</s>File #: 602-HQ-116396 Serial Scope: 11416, 1148-1151, 1163-1156, 1157, 1158-1165 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 9932 (44 USC) 21701 Note(N.W. NV-87896 Docid: 32899550 Page 1

Summary  
The document contains a compilation of FBI internal records, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSC) requests, and administrative details related to surveillance operations, informant management, and counterintelligence activities during the 1960s–1970s. Key topics include FBI investigations into Communist Party USA (CPUSA) ties with civil rights organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), financial transactions involving informants such as Stanley Levison and Gary Thomas Rowe, and Senate inquiries into FBI intelligence practices. The text references classified materials, declassification notes, and internal memos detailing surveillance of activists, informants, and political figures. It also includes discussions about the FBI’s role in monitoring civil rights movements, financial arrangements with informants, and coordination with congressional committees. Specific mentions include Martin Luther King Jr.’s alleged CPUSA affiliations, the 1968 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, and the Viola Liuzzo murder trial.  

Key People  
- **Stanley Levison**: Identified as a secret CPUSA member who funded SCLC activities, including payments to John O’Dell for voter registration efforts.  
- **Martin Luther King Jr.**: Described as a "wholehearted Marxist" with significant political influence; his SCLC leadership was monitored by the FBI.  
- **Gus Hall**: General Secretary of CPUSA, reportedly informed by Levison about King’s activities.  
- **Gary Thomas Rowe**: FBI informant involved in multiple operations, including testimony in Viola Liuzzo’s murder trial and financial arrangements with the FBI.  
- **Mary Jo Cook**: Former FBI informant who provided reports on activist groups like VWAM/WSO and was interviewed by the SSC.  
- **J. Edgar Hoover**: FBI Director whose 1958 briefing to the President and Cabinet was corrected in declassified records.  
- **James B. Adams**: Deputy Associate Director of the FBI, testified before the Church Committee.  
- **Frank Church**: U.S. Senator and chair of the SSC; requested access to FBI documents on informants.  
- **William C. Sullivan**: FBI official whose files contained materials on Martin Luther King Jr., including classified surveillance records.  

Key Locations  
- **New York City**: Headquarters for FBI investigations, location of SCLC offices and financial records.  
- **Atlanta, Georgia**: Site of SCLC headquarters and meetings involving King and CPUSA members.  
- **Chicago**: Center of the 1968 DNC, where Yippies planned protests and sabotage; also linked to FBI surveillance of activist groups.  
- **Birmingham, Alabama**: Mentioned in financial records for Gary Thomas Jr. and Klan-related investigations.  
- **Washington, D.C.**: FBI headquarters and Senate Select Committee offices.  
- **Brasilia, Brazil** and **Buenos Aires, Argentina**: Locations of U.S. embassies where FBI legal attaches were interviewed by SSC staff.  

Key Events  
- **FBI surveillance of CPUSA-SCLC ties**: Monitoring financial transactions, meetings between CPUSA members and civil rights leaders, and attempts to infiltrate Southern organizations.  
- **Levison’s role in funding King’s activities**: Financial records show payments to O’Dell for voter registration efforts; Levison coordinated with CPUSA members like Gus Hall.  
- **Senate Select Committee requests for FBI documents**: Including materials on informants like Rowe, COINTELPRO operations, and surveillance of civil rights figures.  
- **1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago**: Planning for protests by the Yippies, including a proposed "Festival of Lights" and attempts to secure permits for park use.  
- **Viola Liuzzo murder trial (1965)**: Gary Thomas Rowe’s testimony as a witness; negotiations for his cooperation included relocation assistance and family security guarantees.  
- **COINTELPRO operations**: FBI counterintelligence efforts targeting activist groups, including the National Defense Committee (WWW/WSO) and Women’s Strike for Equality (WSO).  
- **FBI wiretapping of journalists**: Authorization by Attorney General John F. Kennedy in 1962–1965 to monitor New York Times reporter Hanson Baldwin and others.  

Key Organizations  
- **Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)**: Conducted surveillance on CPUSA, civil rights groups, and informants; managed COINTELPRO operations and informant networks.  
- **Communist Party USA (CPUSA)**: Central to FBI investigations, with members like Hall and Levison coordinating activities within civil rights organizations.  
- **Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)**: Target of CPUSA infiltration attempts; King was its president.  
- **U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities (SSC)**: Requested access to FBI documents on informants, surveillance operations, and intelligence practices.  
- **Youth International Party (Yippies)**: Monitored by the FBI for planned disruptions during the 1968 DNC.  
- **National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam**: Linked to activist groups monitored by the FBI.  
- **Women’s Strike for Equality (WSO) and related groups (VWAM/WSO)**: Targeted by FBI surveillance for their regional conferences and activities in Buffalo and New York.

JFK Declassified Files

124-10238-10333_multirif.pdf

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