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would have been sent to senior LEM officials at a tiJte when Cooyer' ~
suboarmittee was considering further LEM funding; and any explanation
which. theae persons niay be able to provide conoerning how these letters ·
cane to be addressed to Federal offices.
2) Appropriate investigation should be oonducted to det:el:mine whether
either COngressman Col'lyers or I I ~ aware of the fact b6
that the suhject letters had teen· sent to! !and Caplan. b7c
3) CongJ:essman Ccnyers and I I should be intervi_ewed
to ~ the ~e of their :knowled.ge that these letters had been
sent and anyt:hing else they may wish ·to provide oonoerning the possible
violations descrwecl above. ·
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· Director, Federal Bureau o.f . Investigation
Richatd L. Thaxnburgh
Assistant Attorney· General
. Criminal Divis.ia>.
Friends· of congressman John Conyers·, --- ......... ---------- et al.;
18 UoSoCo 602, 603f, ,
Attached hexet.o are copies of political canpaign solicitations
· which were apparelltly sent bY the captianecl political oc:mnittee to I I Law Enforcement Assistance ·
Aclministration and·• to Gerald M.. Caplan, Di.zector of the National
Institute of Law EtlforeerueJ'lt and Criminal Justiceo The solicitation
letters in question bear what appears to be the. facsimile signature
of I I and as can -readily be seen
, ~ both addl:essed to Messrs.! f and cap~ at their offices
within Federal buildings. · ·
'lb the extent. that either or l:oth of these solicitations. weze
. sent as the prodUct of a conscious effort to ·solicit .senior. 'I.EM
executives, fOSSible violations of 18 u.s.c .. 603 could be involved ..
Mo.r:eover, to the extent that either of these t\llO solicitations was
sent to Messrs .. I ._ I I capt by, ~-with the knowledge of,
COngressman COnyers or or .by any person x-eoeiving his
salary fran the U~ted States Treasury, violatials of 18 U.S.Co
. 602 may also be involvecio In-this regard, it is noted that
Congmssman· conyers is the ·Chairman of the Subcamnittee on Crime
and the ·Judiciary, House Judiciary Ccmnittee, before whicl1 hearings
were being held in;to the continuation of LEM funding at the t;ime
(July .23, 1976) the two subject letters were sent. It is furthel':'
noted that, as indicated in the attached COPY of ·correspondence sent
by Ccmgxessman ~s tol ~ Congressnan eonyers
requested I to testify on this subject by letter dated .
July 27, 19760 . 1 • .
AccordJ.ngly, ;i.n order to assist the Cr.iininal. Division in. this
matter, the Bureau is. xequested to conduct a pmlin1i.naey investigation
into possible violations of 18 u.s.c .. 602 and 603 as described above.
This investigation- should inclUde, but not necessarily be limited to;
1;:he·following:
l) Intel:Views should be conducted of all officers and agents of .tlie
Friends of Congressman John Conyers camnittee to ascertain who was responsible
for sending the sw.,ject solicitations tol !and Q;iplan; any explanation
which such persons r,ay be .able to provide as to how ~ two letters b6
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p:.cogress:of this investigation?
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· Attl.'~.hed you will :rind 3olicitati6ns for wh3.t
a:cpea:- t:i be campaign contributions on behalf of.
Con~.:r~s:r::-;.an J.oh:i Conyers. Jr. which was sent to
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Tbese solicitations were sent to U3
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tha soli~!tation he·receive~ ~lsorarrived ~this
of'f'ice on July. 25th.·
~~-c~~1an 1·-~ ~~n c-r~-r em"lo-ap at ~he GS 1R 1, ,.·_. • -<-_.;;~~.- ~-t. ~ t.. J._,:.\>., -ct '-"C' ~: .. ~J .J -.---~ ' :.., t,.a,., . r -_,.,,,.
level anct I arr:: a· presidential appointee subject; to
Senat~ ·-confir!:1-a.:;ion at the Executive level· 3.
