</s>File #: 62-HQ-116395 Serial Scope: IS Nr 1208X, 1204K, 1st NR 1204x, 1206-1210X, 1212,1214X,12145,1215.1215X Released under the John F. Kennedy, Assassination Records Collection Act of 992 (USC) 2107 Note; Case#NV 8514 Date: 03/18/2023 NW-888414 Bocid: 22896062 Page1

Summary  
The documents primarily address FBI domestic intelligence operations, legislative reforms, and counterintelligence activities during the 1960s–1970s. They detail discussions on statutory limitations for FBI authority, historical surveillance practices, and oversight mechanisms. Key topics include FBI monitoring of civil rights groups like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), investigations into Puerto Rican independence advocates, Dominican Republic political figures, and legislative proposals to regulate intelligence activities. The documents reference Senate Select Committee inquiries, internal FBI communications, and administrative memos regarding record management and legal reforms. No content directly pertains to John F. Kennedy, the assassination, or related investigations.  

Key People  
- James B. Adams (FBI Deputy Associate Director)  
- John T. Elliff (Domestic Intelligence Task Force Staff Member)  
- J. Edgar Hoover (Implied through historical context; FBI Director)  
- William D. Moyers (Special Assistant to the President)  
- Cartha Deloach (FBI agent)  
- Rosa Collazo (Subject of FBI surveillance in New York)  
- Oscar Collazo (Convicted for attempting to assassinate President Truman)  
- Luis Manuel Alfredo Bordas (Dominican political figure linked to Juan Bosch)  
- Diego Bordas (Brother of Luis Bordas, involved in Dominican politics and business)  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (Subject of FBI surveillance and counterintelligence operations)  
- Ralph Abernathy (SCLC associate)  
- Bernard Lee (SCLC aide)  
- Robert Wick (Former FBI Assistant Director interviewed by Senate Select Committee)  
- Gary Thomas Rowe (FBI informant testifying about KKK activities in Alabama)  
- Michael E. Shaheen, Jr. (Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (Justice Department, FBI Headquarters, Senate Select Committee meetings)  
- New York City (Surveillance on Rosa Collazo and Nationalist Party activities)  
- Puerto Rico (Residences and political networks of Collazo and Bordas family)  
- Dominican Republic (Political and military context involving Juan Bosch and Bordas brothers)  
- Memphis, Tennessee (Sanitation workers' strike, Lorraine Motel, Clayborn Temple)  
- Atlanta, Georgia (SCLC headquarters)  
- San Diego, California (FBI office; Deputy Sheriff identification of Gary Thomas Rowe)  

Key Events  
- 1975 Senate Select Committee hearings on FBI domestic intelligence abuses and legislative reforms  
- FBI surveillance of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico, including Rosa Collazo’s residence and connections to independence advocates  
- Monitoring of Luis Manuel Alfredo Bordas and Diego Bordas for alleged financial support of deposed Dominican President Juan Bosch  
- FBI operations related to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis, Tennessee, including surveillance, internal communications, and post-assassination reviews  
- Legislative proposals to regulate or abolish the FBI’s internal security program, including statutory limitations and oversight mechanisms  
- Senate Select Committee requests for access to FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights groups, and counterintelligence activities  
- Gary Thomas Rowe’s testimony before the Senate Select Committee about KKK activities in Alabama  
- FBI review of Navy drug experiments (1947–1954) involving collaboration with CIA and Navy, including Project CHATTER and CALLING CARD  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- U.S. Department of Justice  
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities (SSC)  
- Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (Inquiries about FBI drug use in interrogations)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- U.S. Navy and Naval Medical Research Institute (NRI)  
- United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Committee)  
- Domestic Intelligence Task Force (Justice Department)

JFK Declassified Files

124-10186-10048_multirif.pdf

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