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UNITED STATES DEPAIIIMENTOP JUSTICE

kk:DERAL IIURGALI (IF INVESTIGATION

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August 1969

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RE: INVADERS Racial Mit •.- rs

Following is a summary of recent activities of the Invaders, Wmphis, Tennessee black puwer rroup, whose head-quaiters until early Jnee, 1969 v-pe lo Ced at 271 Vance

1 1,'s r, I !cm .1.... I d iequent to that set, fr• th iu comicauti :I, t011 C...;,‘ u as Ilvv at Memphis dated June c, 196"

(A ..haraet---AP,ation ot th. Inv:.r.!-_,rs is set forth in the App..mdix vf this ,lomw.n.lc ort).

During the past 3 1p-intl..; he Invaders have, for all practical purposes, ceased ! f 1st. fheir office at 271 Vattr:e Avenue, a store front, -.its padlocked around June 1, 1969, due to non.payment of rent the Itm,aders, as of June 13, 1969, ued the South C.,ntral !tell Telephone and Telegraph Company $332.25 In unpaid teleple;he bills. Their telephone number 527-5130 was disconnected lune 19. 1969, due to non-payment of the bill. By then the office had been padlocked. Tie bulk of these phone toll ehavges were personal calls made by vnrlocs Nivallrs and vli:ICor- I i the invaders offico:.

18ource one, 0/2:i/69) •

The black adult group,: !Mich as Iteverend Ezekiel Bell, ['resident, Memphis NAACP, and Reverend H. Ralph Jackson, Director of the AME Church, Mintwum Salayv Division, both heads of the Cottivinity on the Move for Equolity (CORE), a Negro ministerial group, which bad pald ;hp Invaders' rent since January 1. 1969, ceased gi./ing Ile Invadvis money. The Invaders' hAnk account at the T. t• Mate ft!Ptik is depleted.

(Source oft+. au., 8..25/69.)

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FOR MEMPHIS COPIES ONLY:

11 - Bureau (RM) 9 - Little Rock (RM) 1 - USA, Memphb, Tenn. (nu) 1 — U. S. Secret Service, Memphis, Tenn. (RM) 1 - 0-2, 3rd Army, Ft. McPherson, Ga. (RM) 1 - 111th INTC, 3rd Army, Region 5, Nashville, Tenn. (RM) 1 - OS1, 8th Di6trict, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (RM) 1 - NISO, 6th Naval District, Charleston, S. C. (RM) 19 - Memphis

(1.)- 157-1067 Tevad rs 1 - 157-1258 1 - 157-2091

emmittee for Peaceful Coexistence, Forrest City. Ark

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1 - 170-1164 1 - 170-70-S 1 - 157-1168 (Racial 1 - 157-1563 1 - 157-1714 1 - 157-1472 1 - 157-2110 2 - 157-New 1 - 157-1611 1 - 157-2098 1 - 157-1662 1 - 170-1240 1 - 157-1638 1 - 66-1687-SU 1 - 157-2090

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-1.4.44.401;CCS: On August ?fp, 1%9, .ToIrces advised that

no Invador L'eetings hfld since ,The rt favadi'lr bark account at the,- Iri-Ptale Sank, Memphis, contains less than 10100. CW1k,!' have bk-ttr. countcrsigned by Lance Watson anJ Donald Piglord. fhv Anvtder Secretary, Cacheatult -

Undre Smith, has loct ih- hierik bock. Both sources added that Comfit:al:eh Vndre SaLth g.4v birth to a in June, 1909, fathered by Vintner rend born ew

1he 1aht known oflicurc of thm invaders as of May 13, 1069, Irmrdiately prior to the formal lomise were as follows:

Prime 11.14N1.-.11...r

Chairman Petty tIbAt,,tirtfr

SeLrotAAle Arbiwaro NIterAry

ASSIOanC MiraNitIr ol 14.10n41,

LAwce "Sweet Willie Wine" 0.8.0O

1.9nts "The Lock" Welch James Pegues

Pigl'ord hoatuh Undre Smith

sr c hiLk Majors G.trridolyn White Mrivie smith

olfrirs, Mauelcn lelf.iF and Roy Lee Turks,

mere inducred into th.. U. S. Army in iv.- April and early May,

1069. 11-0 Board ol c-P,awl to exist. Recent board

membnr Ceby Vernon Sm.?tn, "r:40 11100.11 AVUIVIO, Memphis, graduated

from Snuth4estern Coltngn And 111*.s gone lo New York City to work thn ar,F ,:bury City wv9Ibury, 1141, York.

