</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 detail FBI domestic intelligence programs, legislative debates over surveillance authority, and historical investigations into civil rights activism. They reference FBI legal frameworks under statutes like 18 U.S.C. 533 and executive orders from President Kennedy (1962, 1964) to justify internal security operations. The FBI’s mass surveillance of groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Weatherman faction, and Puerto Rican nationalists is noted, alongside debates over legislative reforms to restrict or restructure domestic intelligence activities. Key discussions include the Senate Select Committee’s scrutiny of COINTELPRO, FBI responses to requests for materials on Martin Luther King Jr., and administrative proposals for renaming FBI facilities. The FBI also addressed historical drug experiments by the Navy (1947–1954) and interactions with congressional committees regarding domestic security investigations.  

Key People:  
- James B. Adams (Deputy Associate Director, FBI)  
- John A. Mintz (Assistant Director, FBI)  
- John T. Elliff (Domestic Task Force Staff Member)  
- J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)  
- Robert Wick (Former FBI Assistant Director)  
- Gary Thomas Rowe (Former FBI Informant)  
- Martin Luther King Jr.  
- Rosa Collazo (Puerto Rican nationalist)  
- Diego Bordas (Dominican political figure)  
- Luis Bordas (Honorary Nicaragua Consul in San Juan)  
- Walter Mondale, Edward Kennedy (Senators requesting FBI records)  

Key Locations:  
- Washington D.C. (FBI headquarters, Justice Department, Senate Select Committee meetings)  
- New York City (surveillance on Rosa Collazo and her daughter)  
- Bronx, New York (Rosa Collazo’s residence)  
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (Luis Bordas’ residence)  
- Memphis, Tennessee (Sanitation Workers Strike, Lorraine Motel, Clayborn Temple)  
- Birmingham, Alabama (FBI investigations of KKK activities)  
- Pentagon (review of declassified Navy files)  

Key Events:  
- December 9, 1975, FBI meeting to discuss domestic intelligence program overreach and legislative reforms.  
- FBI surveillance of Puerto Rican nationalists (Rosa Collazo) and Dominican political figures (Diego Bordas).  
- FBI Counterintelligence Program targeting Black nationalist groups and civil rights activists.  
- Surveillance and intelligence operations on Martin Luther King Jr., including his 1968 Memphis strike and assassination.  
- Senate Select Committee inquiries into FBI activities, including COINTELPRO and informant management.  
- FBI review of Navy drug experiments (1947–1954) and interactions with congressional subcommittees.  
- Legislative proposals to rename FBI buildings and restrict domestic intelligence authority.  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- U.S. Department of Justice  
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities (SSC)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico  
- Dominican Republic political factions (Bordas brothers, Juan Bosch supporters)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- U.S. Navy (Naval Medical Research Institute, Office of Naval Intelligence)  
- Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practices and Procedures

JFK Declassified Files

124-10186-10055_multirif.pdf

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