Bo-th of us testified before Mr. Con;1ers' Subcornmit
tee ,on Cri:r.t:?· of the Hous~ .Judiciary Corrrrnit:tea
ear.lier· thi3. year re;:;arding the le~islation pending
before hf .. s Subcb.::-..'nittee to re:i.uthor:!.ze n.nd extend
. · the LSA.A( pro[:ra::i. It is n.!1ticipated that I vrill
again tes ti t~r bi-:?fore ~'1r. Conyers 2.nd his Su.bcor11nit
tee on ~~gust 5th with respect to other oversight
mitte~i on the LEAA p~ogram. Also~ the LEAA re-
. authorization legislation p9.ssed the Senat,:! o:n. July
26~h and it can be reaaonably anticipatrid that the
House of Re~res~.ntatives will consider the LEAA
reautho~•ization bill on the House floor in the near
ru~ure~~ The Bill has previously been reported from
Mr. ·Comrers' Subco:rnrnittee an~ the full Eous~ .Judi-.~ ' cla.ry Co:;1;1ittee. Mr~ Conyt~rs will have floor leader-
ship respo:13ibilities for House co::1,2.ideration of thi:3
legislation.
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The Pile July 27. 1)76
Y·=Stdrday in ch~ late afternoon mail~ which was
d~liv~r.ecl by t~e ExecutiTfe Secretariat 2 the:t>e v;as
an e~velOJ3, hand addressed, to! !from
t~~~ P::-ier..'.'.:.3 cf Congress;-nan ,Toj;!n Cony~r::>. I slit
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W:1.shins,ton, D. C. 20530
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The Subccr:mtt.:..---e on CrL-:-e of the -House Ccmnittee on the· Judiciarv has
.. sc-.hroule:i ;::.,"'.). ov~sight hearing.· on the budget plans trade by the ~., Enforce-rren.t l\$sism --:c,~-Acnittist:rati6ri for fiscal :year· 1977, a..c; a result of the · :recently e,.-riacted a;-;prop::::iations leg-isli;}.tion. .. . .
The subc'amtl.ttee . t,-,'Ould_ like to hear tespm:my from you on your prcposf-4
budget~ including justification for the amounts of rroney you pl4n '.co r=::
alloca·te to . p la..11.rJ.ng, Part. C and · Part E BlC(!k and <llscretiori.ar<J ~!=1:~7-d:{;?; .
Researdh1 ·~Adminisc:ation, the raw Enforceri'ent F.ducational ~m .:and_ ~
oth .. · e.-r prtvn-ams under your_ administration. · ;;-.:: ~;,; --' 0
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To that end, you j:lre invited :to testify before the subccmn:i.tt~e""'b~ lQ:.00 rr1
_ a.m., August 5, J/976, in ROdn 2141 Rayburn House Office Buildi.Jij,;: · ~=== 0
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request the honour of your company
at a private reception ill /zonor of
CONGRESSMAN jOHN CONYE-RS, JR.
Si1ecial Gu_est
on Thursday. July 2_9. 1976
s~ until eight o"clock
at the
National Democr.1tic Clllb, 300 New Jersey Ai·en_ue,, $.E. ·
m.1shington, D.C. r
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ind am enc.fo~r,~( my ch~;; for$., -for __ tkkct~ at $100
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From Gerald M, C,plen
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TO: WFO
✓ , : From: Director, FBI
:~KNOWN S-TiBJ
FRIENDS OF
JOHN CONY
18 USC 602, 603
ELECTION LAWS
00: WFO
Enclosed are two copies of a self'•explanatory Departmental letter dated -~ ·8/12/76, with enclosures.
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~ Complete the requested investigation in accordance with the provisions of
Section .35 • Volume. !I , M_anu-al of InstructiQns, and surep within 21 days of the receipt of this communication.
State in the first par_agr_aph of the details of your report that it contains the resul_t_s
of a□ limited_ investigation and unde_rscore the word O iimited_
~ Ereliminary ~:,preliminary
Advise fxl all persons interviewed
,' □ appropriate offic_ials at the outset that this investigatiQn is being
conducted at the Sl)ecific r~quest of the O. S. Department of Justice.