thariez? 4.ivvvAe t'Aubige, on May 21, 1969, TIRO sentenced

to a 4 •yr..4r Federal prison sentume for violation of the 8r1ecLive Service Lamr. iffallure to report for armed forces Induction). Thin avintrlice was given in U. S. District Court,

Memphle, by U. S. Dletrict Court Jutlge B4iley Brown. On the name day, hu comimmetod nerving a ccembiw.,4 A-year Tennessee ;!fate imitlf.nce for Coloring a ristel ant Ihird Degree Burglary.

He le currr,ntly confio,...1 to thy, Shrlby rointy Penal Farm.

John Harto.11 rkriqh 1" rurreOtty out on bond,

imualing his 1540.1 w.ovIrttcm 11 'stitch rri, wag charged with

Inciting A Riot. At Clrirelt iJigh Svisoqi in Way, 1967. He 1e

living lit 1.915 RtAm and 1114-i enlag-d in rt.) recent Invaders

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to a., eon,. 4. • Ian Georgia , and allegedly

.,lod 1q11$—F to be an uncle, Thomas

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• • , : • . 'al v , 1969, McCullough a WWI t-s have ceased

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a III a 14 a II I 11o. .itsi.11. they intimidated

'hi. 111 I . • ii." • h• .1. , .1 al I • '11 I ivo—t ype tactics

but •••• • ' t !•• invaders wore basically

4,• . 1 :$ • .1 I r• t hr actions, and most

tIe. ri • •: • 1 al. any .•ivader. McCol lough 'S

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a . - I I • I y • !di nl.ster of Defense . • . •,.. at II- • .; the Invaders and

Ii. . 1.: • la „ 110 his been working with

1,:vir 1 1 1,1 . Pit a ,1( 1 01. '1'47./11 • aid with Father Bertrand

nigh ". i•''' !so I. a ,•• ' .a, , chi Idren civic affairs

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I aia%lr' , ;T It a al.. 011 it • oh $ unity (0E0) . Melvin

sl I I Ihr.v. a • y. ti,.. ,nflutilnal black militant

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1%, *Ito A . 1 : ' C I 114 , 1.1•vadurs and is now working

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(rybp•trof rell' ..•!••d to M-wphts, Tennr-ssee,

sislrre II. f.io• t11• 3/4# 11•A (writ y Jail awaiting trial

for b 1•o,:+ :711..1,o. tog "I fie cid 1, Pruitt and Rosetta

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a di C ... '•: ur IF•p1•11.vrent Forrest City and to pit. p ■ r . -s .04 rl , I. ?Ili' to liAter schools,• crirt.••1;1 •0 ti • 11. hts group is now• prorn..:nr, • • to, sear 01 f r ••••• 14 ..tst. P:sinphis, Arkansas , to

1.it t le 111, 1:• , to G;IIMICI• .4‘igw; ! 20, 1969, culminating

iro o! ;.. r • v h., At. k.o.ns.: • ! ' ate - 011°1, August 24, 1969.• lriatrTf• - r /1 1•1 ••••••• 1 yorrg f',r II led invaders, Eddie Morris, Jr. • f .er jr • ■ 4.. 1 Ill tr. 1..I,•1; Ig I t!. rt. ,I.Jirs08, Jr., Joe Y. CallIrni. , 3 • ,t Vati, •1•Itson ts trials in Shelby

Count$ t s '. 4.,■1 ctlarg.. -• rl Carrving a Pistol and Extol 1../PI t 111,4 "Pump and Aral t;rocery, both in the fall of !VP, •• . :,• -.1 j• s•- •...4 i • l 'egg, • 1969. liaLson seems

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P1tk ,V.11:111:- ;415, IP.101.1 Ali or' e., two, and three advicrl ,•. Anr,..1.;• !8, .1c69. Watson had been uuahl• P .! .1 1 'nv p1 r •• p1 al I. 1 ....rce-, for his Forrest City

°pet Sit • *44 'Aft !I 11, r•-:.f. 1+1 • ' ' ye the lack of Invader

su rpm l .: .1 in, WI' er, ph • • riply iidded that Southern

Chr • •,.F. • I!, .r.*.a. • r PI I IP p. bid sidered supporting

tht r•Ir. ' Ca , 1 4 I s I,.•• •! oot to do so, adding that

eV4' '••,•t if >16 11. r 7",. E9rporters such as Raymond

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Luctous Lee Shirley Knox, Fherrin Vales. Juanita Miller,

and Michael Jerome StktkS had mo.k trips to Forrest City

enly to return to Memphis, having !to further interest in

supporting wat,son.

