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REoT:Zct to 3ozton, 7/7/65.
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Bacto;o :is aare of a sirmilar type Counterintelligencor.;ra' cUrrenf.t beinzn cnrried on in regard to klan typeolani asio ens.
R Iehe indicated that Boston should be alert torl r~: r hr use of o imnlement the Couater-
Doston will maintain contnact with in an effortto r..rt.ti whcn S ELTON is coming to Doston.
They expressed strong opposition to the~lu> o U. 3. Armed Forces in Vietnam. These individualsal.-do dlnj.rrcee with current United .States D r.eati.c and ForeinFoli,: re~-irdin Vietnnm.
il feels this wt I I be nj opportunity4to uti.lize on refute theallcntions T U. .Policy ravJ pnrtici a o n t nn hasbcn a frequenn a past
tnoi ::t: 0r01 to toFlo name ncvti i&5s on a previousplrori,' s. d -ou:ut frol th;e certain admissions ts to their
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lltancce ani Pro.reclive Labor, and the influencesae -.. ;
frt wI:'.o;.onS h n1vc exerted on local' college youths.
that under no circumstances may.v.l .... D:.r u.c interest.
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1) You are right there is a cret de-al of confusion in this regard. The f:cts
.'are -ai I want to make this plain: there are some 20 different organr.:ations
Sin various areas of the country that use the x:ords Ku Klux Klan in their
::.s. I am the Imperial '.izard of the United :Klans of America, and tiht;
oraniza .tion, dedicated to fighlting intolerance and conuunism, lawlessness and
.P vio lncc, has no counc2ioWn, .in any woy, shape or form, witih those other
roups.:"o, pleCe e:.e:...r, 1. henever I use cr word Klan in this into: :..:, I
reLt O:LY to the nc:ted Klans of Ai:.cerica, and not to any group cormmonl referred
to as tie UN.
The wio you ;ord your question.. you m-ke it hard to answer. I a i: no .si-
t., L.. to spi o oC COncr2n upo- the ctiviio e s of any so- cal. .. 'i
:--/ c ra tien :th U 1, to shrtrn [Le uni.L. i '.ns of Ar:.ica. nd -. n*
i .p.li rig: a-l re and ro:. -a ,Xo:rrs of the ULA mee: openly in : ,. "-
[.Ij-th.: a. : .C1 advertis2 , and .iVoR wear hce:: or nmasks, and if. any icSC:2..r is
fo.nd to engage i.t acits of terorism h is i:tl.iiaely stripped of hts :aber-
"ship. f r~rct th the so-cc " ' outsiders: t:o -.h,:o you refer, or oac st
s4::c o a':M: do not sea-ate the wheat fro:: t.l chaff and mistakenly : ::ibe
ot ::Me U.J acts of r 2:oe violence which arc foreicn to the concepts uI,:: which
the u.t.d Klaus -Atrice , :ns foundcd.
!) .1 b:: ,-L u -' -bcc- L, aun:'r d .:ny .<.In, "d:w:n ,r' ch. 1, i; lny : n', ef ci 1. ,d:
but, de dislike, with every fiber of my buin; rhese who consciousl" : .k to
.des croy "ue ierica. Nay of Life by flaunting :1 the laws they dislike ad
violting hoe lofty principles laid d:::n in tHe Consitution by the You,,.ng
- Fathers. I find ion ::y heart hatred for the cbjectives of those who se,.: erosion
of the social an political more the the American Way of Life, which, if success-
ful, car, only result in a Com=unist take-over oL this land of free America.
5) 1 do n)IL find myself in serious disagreemen ~-icL your observations in r:specct
.:0. ivtI shall call the first two Klan eras. As to the third, or present era --
anc reeWc&cVar, I speak only for' the biGA, we do L:ve a super-patriotic drive if
being anci-cozrlunist is an:thing more than just plain down-to-earth Ameri-can
Ipa.. oti.n., t:he kind we learned at cur mothe; kne es. As to tha righc-. :
tar0., we r-erescn a cross-section of m idc- -the-road Am.crica with an bidin-
C ti , Lto the pri.ciple chat every r:n has lte rih: to choose hir -.t oc: tes
so 10n:; ;is ihe ca no' force hirm:self or his es oc oni any of his fcl E.V'r 1n,!
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c:e.rs who Cut the' sanctioll, r: c..: h Color of law, na$
Sarol'!f ;- the goverr:ental machinery, W.ten tc ' :o:0 umental task Nwas :' isied,
tL. iea cias volun-rily discsbanded by its than leIdcers w'ho had becoc.._ Li raugily
C,.> n' i. io::. J 'u txc ssOS ler -( :i..... by l w, a:u for::r :. :me-
y rs -o 1a i .trate Kla ranks in O.. .as o hc South.
