FOIPA COVER SHEET FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACTS SUBJECT: (COINTELPRO) WHITE HATE GROUPS SUB 4 SECTION 2 157-9 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THE BEST COPIES OBTAINABLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPRODUCTION OF THE FILE. PAGES INCLUDED THAT ARE BLURRED, LIGHT OR OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO READ ARE THE RESULT OF THE CONDITION AND OR COLOR OF THE ORIGINALS PROVIDED. THESE ARE THE BEST COPIES AVAILABLE. I. .. 9 < e: 2//6 I lransrt the lollown r.c t /76 -- Ily)pe in ptointezt or code)I Via AftTEL AIRMAIL - REGIS'rERED (Priority) I. TO: Director, FBI (157-9-4) FROMT: SAC, Birmingham (157-835) (P) SUBJE CT: COUV4TE;UNTEI'LLIOENCE PROGRAM m INTERNAL SECURITY flISR~l'!ION;.OF HATE GROUPS (ROBERT MCSIELTO) 1 te Bureau airtel, 1/26/67; and Jackson arte1, -~ d at e d 1 / ji / 6 T ,u e i ( E c 1 ) AM R -) BuOP(Ec 1) (A-i /~j l4&(' \I 4. Y 2 - Atlanta (Enc. 1)(AMt-RM) )Jl I. ThIICflD C; V'.2-Balt :;ore (Enc. 1)(AMl-RM r..'PT! .1§7 KTF-CGR-7 - ChaX2C'ttc- (Erec. 1) (AMt-RMt._ / :,r /Att) 1 r2 JS 1: 2 - Chic:!-o (Eisc, 1) (AM-AM~) iUULUrl Dik 2 - Cinctnnati (EL~C. l)(AM-RM;) / L2 - Clevc and .(Lnz 1) (A'!-liMt) Zc~% 41 ~t 2 - ColuLx.ia (in's. 1) (Al,-RM) :' t0''' a r 1/ r t2 - Dalla: (ELac. 1) (All-RiO) - ;t 2.. 's2 ,o; o Mc.1(AIR0 2 ndi:tpolis (Ei-c. 1)(AM'w-RM1.K--- vi ~ 2 - Jack.vc.'n (Enc. ] )(AM-1nM4) 2 - Jacksz.ivillc (Ene. 1){AH-RM); 2 - Louisville (E-,c. 1> (AM-RM) M ;- ~ 2 - Mem4p.Iib (Eric. 1),<AM.tRMt) -2 - lMiarI(Et I7M-M F_2 - New (Orleans (E;c )(A:1-RM) -y y'q 94 2 - ;icb:'cnd (Enc: 1)(AM-RV) '.%- - 2 - San Antonio :Ernc. ))(APA-RM) - 2 - 'Tarair. (Euc. I' (AN-RM) I * F B. 19 iSU F 3 - Birr~ii:gharx i (1 - 105-722'"(inCA)( MiE~ela -- Litoer ''< Se- - l - al r.e . Charge" E.':EPnT E-RL~ SHOWN~ For information of offices having received no prior ilnformation concerning the matter set forth below, ROBERT M. SHELTON, Imperial Wizard, United Klans of America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (:SKA),utilizes a Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS), to contact Klan subordinates, etc., throughout the United States. Information was also received which indicated SHELTON had conspired to defraud the telephone company', by uti- lizing his WATS line in a manner to keep Klan expenses down. There was a question as to whether SHELTON's use of WATS line was in violation of Title 18, Section 1343, United States Code (ITSP - FRAUD BY WnRLi. Miam.::i presented the above 'mentioned facts to United States Attorney Miami, who advised such was not a violation of the above section. Miami, with Bureau authority, confidentially furr,ish"- J the Southern Dell Telephone and Telegraph Company information indicating SHELTON was defrauding that company, by the misuse c! his WATS line. By airt:l dated 11/7/66, Miami. advised that the phase WATS tele- of the invcstigation in Alabana concerning SHELTON's Sphone and his use thereof, +A :' being conducted b telephone Bir- t : miagham. Miami al;o advl:;5d- that there was being conducted if N a survey of SHELTON's WATS service, in order to determine ti' SHELTON was abusing this service. On Ja:uary 16, 1967 advised SA(A) - Birming)iu, thaue a -just completed a survey of all cal.s ma.. on S3H.TON's WATS telephone line, nutLber 073-48'1:. for the pers .n December 3, 1966, through December 31, 1966. :.r SAC Contact of the Birmingham Office. _oaVe av1. able data concerning the dates of calls, telephone numb:rs alled, nd cities to which calls were placed, on a confidenti.a ,asis. , Re1 ,,:nced Bureau airtel authorized Birmingham to submit data rulating to the above mentioned telephone calls * made by SH hITON during December, 1966, to interested offices. Birmirth:lm is herewith enclosing for the Bureau and each desig- fice one Xerox copy of tht, list of calls obtained from - .-- '- H 157.- 5 As dirAod by the Bur:e", the recipient offices instucntute'd10o identify telephone subscribers residing and established within their territories, through indices that no action is sources only. All ofiices are to insure which might jeopardite our pending counterintelligence taken Service. activities against SHELTON's Wide Area Telephone be taken in The Bureau also directs that no action should re- regard to this information, other than as specifically quested. ii4- I R ... 