(ompound.Lng r.he problumia of WC &on and the Invaders,

arcerdt.g to these same 3 sources. rots the fact that on

August 14, 1969, 3 of Watson's yowl., InvIler supporters,with

him iv fotrost City, were arrest.:A. ‘rid '.barged with the

slabblog and robbing of a 63-year old F0r1est City grocer

Willirm Uppes. tElking $55 in the rePiery. The 3 arrested Invaders are Eddie Morris, Jr., also known as Eddie Tate;

hi girl friend, Peggy Ann Smith, aho c14:ims she is his wife;

and a fnvader, Joheny 113rper all of Vemphis. All are

being held In St. Frd.neis County Jail, ftlfrest City, Arkansas,

in lieu of 125,000 bond each.

further, according to )1,1 3 sonvces, Watson broke

his relationship with the Forre,it City 'Committee Rr Peaceful

Coexiftiencr' leaders, Rev. Cato Drooks, :tnd Rov. J. F. Cooley, after they agreed with Arkana,e t,ov, rnor Winthrop Rockefeller

to hold in abeyance a schbdulod AllmnIt 20, 1969. West Memphis,

Arkansas, to Little Rock, Arkan -1.A. march to dramatize Negro

derrondsin lorrest City.

On August 19, 1969, Fource two :idvised that Watson came to Iirrphis alone, called a Prt4:14 Conference in which he dsnounepft 1!3v. Cato Brooks. claiming he hid "sold out" to

0overnur Rockefeller, and stated ';.!tat he, Watson, would march alone, If necessary, from West Memphis to Little Rock, beginning

at 8;00 n.m., August 20,19 69. He claimed the Invaders were merely '"undorground" and claimed that afi.)r the march he would

return to !Jemphis and start a '11r%,.“fast for Children" program

similar to the ones utilizedby the !flack Panther Party. lie left kemphis alone at 12730 p.r Thlgust 19, 1969, according to

source two. to return to Forrerf City.

A fourth source, on itn.,,: w:t 19, 1969, advised that at

Watson's pfess conference, wal,f1m, In dincussing the cancellation by Pry. Cato Brooks, Forrest City, Arkannis, of his scheduled

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134Jruv* 2U 1969, civil rights wItta from west Memphis, Arkansas,

f.o Liktl , Pock, flakan9ks, staters liWt Brooks had promised Arkansas

Governer Winthrop Rockefeller to rontpone his scheduled "mule'

train'' march. He stated that WPr Icea than prepared to have his

on march to ltave Wt&t Memphia of P:00 ft,m , August 20, 1969.

I!n promisvd to have or mule train plus 200 volunteer marchers

'`ho aoull kalk to Little Rock vi4 Ferrenl City and Hazen,

ArkInaka, Wataon said ha had atar4.1 thatthe John Birch Society

had stated the waren would not laach Fore. st City or Hazen but

the group kks determined to suiviv.r. 'Own asked by a reporter

if thia maant his group would t. Armed, he obliquely replied,

1:0 1.' 11 aarviae And defend ettr -, a1v , a If aecossary". Watson

. !aln.ht.d tt.A.A. his areas of te.adr , a now underground"

t v'') reve)fare lawn tvgatwlon si I scheduced march,

:i tal t. paalaia tg areaata :ar*ve 4 It' " 'tics and economics,

ed r ' 1 r "0; aPai areot! a, aeip at".

On August 19, 1969, lila secend aource advised that

theta hie been no indlcatIon war,tfouver. that any of the Invaders

have reeanlly haen armed.

on August 25, 1969, aouice two and Patrolman Marren

McCollough, Intelligence Durean, Ytmphle4 Police Department, who

%an to inv:,dar "uadarcover" free the swing of 1968 mill March

21, 1969, stated that Watson was alaffiag when ho said Invaders

have goaa underground. Both soarcaa said that actually the Invadars now exist In name only, a creature of the news m

edia

which leepa their name alive by unctuoualy and patronizingly

giviug publicity to every utteranee and nation, no matter how

fatuoua or trivial, of Watson.