T.:c ans: insar as the " nited KIans of A::i. c is concerned -is a .;sc: ord
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s12) As you r.ust knc:, Chairman i:'illis of the Cotin:ittcc on Un-American Activities,
ir. his formal stacrent of ilovember 9th, re'.ceaJc -and I quote him: "
thee.-c are about a do:en ifferent Klan organizations operating today.
earig so: that Kl an s trentn is considerably greacer than was gener:11y
uJi:.cd L:e L time our inveo tiga tion beg. It :as then believed t:ha total
Tla nL;:lbrship %:as about 10,OCO. It is the Ca :onittee's present estimate that
acu igureis four to five ties t;z nu::lr." (end quote). I
--res-eC- ul decli.-1- to chailln-c thei Chair..ns escimate. Afterall, 1;..
Coait tee ho t:hds has at its co.d all the resources OZ the FBI, the iA,
I RS, Deartent of Justice and a host of oti.r government agencies t: dC'.. r:':inu
..:;. i-:u -- for it. All I cen add is ha;It Lth mebecrsil of the Ur. .
a geratifyang gro::th patterr.
L' is not a fascist or crirunst troop. onnarchy or dictatorshi: Its
Sr::in; stru:u;C is paCt nC after n.hi of aceving a rep of ivc
, 0 '' ove:--h the oun r a6i1s nation. -ses
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--ogatest at t cornutic:s, voted fo:r ae.
.) i ol ,; r. e:. , i LL tre , itih Le e t i:J l t K K. b)irth !.nUJ ot o.
..'L'.iyc . bui!: t.. t ifl2. t e L ].\ : i ograp ic OUI
in h o , Ce Soth, the Lst, a:6 C z. K V:.t wreiVCr m-n sOek -L(t.
sevr., the neriragu iniiat by the I" Par", : Ing a-o" in yonder Bo.;:
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16) I hate no in. r. the other hand, i dislike, yes, i even hate --for l;kbster's
Dictionary gives as the : ig 0 te, o di2ike intensely the spec tccle
of draft card burning, prontest uarches and rioting that tear at the ve:'' vitais
0 ie:: an:: order. I dislike intensely, yes, I even hate, the current dccrine
espouse b ccertain civil rights self-stvled leaders that those laws thli: don't
like are to be tra;-iced under foo d and ignored :hile claiming the protec-tion of
r: ia.:s thac arc to their likng. And, .to nass:er the first part of -ur
q,::st io -- yes i ::. a Christian by celief and practice. I try at a!. ul:ms Lo
oby ti. injuntiu of Jesus Christ to render unto Caesar the things th:>- are
S un o the in;s that are Cd's.
17) , sCeV a a ,ecal point for te eroics of thCe fuhericnn citize, despis
01 of ;irnCea u: a)e de'c:t en :< t tervatio:: of a trete V :t'
IS) : mildio> cs cractor is frlC\@ entirely satin :1:::: che progres he 'hi
2: a jO>. but He U.::c al...:. 1.sure t ...- vc:.n eand focuin.
a:-:is, I a::: pleased w.ith th progress up co v.e.
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i20) I lid ::o p:r:.1:y wlviut 3::1 tec Si:c a trch , ibu recoz::nd for yur -:din;
this bs.;: -- l -- Iv:,hii:Cl Zah!> :CY&icll;:': I:: : uuntoral and i.:x::, u.rcr
throv.;h thgt lowlands of Alabc: ,.
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2.!) In the :ain I have no criticism of ti:h trcat:ent accorded me or the or, nization
I head.
22) An: criicism I :a.' have ::ould be directed tv'.rLn. a small segment of tih.. ne.:s
c, , aC-r satl segment, that: haic peraiAttcd i:t elf to fall victim :, cec
cczrup :ing D-c of nes:nt and on .
I2C) aIl S.V.aQ ::0 ::0r yolet... 02 n u dvoc'cy OU j:..: : 2y yu t;hat it is n,5: irt
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.2 7) 2 ; Do c r , our dra , car hope, t, ur" .."," ocode of A::e.rie u;
bC.':, unidcn, and acted as oe, in :d l: a, > tho 3 Oon lTe :
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r; .a .Lave .ur tW ,cir .b-ecadnts a ,il i ... ', cons ic Lt onL, _
sh!all no .av, dis. in vain.
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•governm~int, a weak individual succumbs to te:::.cion and demands of the flesh,
a:t on rare occasiocs I have de:med it necess;; to demand an erring one::'
resi a4ron ro.om the LK\. That policy shall b continued, and every ':,er of
0. orizt 'tioni kno.ws it.
1) a0 :;e::rsi of thei UA are cod-feor ini lArices. Our polar star is Chir:.i, and
are fem lovng. Go.nuis: is anc-.it:s t by its very nature and :esuruc-
tive Of i...l redo:., ':c ve chcrt.cd o:u ;ourse, with our pola:i .n:: to
gd u*, to e::cise from thu ld po-ltic, throuh ced ucation and pr.ce:, "
]ic. n ci ot be tuv:i froC e!Ij cou:.
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o: t:, ou. and fo this c 0 V de-:s ac zu.
5) , Ith;', ,e :x2lbershi of Lhe L\ iru s :- , CrV.c.. Noi cmbzr okf c.'