WFO interview Congressman Conyers_ and_! !·at _ outset_ of
_investigation• to have: their-versions of the solicitations,
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·TITLE OF CASE fltt:POIIIT MAt>I: ev Tv•to •v
UNSUBS · ·Friends ot ·con ztessman I l I , g
JOHN CONYERS' JR.; Congressman I : 18USC 602, 603 .CH
.ELECTION LAWS
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ADMINISTRATIVE
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Report of: Office: Washington, D.c. Datt:
Field Office file,#: .8/27/76
56-523 Burtav file#:
.UNKNOWN , SUBJECTS; ,Friends or Congressman JOHH .CONYERS,
JR.;,! ! 18USC 602, 603 Title:
Character: ELECTION LAWS
Synopsis:
Congressman JOHN CONYERS interviewed 8/2~/76 and1advised he holds. a ,fund .raising event once .every -two years. .He .said .. this event ,is•
-held,in WDC and that .the people selected to receive invitations
come from, a list prepared-~trom .names in his office tiles ·that .are
considered to·be personal·or,polltical friends. Congressman
·CONYERS said that ·he had absolutely no intention · or .. trying to
influence~ I-or GERALD M •. CAPLAN as -to the .content ·o any .testimony .that ,they may ·provide for, the Congress
man's sub-committee on crime and the Judiciary. ·He also.added that .the decision on the amount of'money tor the Law,Enforcement b6
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issuance of ·the ·invitations to ·these gentlemen and that nothing b?c either one ot them would have·said in'testimon would have affected the outcome· of the a ro riatio s also· nterv ewed·and av se
a e au or ze · e prepara on,or a •letter or introduction concerning Congressman.JOHN-CONYERS, -which.was to1be enclosed
•with material1that would·be,sent.out to various individuals ·in·
an attempt to raise tunds -for.Congressman CONYERS. I I stated that neither he :nor a.J»'One -else in •'his ,office· had any
knowledge.or to whom this material was-goingcto be mailed.
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'DETAILS:. AT WASHINGTON. D.O.
This report contains -'th~ ·results· .or a preliminary investigation.
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· FEDERAL BUREAU Of INVESTIGATION
l D•t. of tr•nscrlprlon 8/26/76 Congressman JOHN CONYEJtS was contacted ancl advised that an investigation was being conducted by the .Pederal Bureau or Investigation (FBI) at the ·specific request or the u.s.
Department or Justice and-that the investigation centered
on a.possible -violation ot ~itle ,18, ·u.s. Code, Sections·602
and 603, which pertain•to .the Election Law Statute • .Congressman
CONYERS was told that the i ~ on the fact that
.._---=-.....,..--.....,...-,-,,..-,......._ _____ ......,. _____ ....,...,.Law Enforcement Assistance -Adm1n1strat on, and GERALD N. CAPLAN, the Director or the National institute or Law Enforcement and-Criminal Justice, ,,had :received what appeared to .be :political campaign solicitations 'Sent by,an organization described as ·the ,Friends
or Congressman John•Conyers ·Committee. This material con-
tained a short letter signed ·by I I, which
described Congressman CONYERS' :political background and
mentioned that a reception honoring Congressman CONYERS would
be .held,on-July 29, 1976, at the ·National ·Democratic ·Club,
300 .New Jersey .Avenue, .S.E., Washington, D.c •. (WDC). The 'tickets for .this att'air were $100 -per person, and the :atten
dance was voluntary .•
Congressman CONYERS stated that he recalled the fund raising event and ,that he has one or ·.these .. af'falrs once every
.two ·years on a. -regular basis. lie said that .his office had requested-a letter or introduction -troml I and
that .this request .was based on-the close :ersonal and.professional relationship that he .and I __ I have had tor many years. He also advised·that .the list ot. nd1v1duals to whom this material is sent is selected·.from ·triends~ political -supporters, and other ind1.viduala whom he and his start do not
-classify as polit1cal,opposition. He said that the names or
these-people .are maintained in the tiles or his ortice as a
:matter of' routine business and that his·ortice sent .out in
excess or 2000 invitations. He· .also. ·added that -he generally
receives ·a one.or .two per.cent response which-is the.reason·
.£or .the large·number,or invitations that are sent out. He said that the.general'rule of'·thwib 'ror anyone being placed
·on such a mailing llst·would-be quite·a1mple, specifically,
.any individual who could arrord $100 tor a ·t1c~et .and any
·individual-who could be class~ried as one who.is·not hostile
toward Congressman· CONYERS' political :tuture •. He said that there was really·no close.scrutiny ~ver the names and·that they
-are selected on a rAAd9m basis.