On the a.m., August '/U, 11)69, Source two advised that

Waston, accompanied by 2 Memphla Invadeta, Kenny Baker and Yerby

Joseph Calhoun, male Negro, data of birth February 7, 1950, at Mamphia, legal real deuce 3402 11 -1,.1, Ma" ahis; plus 2 Forrest

City Negro teenagers, left Weaf Wmphls, Arkansas, on foot

.on routo little Rock, Arkansas, Seurca two added that this

was 0W.c1/a a publicity stunt lag that Watson's girl friend

Carhaatith Undro accompa -iAea by Charles Tisdale, husband

of Watnen'n attornty Laverne cle to see thorn off.

Tien marchyrs were accompanied av r Ford Station Wagon driven by a

Forrest city white woman, Paggv Vialte, also known as Mrs. Joe

ahe has been supportioa Nataoa since June 17, 1969, and

by A aPils invader Wilbart Jtana, Jr., also known as Top Cat,

a rung excitement seeker, curer:0.1y on Fond for 2 Memphis charges

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attemrt4 ,1 burglary and of klin..f-14 a TxNlice dog to bite a 4-ye'r Od Negro boy. Source 14*, P.Oled;hat the marchers 6 were jofne'! by Inva.M:r Joe ter Jr, also known as King

Jewel! At lehi, Arkansas. at row. August 20, 1969.

?he M..mphis Comm4Ackai 41tprkl. Memphis, Tennessee daily ue4Kraper, "";"12. 23, 24, and 25, 1969, gave, covcr:Ige to 'Watson's M,Irch . iivoiting that it progressed

without incident to Littliy Rock :rfartaar..., culminating August qt r IPE9, tt the State Capitol. ih's nevspaper gave considerable

publicity lo the fact Ihst tilt,. =m.11 tor,.: of Hazen, Arkansas,

`ovsr-reacted' by arming its cf 0". "It Iv anticipation of the march w.mpillg through Rarvn.

/ t'n August 15, 1960, ;oult. two advised that 2

dissId):10 Vemocratic Party NoRt'' 1'r .stlf•Ans in Memphis,

Corutd.?6, Cienehave 7,t0 Nt!Rio hei0 01 U. t., Pickett, capitalized on the 'march" publicity by (he riArch on Saturday, AugtO. 23, 1069. Itio Commercitl :of-al : r ue of August 25, 1969, quoltd Crenshaw WA.--S7WiTlii. here because I wanted

to put thin man (watson) in th. pof;Ition as Martin Luther

Ring'. It added that PlaCti ' r en Wn';son for his leadership".

August 25, 1969. rovit , . advised that the Commercial Apptal ''played into Wnt ,..,Og blinds" by unctuously

Ii seer` out of vroportlmi when, in its Sunday, August. J.1., 1969, edltton, it afl./1.t.ird Watson. Therein, in a c.tory by its Jittle Rock Bur,.,a,i correspo?,dent John Bennett, it claimed th:it trovernor Winthrop Vv.1 , f4.111-r had, in effect, bought off Cato Brooks bu! tha# Ii 'Aid not deter Lance 'Sweet

Win," Watson, who .4cro.ss the Delta land crying a deal had been made with the fr.1.;vrnorind those 2 ministers from Forret Clty, the Rev. Catc.1 Brooks and the Rev. J. F. Cooley

:t., tory r.tated ..."MT. Watsol, .,.• calliA 'Prime Minister' of the tuvil.ders, a militant group !roN, Mcmf.hts, organized march fiuppoitin5 and virtually led th.. 01.v. Mt. Brooks by the hand.

He had crwsed 'WM foreign land for a chance stt nt-w militant rocni:niti.,1 LA suddenly found, to his disappolst4,4,nt, that tiko Forro-1 r tly bt other had left him for tie. Governor. He waid is had o her Oloice but to march.

H0 qlld he wIluld dr1 wf r,i ?1..1 Gov,,rnor. Ho marched in tho ol Han where tvcrm.: .ioncl , d him to really get a rising, Al the Mansion (Covronir4 Win,Aion) Mr. Watson was excludi!d, the man who had dent 'parch organizing in Arkansas."