....ny i.. ;ithi:1 O out o r: , t l5 ii c t CO, rs lIS face o a tce: 1, : L
hIs ic t ity. True, only the id ivid2ul :i .uher: himself can make pub,
t::e:. h :: e is :; i :iemKcr, buc till:s ij: t(o i I" ; t:'; irtl: LConoilijC Cu;. ,1 £r '
I.: u: :, itis e c In, I c , C t eCellti n tO the 4 n.: :
jh Sc re:.C Court Of the [:nitd Sr:.' -ns h.v- Pa r -"
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legal coMpulsion Lo revel its rembership, or the identity of anyone affiliatcd
with it.
I resent very :iuch, as many rillions of otheu nmerican citizens must r,....e,
:c impliccation that a patriotic greO-p dedicaed to the vital task of t ::dicacig
t se fores who advocate tie o>-v throw of c governmeant, should be foced, tira-;
Scgisa.ion" giticery, to !: .u lic its membership rolls .nile
t, co::on e::y coniinuls is 0boruowing fi iti:n under the constitutIonal
,pro.tecutCon rcvidud is by a Supreme Court edi~~. ow silly can one § ii
) I e .a...... fa: h arnd confidnc c n lcbal vnt.:adiih outhori tius 2: : -ur
:, c ir en , and it wouid scur, to e2 c i. if the gei temn; yon : ," to
ta in his p0 i0 fc ;ri" even cr;os a o
2ur2, :d nt\ idenci'ics n.b l .1:' p: :. Ioe agc s ;ol
t. h 3 cul. icr he b : ". t should be nott
.-, psi, ,o": :', iha: tu UiA was .not ii ' ; ce until 1961 an:
sta.tu,' .limitaicn as ttto y't ru ,.ut L,.' ae-d i'n:incots o .ica,
miglt h1,.-e eon co :.ni .d by atu.'. n2;::b.,8 a , o:::i aion; SO agaL i ,
IS a 'i ::: -- in print, tha is -o a VCicic, Iri
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L)•, lC-l < '>-o t tSO2 a a'2' t Si: 4.: in o i:: .l Ll. 1 .iL ! Vii y b i ..V
a ,equLy 0: 1; v0g 1!st ; : ' .. .. o , I: a , u: : -ori : I
as:- I stac.,J a 2 .* m: n :.0. I !l l : : .." .NCli aVe ti t all 1 • ;
just tho:;se t suit the facy and coIveni. nc f a il ita-nt group i.
s>ld b: enforced regardl:ss; of tIireat:ts of Ccollc boyc'-otts and o
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.5) Yes. I have m a y Ngro fricnds for whor. I have both respect and regatc.
6) Severa! ti:::cs during thle c urse! of this intei iew both you and I have ref :rred
0o y C.hristianity, and Sir, 1 answcr our cLi: tion by recalling that ti'. Lord
Jesus Ltl his followers, Su:fer Lcile ,Chil.ren o Come Unto Me, and P:1" on
t:e occasion of the Last Siupper, He added !is com::ndrent to the Cowan::ants,
sing, This s ? Co::. iand: : t, that ye Love one another, as I have lo% i you...
7 1, a cfower cf Christ.
--c) o, Jo s .w s, an is, the Sc; of Gd, an the S.:vior of all mrin. ,
YesO. toe strurcur., of tie nitd Kl.ts of cJe. iC Cutctna edv
hi00 ef 12 &'iscips; ti te s .1 i.:: .e tHs disili
to tecc. .h.: to overcome te evil ci B e s of 1the in:
oficers w '.>,o ad tie ran; and filo .. ip o
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,tw: c:IarZcctrr::s Enc act:; of ic, 600' of .elf-isviod It z1a
toic re Ciy arc spthlmic tan::ri t.e Objdtti o th'1n
01) }p. \ir~cc:z, I do not believe that an::.in .icllcctuaIly host
himself and 1;.: recognizes there is no posibl cance of him tindin; ii
in such siio, could plossiblY gve ' : t 1s:woe to such a qUle:: .
Certainly I wou-Cd n attet to do o,
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UNITE) STATES 11 i. T MENUT .
Mfemorandum,
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! vRE COUNTLlNTELLIGHNCE PROGRAM/ j
Bulky Exhibit File Number: ±57-9-5-3 ,- -.{'ir
that we may d pose of those which serve no further purpose. Inasmuch
as many cf the bueky exhibits pertain to inactive cases and are occupyin'g
badly needed space, it is requested that the appropriate substantivesupervisor review the above-listed bulky exhibit and render a decision
as to its retendion or disposition. A notation as to the decision reachet .
may be placed on this memorandhm. The memorandum should be I
returned to th.: Filing Unit of the Records Branch, Room 1116, Identi fication Building, for. ing in .case file.O t her for cition __. }.CFRcE s 1{.. '
Sign Ture o' R wi S eir b i a arnd _
?:-: 1 o N-C.1: /7i Vlg u re viinge rocss of revieing all buky exhibits in orderrturned to t : FS. in;, Unit of the Records Branch, Room 1116, Identi" " ."
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