Interviewed on _, ___ 8'#-/-2..,,IJ'#../..,7 ... 6---•' Washington, J>.c. · · Fito--1 'WFO 56· .523
by ·SA~._ _________ ____.i----------D•to dktated ----i8+,/~'2HSnl,i,"T~6.--· __ _
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'This-document _contatns -neither re<:Of'l'lmendatlons nor condusioni of the f&I, ltls fhe property of the I.Bl ·ind Is lo,ned to your •oencvi
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Congressman CONYERS ·said that he was positive that
.no one on his starr singled out I I or "!-tr. CAPLAN as recipients or this material -and that they were sent this
·material strictly because he .has ·had ·associati.ons -.with ·these
gentlemen in the.past and did·not ·consider either one or them
·as adversaries.
In addition, Congressman CONYERS sa1a·that :his
sub-committee·had essentia11y ,completed the appropriations
·process as ~t applied to the ·Law Entorcement Assistance
.Administration in-June or 1976, and -that even .though ~ I I was 'Scheduled to return on Au_gust 5, 1976, to ,answer
some-additional questions • .The moneta~ transactions had
-already occurred and .nothing I !'would have .said could
poss1bly·have artected the outcome -o~ the appropriations.
Congressman CONYERS stated -that ·the political event
:in ,his honor ,and ·the -testimony -or I ~and Mr. CAPLAN
occurred coincidentally-and that -there -was -certainly no intention on--his part, or anyone -e1se connected -with his campaign. or 1nnuenc1ng! lor -Mr. CAPLA?l ·1n any ·or their testimony.
Congressman CONYERS also added that .he .woU:ld.not·be a bit surprised if-other me~bers of '.the Department or Justice had
received invitations to this . .fund raising event -inasmuch as ,
a'veritable cross section or-Government and.professional leaders
-in ,WDC were, ·sent ,these ·invitations and· ·that he .had ·not made
any attempt't:tc .. exclude anyone .from ·receiving -an invitation that
was ·cons1dered ·.-e1ther -a })oliti.cal or persona1 •f"riend. He also
_stated ·that ·he 'is willing to cooperate with any additional
'.inquiry that the Department ot .Justice .may have .. and ·1s willing
·to speak to any:official or·the ~epartment or Justice and
answer any and all questions -concern1ng ·the-organ1zat1.onal
st;~ucture -or ·this rund even·t ,and .those individuals ·that -are
-routinely invited.
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FEDERAL BUREAU "OF INVESTIGATION
Dote of tronlO'lption 8/26/76
._ _____ ~I, was contacted and advised that the Federal Bureau
or .Investlgation (FBI) was conducting an -inquiry at the .request
of .the U .s .. Department of ·Justice ,concerning a -possible viola
-tion of the Election .Law Statute.