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Hev. Mr. nreoke A 4 ft,ling pretty good that he

accompilehel so much, he avoidE:J /nutrient, got promises from

Aikannas, icbde a break lhiodgh in civil itghts,shook town

'el got himself known among Arkaeels Negroes. For all

hie cilitelem, Mr. liaison can t9ke n lot of credit. Despite

hAs regalia. colorful garb and eauey langeege, Mr. Watson

pro‘ed 'ht. real behind the sceete cgialyst. While Forrest City

(Piet-etre= rot the credit and Ml. Watson the scorn, everyone

ioirot orgaeization rffortt IteAtlf-e as they were, of

e tn Ur. Wateon just wen' 11.

'!he commereial Apueal ie the issue of August

was C.74011.74iiiidT TlifiXn is Hailed at March's Finish". 411 1 1., r.,1, -r,.t r, L 1 Lul-' a 130at1e 'march

again: fear' Seedy ache a cheltenne Uri!: there is nothing

to feArlet fear iteelf. The foe, dLy walk across East Arkansas

endt d at the State Capitol stepe Ihere 360 gathered to hear

souls, erayere, and a call for hlJek unity In Arkansas. 'A

lot tee e hA:Lri accomplished.' Wa' ,2on 'raid. 'If you need anything,

call ue' " It added, "Lance iPv.Lrt Willie Wine' Watson, so-

Priee Minister of the invaders, watt lauded as the hero

for li.adJeg the march. He told Negtoes, most of them from

Little Heetc, that his march helped charley attitudes in Arkansas."

As recently as August 25, 1969, Sources one, two and

thr;, -,ad 1,1v41 .;lovist-d that ,ill tell whether the

pul, tty derived by Watson dur:eg his mrtrch will cause any

resertectien of Invader activlIv le Memphis or whether Watson,

row a nexs media created hero le Arkansle, will move on to

other eridteivors in Arkansas or rleewhere

fen August 25, 1969, W. fang, male Negro, and

Wilbert JAMOti, Jr., also known a': I., C., 'Top Cat", both advised

a ryprv!ieetative of the Ffil that they participated in portions

- of the 11 ':J1/69 to August 2A, 1959, trivalors March, West Memphis,

Atkaltere, Little Hock, Arkeei.e, and to their knowledge,

Jevaqt'A acI.Jvity In Arkansas sql.e Ir.rmieated unless local Arkansas

Nugrece rteuested their return t Ih.eL state. They pointed out

that th! !evaders are current11' nictive, have no meeting place,

no fned:, %rid they have no nor, 10 er 11 people who could be

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cousidercd Invaders. They named ierby Joseph Calhoun, Lance

Watson, Cacheatuh Undre Smith, Peggy Ann Smith (girl friend of

Eddie Morris. Jr , also kno.on au Eddie Tate), and Johnny

Harper Out: 2 from Forrest City area whose names they could

not recall One was called "Candy'. They said that there were

no untnwaid incidents during the: march.

laaig describt,d himself as an artist, a graduate of

VanassIs High School, Memphis, a former attendee at Memphis Art

Acadeicy, born Juno 2, 1935, Lei lore County, Mississippi. lie

has a black art shop at 704 North Second Street, Memphis, and

resitis lit 1216 ALatia, Apt. 8, telephone 942-9969. lie is 6'

tall, weighs 175 pounds. and once served time in tho Shelby •

County Peril Farm, Memphis, for shooting his wife. He has

Memphis Police Department No

advisod that he uses the aliases of T. C. and

"lop Cat- He stat"d he aas born January 6, 1949, at Memphis,

Yeanrsrty., and lives at 256 Pauline Circle, West, Apt. "H",

with his father, Wilbk:rt James He is 5'7" tall, and weighs

140 pousdr.

roth j4Mi.,4 and L4ng claimed that the August 14, 1969,

stabbirg a"d robbing of a Forrust City grocer by Eddie Morris,

Jr., Fogey Ann Smith and Johnny Harper was not countenanced or

condontl by the Invaders; they operated as indivihals.

they both predicted that the Invaders would have

diffizatty in making any sort of a "come hack" in Memphls due

to n gener;g1 lack of apathy in the Negrn community.

Lang said he considers himself to be a "coordinator"

'of InV;Ovt-2.

James said he consl&red himsnjf to be a "Minister of

Def4;tist:' (f the Invaders.

