, ridiculing or dis-. them, he added. crediting Panther leaders Hoover's 1968 memo refer- through their ineptness or red to the tense summer the perosnal escapades, espousing year before when Detroit and as "clearly indicating they had Newark erupted in bloody riots personal philosophies and pro- that killed 69 persons and in- moting factionalism among Jured 3,500 in the two cities. BPP members, indicating He noted that in 1968 the electronic coverage where counter-intelligence program none exists, outlining ficti- against black organizations was tious plans for police raids or being carried out by 41 FBI other counteractions, reveal- field offices. The page is primarily newspaper print, featuring a headline and article from The Washington Post. There are two significant handwritten annotations. One appears to be a signature or initial, possibly "A.D.A." followed by "Action". Another handwritten note at the bottom right says "FILE S-ESP". Several official stamps are present, including "MAR 28 1974" and "MAR 29 1974", indicating when the document was processed. There are also handwritten lists of publications and a blank "Date" field likely for administrative purposes. The visual elements predominantly consist of text, stamps, and marginalia related to the document's handling and filing. The image is a scanned page from a newspaper, featuring a large headline that reads "Disrupt Extremist Hoover Told FBI". The majority of the page contains dense, typed text, likely from a news article detailing FBI operations. There are no photographs or diagrams. The document contains one handwritten annotation in black marker on the right side of the page, reading "FILE SAF." The text itself appears to be the primary visual content, describing directives and operations related to handling political groups. There is no evidence of official stamps, specific forms, or visual elements representing surveillance methods. and in- moting factionalism among Jured 3,500 in the two cities. BPP members, indicating He noted that in 1968 the electronic coverage where counter-intelligence program none exists, outlining ficti- against black organizations was tious plans for police raids or being carried out by 41 FBI other counteractions, reveal- field offices. Besides trying ing misuse or misappropri- to head off the rise of a "mes- ation of Panther funds..." slah," the program was design- ed to prevent the coalition of A Dec. 24, 1970, Hoover "militant black nationalist memo noted that a leader, groups." whose name was blanked out but who was probably El- In explaining, Hoover warn- dridge Cleaver, had "broken ed, "An effective coalition of with the... organization." black nationalist groups might be the first step toward a real An Oct. 12, 1961, Hoover 'Mau Mau' in America, the memo on the Socialist Work- ginning of a true black revolu-ers Party said it should be dis- tion." rupted "along similar lines" to the way the FBI attacked Other goals included prev- the Communist Party. FILE SAF ```json [ {"box_2d": [19, 53, 33, 191], "text_content": "0-19 (Rev. 9-11-73)"}, {"box_2d": [16, 832, 28, 905], "text_content": "Assoc. Dir."}, {"box_2d": [34, 832, 44, 899], "text_content": "Asst. 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Gen. William Saxbe, has shed more light on its four-year campaign, start- campaign, starting in 1968, to disrupt the activities of black militants, the New Left and other radical groups. :. In documents made public yesterday, the FBI revealed it strove to thwart the The FBI, on orders from Atty. Gen. William Saxbe, has shed more light on its four-year campaign, start- campaign, starting in 1968, to disrupt the activities of black militants, the New Left and other radical groups. :. In documents made public yesterday, the FBI revealed it strove to thwart the ise of a "messiah" among blacks, to prevent the for- mation of a coalition among black groups and to confuse the Black Panthers by send- ing them misleading docu- ments. The new revelations also spell out the details of FBI campaigns in the early 1960s against the Socialist Workers party and the Ku Klux Klan. APRI 1 101 F THE FBI counterintel- ligence program, called COINTELPRO, was appar- ently called off by then- director J. Edgar Hoover on April 28, 1971 Now: 171 The documents disclosed yesterday urged FBI agents to imitate a police depart ment which arrested Black Nationalist leaders "on every possible charge until they could no longer make bail" and suggested a "dis- ruption disinformation" operation in the San Fran- cisco Bay area to confuse and break up the Black Panther party. Saxbe called release of the documents, partially censored, "an act of admin- istrative discretion." These and earlier documents were released in response to a newsman's lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act. SAXBE, decided to re- lease the new documents in response to an appeal from newsmen, whose request had been denied by FBI 1. Director Clarence M. Kel- ley. The first of the operations described in the new docu- ments was the one aimed at the Socialist Workers party. It was begun in 1961. All of these special operations were apparently stopped in the spring of 1971, although there were indications in documents released earlier. that specific disruptive ac- tivities might still be contin- ing. The effort to deal with the black "hate groups" was ordered in a letter to FBI offices in September 1967. AGENTS WERE ordered to "prevent militant black nationalist groups and lead- ers from gaining respecti- bility by discrediting them to three seperate segments the of the community" responsible Negro commu- nity, the white community and Negro radicals. "The response of the field to the counter-intelligence program to the Communist party, U.S.A. indicates that a superb job can be done by the field on counterintel- ligence," the message to the field offices said The FBI also proposed to its field The page shows newspaper clippings from "More Documents Released On FBI War on Radicals" along with a list of newspapers. Several handwritten annotations in dark ink appear on the upper right, including what looks like a signature and an approval stamp that reads "NOT RECORDED 21 MAR 29 1974". There are also some numbers and symbols written in various places on the page, including a large handwritten number "100-44" and what looks like a date "3-8-74" on a line that says "Date". There are no photographs, wiretap logs, or surveillance charts present, but the handwritten notes and stamp suggest classification and processing information related to the document. The page contains handwritten annotations in black ink, including a signature and what appears to be a date or file number, along with several lines of text. There is a form with pre-printed fields on the right side, with some fields filled in with checkmarks and other handwritten entries. Several sections of the text are underlined or marked with vertical lines. There are also circular punch holes at the top of the page. No photographs, wiretap logs, or visual evidence of surveillance methods are present. commu- nity, the white community and Negro radicals. "The response of the field to the counter-intelligence program to the Communist party, U.S.A. indicates that a superb job can be done by the field on counterintel- ligence," the message to the field offices said The FBI also proposed to its field office in San Fran- cisco that it attempt to con- fuse the Black Panther par- ty by anonymously sending copies of what appeared to be FBI documents to Black Panther leaders. "Xerox copies of true documents, documents that subtly incorporated false information and entirely fabricated documents would periodically be sent anony- mously to the residence of a key Panther leader," the suggestions to the FBI in San Francisco said. "The operations would afford us a continuing means to furnish the Pan- ther leadership true infor- mation which, in their inter- ests, they may not ignore," the proposal said. The effort to deal with the white "hate groups" such as the Klan, were ordered in a directive sent out on Sept. 2, 1964. に Assoc. Dir. Asst. Dir.: Admin. Comp. Syst. Files & Com. Gen. Inv. Ident. Inspection Intell Laboratory Plan. & Eval. Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun. Cong. Serv. Corr. & Crm. Research Press Off. Telephone Rm. Director Sec'y Washington Post mes Herald Evening Star (Washington) Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times The Daily World. The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People's World Date 100-441614-7- NOW 2. MAR 29 1974 --- --- OCR End --- 0-20 (Rev. 9-11-73) Assoc. Dir. Asst. Dir.: Admin. Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs C Files & Com. Gen. Inv. Ident. Inspection Intell. #40 Laboratory Plan. & Eval. Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. Director Sec'y UPIO 18 (KELLEY) Filep AP WASHINGTON (UPI) COINTELPRO Coinlal. Laff .-- THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CHALLENGE NEW LEET REVOLUTIONARIES, SAYS FBI DIRECTOR CLARENCE KELLEY, AND THAT IS WHY HE DEFENDS THE LATE J. EDGAR HOOVER'S EFFORTS TO "NEUTRALIZE" THE NEW LEFT. KELLEY SAID FRIDAY THAT WHILE HOOVER'S COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE MOVES AGAINST THE NEW LEFT ACTIVISTS IN THE 1960S MAY PE SUEJECT TO CRITICISM NOW THAT THERE ARE NO CIVIL DISRUPTIONS, "THERE MUST BE SOME EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE CHALLENGE...OF THOSE WHO USE ANY MEANS TO FOMENT REVOLUTION, HE SAID. IN A RELATED STATEMENT, MADE IN A NEWS CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, The page is a typed document with an attached list of FBI departments on the right side. The top left corner has a faded stamp or notation. The main text is an excerpt from a news report, dated UPI 12-07 06:16 PES. There are no photographs, handwritten notes, wiretap logs, or surveillance charts visible. The text describes FBI Director Clarence Kelley defending a counterintelligence program. IN THE 1960S MAY PE SUEJECT TO CRITICISM NOW THAT THERE ARE NO CIVIL DISRUPTIONS, "THERE MUST BE SOME EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE CHALLENGE...OF THOSE WHO USE ANY MEANS TO FOMENT REVOLUTION, HE SAID. IN A RELATED STATEMENT, MADE IN A NEWS CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, KELLEY SAID PROGRAMS SUCH AS HOOVER'S MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER TO REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS. BUT HE SAID SOME TYPE OF PLAN MUST BE DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DEAL WITH THESE MOVEMENTS. 71 KELLEY SAID HE AND ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT BORK DISCUSSED THE SITUATION AND AGREED THAT A CURRENT EVALUATION OF THE FBI'S REACTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCIES SHOULD CONTINUE. THE FBI MADE HOOVER'S MEMOS ABOUT THE PROJECT PUBLIC ON THURSD