I I was asked i.f he w;s ·t~milial:' with a :letter
of introduction prepared over! I signature
concerning ,a fund. ·raising event on Ju Y' 29 _, 1916 _, '.for Congressman
JOHN CONYER$.. I ! stated that 'he was ·fami•liar with this letter and that -.he h1mse f had authori•zed ;the preparation of ·such a J.etter for..__ ________ __,..,_ ·.He said t_hat ;his o'ffice
prepared· the -letter an : orwar e to Con_gressman CONYERS' · office and that he or anyone ;else on 'his staff .had-absolutely
-no .knowledge of the spec1·r1c 1ndi viduals -to whom this material
was going to be sent. He said that as ·a matter of .routine_,
mQst Congressional offices ·maintain a 'list of 1.pd1v1.duals that
'they -conside'r t"o ·be .basically fr-iendly toward the'i,r member
or Congress :and 'that gene~ally when events, ·such as the one
described, are held a large .number of •invitations are sent
··since ·the response -to such invitations · are generally :-relatl vel.y
(ew c1mpared·;to the ,number of -invitations -that are sent. C:J said that .he .had made aware of the letter and that the-,___ ____ __. a g ven . s perm1ss-ion ;for ·
such a letter :to be prepare ana ·that that was the extent of
·I I knowledge of ,participation J.n ·the con-
, struction or this letter. I !stated that he could fur
nish no .other information concerning, the dispersement of th1·s
'letter and ·that ,Congressman CONYERS' office would be the only
pl.ace that ··this 'information could be obtained. b6
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,This ·d0<:1,1Menf conWns,nei1~•f'.fCon'H'l'l~n<;fttlons !'IOI' condusioris .of the"F81, It S. The property o1 the f~ ol'\d is loaned to·you, •gency 1
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• FBI
Transmit-in~--------- Via Airtel
. . . (Type in plainte~ or code) <Precederu:11) -----------------~-~----~---------------
:-Director, FBI
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;
FRIENDS OF COO-GRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS, JR.;
~="""="",.,,.,,......,.,......==------- fl.8 USC· 602, 603
LAWS
ReButelcal 9/20/76. 9/20/76
<Date)
This will confirm Butelcal instructing ·that _____ ____. ______ __
be promptly inter·viewed concer~~ng this
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WASHINGTON .PIF.LD WASHINGTON -PIELD 9/30/76 9/23/76
·TIT.LE OF CASE fll(POl'IT M"OE av TYPCO t,V
UNSUBS; I I
·Pr1ends or Congressman JOHN CHARACTER OF CASE
I CONYERS I JR! i
18 United States
602, 603
REFERENCES: I; Code
ELECTION LAWS
~ureau a1rtel to WFO dated 9/20/76; SA_!_____ I dated 8/27/76, -V
ADMINISTRATIVE: WFO .report ot
I lwae advised _prior to ·1nterview that this lnvest!gation was being conducted at the specific I
request or the United St.ates .Department or Juat1·ce • . □
ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED .~NONE
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Copy to:
Report of:
Dote: 'uNITED·STATES,DEPARTMENT 'OF jUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF lNVESTIGATION
·SA! . 9/3-0 ..... /7 ..... 6 _____ _ Washington, D. c.
field Offiee file #: ·56-523 811rtOY file#:
Title:
~horoeter:
Synopsis: -, :UHSUBS;
Priends or Congressman JOUH
CONYERS t JR•·; I k .18 United States Code 602, 303
BLECTIO:N'LAWS
I I 'advised :that :he :is .tam111ar ·with a letter or introduction regarding Congresnm3.n JOHN CONYERS
·which was p~pared 'bZ I I
~ !had his ·permis8ion to -prepare .the letter over~is,signature. The rr.ailing :or this letter was lett to the-discretion.or Congressman CONYERS' start and I !:had·no idea to .whom the letter would be
·.sent •
. DETAILS: AT WASHINGTO?l2 .D. C.
This report contains-the ·resultsior a_ppeliminar1. ,
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-.re' ~<>t t<> be di•tri~ted·o~tald_e y~ aa:eocy; · ' · · '* \l,$.~PO:U75--0•$7$•$4J,
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,lfaa ad.Yised ,or ·the ·-identity
-of: ·the 1n .... t_e_rv_1 .... e-w"""'1 ..... n_g_S_p_ec_i,....a""""l,....· """"A_g_e-nt ...... and .that the ,Federal Bureau
.or -Investigation.bad been requested by the United States
Department of.3uatice ·to interview him ·concerning.a letter,
prepared by I I, over .his signature. The-mater1al·conta1ned·1n this letter
de~cribed Congressman JOHN CONYERS' ,political· ·background
-and.mentioned tbat a recept1on.bonor1ng the Congressman would
be.held on July 29> 1976, at the National Democratic Club, 300 ·Nev :Jersey ·Ayenue., .. s:E., .Washington., -D~ -C. The tickets tor this attair were $100.per.peraon and the
attendance·waa .voluntary.