RE: PO.ScitBi.F. CO9NECliON win BLACK PANTBEn PARTY (Lipp)

A Black Panther Party (DPP) rally was held in Oakland,

Coilloruta, Easter Sunday, April 6, 1969, at which Bobby Seale,

1011 Chilimin, spoke. A Negro rale, claiming to be Louis Welch

of thn p?p,phis Invaders and using the address of 271 Vanneas

(p4oneilc) Memphis, also spoke, lie said the Invaders wore

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e.teWl to the Black Panther Party t8PP:, and said the white

honor etru(ture would have to be torn deon with the mein targets

to he leoirs, oil foundries and shipping areas. On May 2, 1969,

a pholoereeh of Louis Welch war identlfici as being the person

rielelep to be from Memphis. !The manner in which he was invited

te Oeil1nd was unknown. el

(Source six, 4/21 :!eel 5/2/69)•

the following sourcee. 114ere adeised that Louis Welch

wa!! ie P..ftehis as late an Frldey. April 4, 1969, and was back

in rteripi:is by Monday or Tueeday, April 7 or 8, 1969. The sources

Also atOvinid that at no time hae Y,r. rch nr any other Invaders member eri'loned any connection w ith the BPP or any trips to

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• teources one, two, three, sevi...n and Patrolman Merrell

lecCollough, Nritelligeece Burro e, Memphis Police itepartment, all contnc!ed 7/31/69)

f.'n August 4, 1969, soelfe one :eivised thnt Rufus ftetiell:ron. a friend of Louis Welch, had, on August 1, 1969, eeemi.eted 'hat he Iu heard tiv,i eeeis vetch had, since May,

ne,e to Atlanta, Loe Ang' he and Chicago and that at one

title Wire hoped to form an ell11:nce or coalition of Invaders

with F1 3e4 EvyPtians of East St Louis, 111Inois; the Blackstone Raegern el Chicago, Illinois; and the Black Panther Party, all

milliAnt black power groups. However, Welch was unsuccessful,

Irene of the above organizations would have anything to do with

the 2evadris and, in fact, the presence of Invaders in Memphis

wee lee primary reason the Black Panthers did not come into Mvmphls. The Black Panthers felt the Invaders were too open

with their operation and that too eeny wellbers were arrested on

vartoue criminal charges. Also, these groups soon learned that

the Invad,..rs had no money and were prialrily interested in "conning" . money from them. , S

4 . /k will be recalled that on Jona 1, 1969, sources one

and two advised that a group of 4 wile !!egroee claiming to be from tin

DPI', Ch.icar o, were in Memphis awl In contact with Melvin Smith,

nelf areleimed Minister of Deivree. of VW Invaders.

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RE: INVADERS

By commanication dater! 'tigust 21, 1969, the Chicago FBI Divi:fon advise-d that a cht-ch of all logical sources in the BPP in Chicago plus a check with the Chicago Police Department, Intelligfl.nce Unit, failed to irlve:lop any information indicative that any BPP members have been to P6mph,, or have been in contact with tpluiphtans, including Invalo.re.

,f . On Auguht 11, 1969, FO4rf 4 P .dv ' that Louis

Welch's sister. Emma Jean Welch, in Memphis,

has snid nithing recently regardi e fl s wlerea outs.

On August 13. 1969, wcith's gi.:)ndmother, Queen Victoria Welch. 13fi6 South Parkway East, a If-Wow, advised that Welch's mother, Mrs. Lee Ethel Welch, liven at 7925 Drexel, Chicago, Illinois; that his i,stranged site linsE avid 2children live at an unknoi,n adAress in Me-iriphIs; that 11,: has rn uncle, Thomas Alcxander of 235! Cr..ss Road, Attanta, t.orgia, with whom Welch has lived in the pact; and that ho has a sister, Mrs. William Cranbberry (Ethel Welch Granbberry), address unknown, also in Atlanta, (Georgia.

(A characterization of th4 Black Panther Party is set out in the characterization."

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rtAcK PANTHER PARTY

According to its officiil neweraper, the Black

Panther Party ORPP; was st7',rted during Pticember, 1966, in

Onkllnd, California, to organize, black people so they can

take control of the life, politic., and the destiny of the blank community. It was organized by 13u1:by George Seale,

IiPP Cletirmcrn, and Huey P. Newton. DPP Minister of Defense.

