Eldridge Cleaver FBI File #100-HQ-447251 Section 1 122-60) Federal Bureciu of Invest tion * ec~rds Brn] " ,19 67 erdc- 1 ig-- Room 6527' b6 vice Unit - RZ' 524 b7C Forward to File Review A ntion urnto 06 9&D Supervisor Room Ext. Type of Reference quested LIZR ar Request (Analytical Search) All References (Subversive,& Nonsubversive) Subversive References Onl7 Nonsubversive References Only Main References Only Type of Search Requested = R e to Locality of xact Name Only (On the Nose) Buildup L Variati ns Subject LEROY ELDRIDGE CLEAR Birthdate & Place Address Localities Searcher ____ _Date - Initials Cd ta FILE NUMBER SERIAL atI I - _17 A-Ogj __ IIJP Ir 1 ps ALL INFORMAT-ION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 11-18-2005 BY 603,9 AUC TAI*17MLT/EHL sc ALL INFORMATION C TAINED HEREIN IS UICLASS IED DATE 11-18-2005 E 60309 SA , San - L March 22, 1967 Director, F8I 1-b6 -b7C LZRO! ELRIDE CLEAR S - NOT Referease is sde to San fgacice airtel dated February 28, 1967, entitled "S * Carbi4sol, Is IaEcellaneess." Atxtel of refere advised th the atemd sub3ct recently b a member of the Iterial staff of "Ramparts." It we ftwther advised Cleaer, who is currently on paroe after eonvietien of smut with intent to semit meder and asault with a deadly wepen, was being smaidered for asequmt to sevepany Cartheat abroad. It was ebsequently deis4d net to assign hIm for travel abroad in View of the posbtlity it might violate his perele. A review of Beamau files regard Cleawar reveals that he ma identified duriag 1963 as = the leaders N1 of the Black Mwsleus in San Quentin Peniteatiary. It is destexd that you review yem iies and contact yea Itefrmeats to determine if this subet has reactivated hiaml it the ffates of the Waoten at Islas or any other subwarsive ssement to determine whether a security Iavestigatten held be initiated under earrent Bureau C14 a tastraetiens. Advise Bureau of the results of your inqumiees in this regard. Ti In the event there is sufficient Infermation to warrnt a security investigat ion this subjet, yen shAld submit his activities to date a Wvith a dseription in a DeLoacholson. Mohr Caspe I (447251-/ Col oho-J::::AJ/csh A' Conrad ( SEE NOTE PACRETTO lTrotter 2 96 Tele Room ___ Gandy MALL HOOM [ TLETYPE UNIT U, ~1 , #*. II Letter to SAC, San Francisco H, LEROY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER lett*thead memorandum suitable for dissemination to Secret Service. This request is being made of your office in view of the known dangerousness of this individual. Secret Service should be apprised of his current vheroabouts. NOTE: Subjectret in the Security Index. He has not been the subject of a security investigation by the Bureau. Subject, a Negro, is now becoming active i rt hts affairs and is reportedly and former Communist Party member whose name is currently included in Section A of the Reserve Index. Subject currently on parole and will remain on parole until March 20, 1971. -2- ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED FD-27' (Rev. 33j*s) HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED FEDIR d SP 1NV(OFIN &EA1ION Reporting Office Office of Origin Date Investigative Period SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCIUM O04 5/ 4/26 - 5/5/67 Title of Case Rep aie by Typed By: vhk Character o ase LEROY ELPRIDGE CLEAVER aka Eldridgefileaver b6 SM - MISC b7C - K SUMMARY REFERENCE: Bulet, 3 / 2 2 / 6 7 . R TRE AN NISTRATIVE Parole and Community Services Division, State of California b6 Department of Corrections, He b7d stated that Subject is being advised by the attorneys Tor "Ramparts", that they carefully abide by the rules of his parole, and they have indicated that they are grooming Subject to be the number one Negro leader in the civil rights field. Yb '2---;F -I COVER PACE 1 - Secret Service, San Francisco (Class 5c)(RM) 3 - San Francisco (100-55520) Copy to 1 7C by routing slip for info [J acti .-5-- / I- 5 S a b2 SF 100-55520 b7D JTQ/vhk This case is being classified "cn f ' al" in order to further protect the identities of 0 who furnish information of continuing value to this office. INFORMANTS Identify of Source File Where Located 100-55520-3 -6 Used to document 100-31356-1811 b2 b6 b7C b7D 11q>r1 to docment -B- COVER PAGE SF 100 5520 JTQ/vhk- 100-57714-238 Request Ujed to document b2 b6 b7C b7D 100-55520-42 Request 100-58841-5 Instant Report Confidential informants having no knowledge of Subject's connection with the NOI in the San Francisco area are as follows: -C- COVER PAGE r SF 100-54520 JTQ/Vhk contacted 5/2/67, file contacted 5/3/67, file contacted 5/4/67, file contactedd 5/2/67, file :ontacted 5/2/67, file , contacted 5/2/67, fi , contacted 5/3/67, fi LEAD SAN FRANCISCO AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Will await Bureau's decision with respect to placing Subject on the SI. - D* COVER PAGE FD-376 (46y' 1-h UNIT STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUS E FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION May 9, 1967 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 In Reply, Please Refer to FUe No. Director 4. 