I I advised that ·he _is ·ram111ar ·with
the preparation or·the above deac~1bed .letter:prepared by I I -He ·noted .that .the writipg or a letter such as th1a would be handled·~7[:J I Jand·thatl !had-h1a.perm1aa1on to:prepare the letter without obtaining clearance Eor same from him. He
considered the preparation or:thia type or letter:aa routine.
He.noted.that .he:and Congressman CONYERS are ·friends .and
that·h~-had.preT10usl7.agreed to·wr1ting -a letter·or
introduction ror"h1m, and tbat:congresaman CONYERS·h~ .also assisted ,him 1n a1m1lar·-correspondence ·when ,he ·ran t'or ott1ce. Ile .personally does not recall-the ·1e ter
~n question and-lna711ot had even read the letter bet'ore ·it was sent to Congressman CONYERS' ot'tice. This would·not
be.unusual ror:bim.in•th1s·type or.matter.
I ladviaed that he :had·no-idea to whom the letter waa sent to·by name, as this would.have
·been-·1ett to .the -.discretion or someone within ·congressman
.CONYERS' ot't1ce. Normally_ each Congreasman maintains a liat .. or individuals· cona1dered -rriendly-·towards that .Representative, and these-people trequently·are ;sent
correspondence -.auch aa ·tbe 1etter in •,question. b6
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:)°his .doc:vrnent cQrl'!aln4 f'lei-t~ reco1Ytr11endotlons nor ,condvstons of the ftl, It Is the property of the ftl -.nd Is loa~d to you, •_Qency1
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Response to this·type or communication ·is usually mini~al
.in ·relation to ·the •numbers 'Sent.
Concerning the .fact that the ~etter ·in question
was mailed to I t Law:Enrorcement Assistant .Administration.and OERA D M.
CAPLAN, Director or the .Mat1ona1 Institute or Law Entorcement ·and·Crintinal Justice, I I -reiterated that he ·had no ;·control or 'idea .to whont ·the •letter would be.sent. He noted additional.ly-.tbat ·both
or the above gentlemen had ·previously ·-test1·r1ed ·before
Congressman CONYERS' Sub-Committee and that the ~ette~ received·by·them was ot routine ~a111ng·by an employee or
-Congressman COHYERS' '.Staff.
. I !.advised that he could ofter no additional lntormatlon but -would:be available for ·further
.comment should the need ,occur.
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✓' From: Director, ,FBI
UNSUBS;
FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN
' JOHN CONYERS, JR. ; I 6 18 U.S. CODE, 602, 603;
ELECTION LAWS
ReBuai_rtel ·to WFO 9/20/.76 and WFO .;--eports dated _ 8/27/76 and 9/30/76.
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.RE: UNSUBS; ·FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS, JR.
Aavise all.: persons :interviewed ·that ·thi•s -investigation :is-being conducted at the specific request ·of the
Criminal Division, U. s. Department of Justice. Surep completed investigation :within 7 days ·rece·ipt of th~s airtel.
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·10/13/76
,AIRTEL
TO: DIREC?OR, FBI
FROM: SAC, :W,Q (56-523)(P)
UNSUBS; FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN
.JOHN CONYERS I JR. , I I I 11s ·u.s. CODE, 602, 603;
-E~ctION :LAWS -..
Re:Buairtel to WFO,dated l0/6/76.
I I Law ,Enforcement
As~istance -Administration (LEAA), 633 Indiana Avenue, .N.w •. ,
interviewed .10/12/76 along,guidelines -set forth b -De artmental
Attorne 1n ef
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advised, on 10/12/•76 that GERALD .M. ·CAPLAN, I ~
:is presenjly ort of ·the ,country attending- a c_onference -in :London,
.England. has scheduled a meeting .between WFO ;representatives
and CAPLAN·for :the afternoon of '10/:19/76.
,___ ___________ ____,.Office ;Of Public Records,.