Preton In presently serving a evetence of 2 to 15 years on

n conviction of manslaughter in connection with the killing

of or Oaklend police officer.

The official newspapi,r "the Black Panther," which

further describes itself as thy: -Black Community News Service,"

etntee +tett the BPI' advocates the uee of guns and guerrilla

frIct,-9 tu its revolutionary proerret to end oppression of the black p,octe. of Lap liar l. eemmenity are urged to

arm thvmscilvcs Against. the pollet who n'a conuletently referred

to in the publication as "pigs`" elm should be killed.

"The Black Panther" isms of September 7, 1968, contains

an editorial by BPP Minister of Education, George Mason Murray,

which eede with the following: e

'Black men. Black people, colored persons of America,

revolt everywhere! Arm yourselves. The only culture worth

ittlepieg in a revolutionary culture Change. Freedom everywhere.

Dyeamitc! Black Power. Use thF, unn, Hill the pigs everywhere."

included in the introduction to an article appearing

in the October 5, 1968, edition of 'vale Black Panther" is the

statemvnt. "...we will not dieeent from American Government.

We will overthrow it."

tsaues of "jho Black Panther' regularly contain quotation(' from the writings el Chairman MAO Tse-tung of the

People's Republic of China and feature WO's statement that

• "politicol power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

The national headquarters of 'Ire BPP is located at 3106

Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California. Branches have been

estehllshcd at various locations throug!lout the United States.

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'It 1 rl• .• !ring P3-01r'r 1 . . .

''n May 7, 1969., a 13.31.' r-arce ridvised that a !-r * • f' d I:t ack oat lona.l 1st gro•vp e 'r yout)g Memphis, Tennessee,: qr , b , • ir ••A• kno2,.a as 1nrad....r a, ....r;‘ formed in

•;., t fiord fall of 1967 by "4 Merl:111s Negroes, Coby Pr, •• • , h.. .John Burry!! 4, rid Chirles Laverne

r ...1.1 , ver:ng the flkli of 1";1 and spring of 1968, it rArr,n of Black Orgar.• • ay, protoct (10P), with

. t know% Afro scan Drotherhood (AAB)

t; • Y! t'rgr; Mack Stuqfnt LatAun (BSA) at Memphis 1.„4. y PN7yr,p Cf)I :■ T.tf,rtollegiate Chapter of

" 1. II(' NAACP) at 1.,e3.701 r" Collerr Invaders, primarily rof .1'. • r../. of high school atod. •,! ;•.rad school dropouts; and '•t' •• ".- • -,•••...rs, cons 1%1 ing vt•-'•. r' norF*.udent adults, all %,• ,,v..r..ye ...If of about one hundred. Ih . • purroci, 'was to pr.1.10 in black identity, 1••r• ••,'! culture urrd l*t,..tory and obtain employ.- , .1• ' • r It/S

V:ry 7 19(.9, FOli vie and Aource two advised

org.r.nre.In4 Proj,,ct I >:•••, bei.,Inning in the spring Into a v., Ir, rri approximately 30 to 35

Ir.: • • .r r. blacks, who incr., *slyly adopted a philosophy ' 1 1 I. the whju. LAvir of tiro capitalistic system,

G .if all constituted authority, particularly 1.44 , at-nr, agencioe, Th..• • )1• a pntlosophy of nihilism .• . •,

'02, 1kr noarc,k.i '1;!. • h.glaiting in the summer of 1. • 'evaders bt.c.tme a da., '.1".i.11 1! grr.inp. LIC, NAACP disbanded.

A '• !!• ' 1* 's sod . at M.,nr,phis Unt,nareity became an • .r.. eJrafrnizattou n' f.orrent formal relationship

;viol tlr:• I .1 f -11114 Z1 a ceased to exist.

toL,. Jun-, 11W+, Apvtr, O.rately thirty Invaders rl • -, vaircp.rs Invluding arson, robbery,

P l'Ef•ry , pr n' I l!Vil itt,t1 "it violations, and • ) , ,,7 foul rev. 011.1c.0.1" • as as Inciting to riot in

tiv ,-r. 1.5 have: I r, convicted for these I I I I .virt u■ 5.1'•m moirrirt ,.nd appealing convictions.

Jnhn Plar•ril bor convicted of 4 htnb rtor Artl r :!%e1IsInci Of marijuana.