4.' .4.4 .4~ .1. ± ~ L United States Secret Service Department of the Treasury Washington, D. C. 20220 Dear Sir: The information furnished herewith concerns an individual who is believed to be covered by the agreement between the FBI and Secret Service concerning Presidential pro- tection, and to fall within the category or categories checked. 1. - Has attempted or threatened bodily harm to any government official or employee, including foreign government officials residing in or planning an imminent visit to the U. S., because of his official status. 2. - Has attempted or threatened to redress a grievance against any public official by other than legal means. 3. - Because of background is potentially dangerous; or has been identified as member or participant in communist movement; or has been under active investigation as member of other group or organization inimical to U. S. 4. 1 U. S. citizens or residents who defect from the U. S. to countries in the Soviet or Chinese Communist blocs and return. 5. a Subversives, ultrarightists, racists and fascists who meet one or more of the following criteria: (a) 0 Evidence of emotional instability (including unstable residence and employment record) or irrational or suicidal behavior: (b) IZ Expressions of strong or violent anti-U. S. sentiment; (c) a Prior acts (including arrests or convictions) or conduct or statements indicating a propensity for violence and antipathy toward good order and government. 6. - Individuals involved in illegal bombing or illegal bomb-making. Photograph E has been furnished 7 enclosed 0 is not available F-1 may be available through Very truly yours, 0~' John Edg rIoover D.i~re cfb7 1 - Special Agent in Charge (Enclosure(s) (2) a .. T . A U. S. Secret Service, San Francisco Enclosure(s) ( 2 ) ( RM) (Upon removal of classified enclosures, if any, this transmittal form becomes UNCLASSIFIED.) FD-204 ey.3-3-59, 'UNIA STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUiE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy to: 1 - Secret Service, San Francisco (Class 5c)(RM) Report of: b6 Office. SAN FRANCISCO Date: 0/ b / b / b7C Field Office File #: 100-55520 Bureau File #: LEROY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER CLASSIFIED BY 6030 AUC TAM/MLT N 11-18-2005 Character: SECURITY MATTER - MISCELLANEOUS Synopsis: Subject resides 407 Belvedere St. and is employed as a Staff Writer for "Ramparts" magazine, 301 Broadway, both addresses in San Francisco, California. Subject released from prison 12/12/66, and is on parole until 3/20/71. While in prison, Subject was a member of the Nation of Islam. Since his release on parole, he has spoken before groups sponsored by the "National Guardian", anti-Vietnam war organizations, militant Negro organizations, and has travelled with STOKELY CARMICHAEL of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He has written two articles for "Ramparts" magazine on Negro matters. -P* GROUP s e om aut a 1 gr ng a lass ca This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. SF 100-55520 JTQ/v-ik DETAILS: I. BACKGROUND Except as otherwise noted, all background infor- mation appearing in this section was obtained on May 1, 1967, from Region 2, San Francisco Work Unit 2, State of California Department of Corrections, 69 - 11th Street, San Francisco, California, hereinafter referred to as Department of Corrections. Other information appearing elsewhere in this report received from the Department of Corrections on May 1, 1967, will show the date the report was written rather than the date received by this office. A. Birth Subject was born August 31, 1935, to LEROY and T LMA3ROBINSON CLEAVER in Little Rock, Arkansas. B. Education Subject left school at the age of 17, at which the highest grade reached was the eleventh. Subject, while at San Quentin Prison, was enrolled in high school between 1958 and 1962. Average grade, "B-". Comment: "A good student with interest and cooperation". Subject re-enrolled in high school courses from March, 1966, to October, 1965, and received an average grade of "D". Comment: "At first student did not work and was uninterested. DUingpast semester, he has improved much and has been a good student. Subject's leisure time is spent studying, reading, writing, painting and listening to the radio. He uses the library regularly". The record indicated that he was a high school graduate since 1962 from San Quentin.