·Federal Election·Commission, 1325,K:Street, N.V., was contacted
.on-.10/12/76 .for all filings ,by ,t~ '.friends of ·the JOHN ·CONYERS•·
·coDlllittee :pursuant ·to 1the Federal ·Election :Campaign Act. I I
made available the .filings for ·.the ·year 1972 and indicated ·that
the•remainder-would'J>e:available on .10/13/76 •. A-review .of the bS t
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·WASHINGTON '.FIELD
AT 'WASHINGTON, ·n.c. wo ·w111 interv~ew CAPLAN .upon
"his .return ·from .England•,and furnish Bureau ,with ·results of
-complete lnvestigation:by 10/22/76.
l 10./15/76
AIRTEL
.TO: DIRECTOR, ·FBI
FRCM: SAC, WFO (56-523)(P)
UNSUBS; FRIENDS OF;CONGRESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS I JR.; I I I 11a u.s. ·conE, .. 602. :603;
.ELECTION LAWS
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,Re Butelephone calls (2) of 10/.14/76 from Bureau b7c
Supervisor I I and ·-WFO airtel to •Director dated
10/13/76.
Enclosed .for the ·Bureau are two (2) copies of .an
FD-302 ·reflecting the results of ·an interv_iew with I I I LI.aw Enforcement Assistance .Administration,
on 10/,12/76.
For the informatlon of :the ·Bureau, ·a -review of the
filings by the .friends of the JOHN CONYERS' Conmittee ·for ·.the
years 1973 through '1976 does not reflect the .names -of I I
or CAPLAN.
·wo-will interview GERALD .M. ·CAPLAN, I I I L on 10/ 19/-76 along guidelines set forth in referenced
airtel and •Will additionally determine ·.the posture ·and/or
status -of LEAA appropriations as ·of 7 /23/-76. Further., ,CAPMN
wlll·be queried ·tn·regard· to·what transpired before CONY~s•
committees •. Final ,report to .reach .Bureau ·by .10/22/76.
kBureau ·(Enc. 2)
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I. Law .Enforceme.nt Ass1stanceL......,A-a~m-1-n1~.-s~t-~a-t~i~o-n-(~L~E~A~A~)-,-w-a-s~interviewed at .his
place of employment, 63.3 Indiana Av.enue.., N. VI. I I ·was
advised that ·th.1·s interv.1ew was being conducted at ·the
·specific .reques·t of the Criminal Div,;tsion, United 'States
·Department of Justice and that -it :i.nw:ilved a possible violation
of 1.8 United State.s Code.., 602 and 6.03. I I was posed the following questions:
A. Dia _you ·have any form of social contact w~tb
Congressman CONYERS during 'the o:r~ceding two
or three years and.., 1.:f so~ the nature of, such contacts?
B • .Are 'there any other ·incidents which might lead
CONYERS to ·re_gard you as a personal ·or social .friend?
C. Bave you ever suppo~ted the candidacy or Congressman CONYERS?
D. ·Have you ever done anything ·whi'ch :might have
J.eaa CON¥ERS ·t.o r.egar<I you as :a pol:it.1cal supporter and :if so, ·what?
Has Congressman CONYERS .done or said anything
·to you pr~or·to ·the ·transmission of ·the E.
·solicitat'ion letter on July 2:3, -l.976, which
could .reasonably be interpreted .as .an assuranc.e b6 ·
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that :LEAA appropriations -had b~en fJnally and
sat1sfactor11y nisposea of ,by CONYERS' Subcommittee? I )
.F. Have you eve·r ·reside.d 1.n CONYERS1 congr.ess1ona1
distr.ict? , , ··
the I Lrurni~hed ·the ~ol~ow1ng :information ,regarding above-listed ~uestlons:
,A. I I adv.i.s:ed that he has -:not .had any ·form o.f social .contact with Congr,essman C0?1YERS ~ .dur.ing
_the. precedi'n~ two .or! three ·years.. He sa153, tha~
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t---1. ___ ...J----•:....Dete dkrated.,, _ __. _ _...::'.l;i.1H-Q.,-,"1~'?..;.. 17=-F-{:,~-.....,.. -. ,~crf·---
', Thls dOC1,1ment , co,iteit'ls netther· teCOt'l'll'l'lel'lons l'IQI' <0ndvslon1. ·of: th•, FBI, 1 11 ,, the pro~rty of the fa.t • ~ ·1a loaned .tO · yOAJr •gencv1 . . ; .