C!:,11 I i• CabbLgo has b, emilctud of carrying a plvolL degree burglary, '4d refunfti to report for Arir,d roF':

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I .'('A rIr Rnti 1r ng Proje,ct

1-oth sources added that these arrests and the

1tt-n0,11 0 rmblicity have wealr.pncl the influence of the

riv,14!)4 p.:d caused them io be !Fs, voca.1 and less publicly ' . Ihelr membership 3s krAlmated at forty with

1:"F11 Ptvlo twenty hard-coro morhi.r%. Thr Invaders have no

ftnJ.,-. 1 . 1 resources of consequincr, flitch further restricts

tLtir Sources one 410 two added that the engage In psrrhole■gic21 warfare by attempting

Jo cr• the community that. thov are lar more powerful and

potril...liv violent than is thy, case. Sources one

ar,a ftdvlsed that on occanive Invaders refer to their

r;rrop 1%!- 'he BOP but actually f ohly Live cell is the • I

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Memtlis, Tennessee August 26, 1969

Title 1HVADERS

Character

tal Matters

lIcrert:nce

Cr.,,nunication prepared at telf:wphis, Tennessee, dated a,

W.11% )41: an abovc,.

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities are c gmeeated in referenced communicati, m have furnished reliable inrol r • in the past.

iii ' 1 ' , nt contains neither recommendations nor conclusions !t't III It Is the property!( the Fni and is loaned to your

agemcy; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside . yot rim his.

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Transmit the following In ( -Type in plain Ica or coda)

Via AlRTEL Alit itl.AIL

Date: 8/26/69

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(P riority 01 MA fond of Wiling.)

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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (157-8460)

FROM SAC, MEMPHIS (157-101) (la

RUBJECT: INVADERS PM

(00: Memphis)

iii Bureau Alciel 8/20/09

Enclosed herewith for tho Bureau are 11 copies, and for Litt/9 Rock 9 copies, of a LHM dated and captioned A! above.

2 - Bureau (Ence. 11)(RM) )3-- Little Rock (Enca. 9) (RM) 4.§1 - Memphis

(i)- 157-1067 Invaderu ] - 157-1258 1 - 157-2091 Comm ee Peacefill Coexistence,

Forro;t Cit Ark.) 1 - 170-1164 1 - 170-70-SU ] - 157-1168 1 - 157-1563 1 - 157-1714 t - 157-1472 1 - 157-2110 2 - 157-New

- 157-1611 1 - 157-2098 t - 157-1662 1 - 157-1638 1 - 170-1240 1 - 66-1687-S0 1 - 157-2090

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Extra copies are being furnished Little Rock for dissemination to the U. S. Attorney, U. S. Secret Service, and military intelligence in the Little Rock area.

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Copies of the LHM are inning furnished U. S. Attorney, U. S. Secret Service, both Memphis, and to regional offices of military intelligence covering Memphis.

A report is being prepared by Memphis concerning the Invaders.

Sources utilized in the enclosed LHM are as follows:

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Several recent, in depth interviews have been hold with former Invaders such as RUFUS HENDERSON, SHIRLEY YOUNG • Mc1AIUAI1U, AARON McFARLAND, MICHAEL JEROME STARKS, MARY HOLMAN MARSHALL, aka, Mrs. EDDIE MARSHALL, JUANTIA MILLER, all who claim to be no longer active. In addition, the Intelligence Bureau of the Memphis PD has ieterviewed several recent Invaders such as CARL ARMSTRONG, HELEN VRMIES, COUP VERNON SMITH, FRANK MITCHELL, MELVIN SMITH, as well ei cAmAnni .SMITH, who refused

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With regard to LOUIS WELCH, Memphis has set forth leads for Chicago and Atlanta to attempt to locate and interview WELCH in an, effort to clarify his alleged connection with the Black Panther Party.

The following Invaders are on the Security Index and Agitator Index:

CHARLES LAVERNE CABBAGE CODY VERNON SMITH JOHN BURRELL SMITH MELVIN SMITH LANCE WATSON Former invader JOHN HENRY FERGUSON

The enclosed LHM is classified "CONFIDENTIAL" due to the necessity of proterting sourvcp of continuing value to the internal security of the U. S.

LEADS:

THE MiNFHIS DIVISION

AT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Will continue to follow and report pertinent activities of Invaders.

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