3-. - Z . " ...750(27-79) "XXXXXX xxxxxx FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT N FOIPA DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET One or more of the following statements, where Page(s) withheld entirely at this location in the file. i indicated, explain this deletion. with no segregable Deleted under exemption(s) bb tI 7D material available for release to you. no reference to you or the subject of your request. O Information pertained only to a third party with name is listed in the title only. O Information pertained only to a third party. Your IW agency(ies) Document(s) originating with the following goverment to you. O was/were forwarded to them for direct response government agency(ies); Page(s) referred for consultation to the following as the information originated with them. You will material to the FBI. be advised of availability upon return of the following reason(s): E t Page(s) withheld for the O For your information: these pages: The following number is to be used for reference regarding r SDELETED PAGE(S) NO DUPLICATION FEE > X FOR THIS PAGE I XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXX xXXXXX >Z (MWIl. l rol idM 4 UNIT'ID STATES G ( ;N AMJemoranl um - -- TO _lRECTORi, FBI (157-9-4) DATE: 2/24/67 FROM : i SAC BIRMTINGIHAM (157-835)(P) c SUBJECT: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE .PROGRAM INTERNAL SECURITY / DISRUPTION OF HATE GROUPS /0, ReBulet, 10/10/66, and Birmingham letter, 10/27/66. teSferenced Bureau letter pointedout that was the newly elected Unit de o chin c (UKA) State of Alabama, and the _ Greenbriar, la. siu s letter requested Birmingham ve co 'sideration activity concerning in an to uounterinteiigcence as effort to enhance the possibility of developing. a confidenialrorm:ant. i [I ifer 'nc Birmingham letter pointed out that in an effort to contacts "ith ! erec then continuing a r. idential racial informant and that develop hii.: as recommendations should su.;:i cfiolts prove unsuccessful, : activity would lat 2' e mnn in rCard to counterintelligence in this . the ii vicv of the above, Birmingham sets forth folloviii n inoratio: "o DBirningh~al racial informants have on various fact that Alabama , oca i: ade .e t:ion of the to them. i ,h n he addressed Klan groups, "preached" part These inl.)rmants :de known that they would rather take hay or any other in some t:;s of !Kan activity than be. person tell thei ho. law-abiding they shou MME : jbt' R2/ 32 / (41 AL uy:.. Si- Dd Pl FER c S 0 1ER'I - . 11 ( . 11 u.) U.S. Savips Bosnds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan - : A"~ - eBureau uthor is reuested to prepare an anony- S to mos letter t6 in an effort exploit this situation. A suggested letter is as follows: "Birmingham, Alabama "Something has been bothering me for several months. It just isn't right and I think you should know about it. I have wanted to talk with you about it but don't feel real safe in doing that. Every time I see you, there are others close around and I don't vwant to take a chance. Y"On at least eit different occasions, since you er nd after you had made a talk at some Klan activity I have. heard some of your so-called friends and brothers make slurring about the way you had talked and how you had remarks be acted. I know that some of these even profess to your friends and yet they talk about you always prenc.ing and not even doing a good job of that accor'ing too the!m. Some of them even say that the only reason you are doing what you are doing is because you like the publicity and as some of them say it is an zcasy way for you to make "some quick bucks." I think you are doing a good job and ought to have the backing of all of us but I just want you to know that there are a lot-of members that .Xoould do anything to hurt you or to make you a real goat if it would serve their purpose or gain them anything. "You nay know who some of the ones talking against some of them you are but I just will mention that are in our Birmingham Klavern. Hope this will mean something to you and will help you. "/s/A Fellow Klansman" S a- 2 - -2- - - -. -a - - . ,. tI - FBI Date: 2/15/67 o:usmit tihe do wing i--- '~O it aints or codd r t l RTEL AIRMAIL - t i g,,'ow w 1 FROMni: SAC, BIr, MI ec;GHAM (157-a835) (P) n d-r- th as e- SCOUN; TEr- INTE------------------ On -er0 t orepLLIGNXCE cain t PROGRAp.. oa DISRUI>TIC:I 0.y -iTE GROUPS (KLANZIInc.> (II.) n'1 -1TrY). wncuairtel, dated 11/8/66. has a s uentioned in reairtel, the Bureau continuing proarC dir ect ed against th .I a h in reartel out th United Sl tes.