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tbe .last time he -saw CONYER~ .recent-ly wa·s on
September .18_, 1976:., at a .Pol1¢e '.F.oundation Meeting
at tbe .Marr.iot't Twin .Brldges Hotel in _
Wash1n~ton, D.C. He stated 'that CONYF.RS was
very .friendly and di'd not menticm the sol1cltat1on letter of J.uly 2_31 197.6.
B. I !advised that ·the only ~ncident that ·he
could ·recall which ro1-ght -lead CONYERS ·to ·re~ar.a
him '.as a -personal or social fr.tend ·wa~ ·that he
had -olaye.d ·tennis at the -Fo~t Meyer :Offi•ce.rs'
Club on·J'uly 13, 1976, ·with! I and I I both members of ·the House Judlc1·ary
Committee Staff Committee. E?,said ·that the
match was set uo by I I .and who furn1s.hed
him I I with a partner. stated that
nothi'np; ·was discussed rega,:-.ding ·.LEAA :funding or
.aoprooriat'ions. r--i -1ndicated 'that he ha.s
·not olayed ·tennis--::wrt'h them :si.nc·e as ·they are
poor n1ayers. , , ·
c-.' I I aavlsed that .he :has not :e~er .suooo.rted the
candidacy ·o·r .Congressman CONYF.RS, and that his
,feelings along the.se .l:ine.s would be strictl·y ·to
·the contr.ar.y .. I I said that CONYERS did llis best to hurt the LE.AA ·p~ogram ·when he wa·s with
the ·House tommittee. He ~ndicated ·that CONYERS
was Vf!r.y articulate and spoke very crl·t1cal
.regarding ·tEAA appropriations ana aut·hor.izat-ltm ..
He stated that CONYERS recommended cutting ·the
LEAA budp;et ·:from :a:oprox_1mately 800 J1tfll'1·on to
600 m1l,llon; howev.er, this ·prooosal J'ai;led on
·a tied vote.
D~ ! _ r.adv-ised .that 'he n_aa_ never aone anyth,1~g
which-might l~a.d_CONY.ERS to .regard him·as a , ·political supporter. I lstated that be ~re.it
C.ONYERS sol.rci·tation ·.request ·was "a ·bl'atant
attempt ·to shake tj.own .LEAA. 11 ·ue said be ·.has
never :received any ,requests -0f t.hi:s type before at work. .All .other ~equests :fo.r politi•cal
cont;rJ.butions . ~c~o:r.ding ·t9 I l·have be.en the
:n.ormal ·tyoe t.hat .everyone .rec-eives and ·have b·een
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E. !advised that Conr~essman CONYERS had not
done or said anything ·to him nttior to th·e
transl'lission .of the sol-ic-ita.tion letter on
.July 23, ;197-6., which could ·reasonahlY .be 1ntern~eted
as an assurance 'that tEAA anpropriations had
be.en f-inally ana ~at1sfactor.1'1Y disnosed of
by CONYERS' .Subcommittee. b6 ·:
F. I I advised ·that he had .never r.estded -in
.CONYERS .con~r.essional district-. ·He J.ndicated
·t·hat his votin~ residence has be.en 'in -V.1rg1nfa
:since .1960 ·and that cmr:<ERS renresents the First D.1str1.ot, City of Hiphland .Park, City of Detroit.
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tQ see the Federal Bureau of lnve.st;tp;ation taking an active
pa.rt ·1n ·this matt e·r.
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On October 12, 1976, _ .... I -,--,,---,,----...,.........,....-__,,..,,..,,,.....,.,....____,J
Office of Public ·Records_, -Federal Election Corrmission, 1325 K
Street, N~W._, Washington, o.c. , woe L provided -Speci a 1 Agents (SAs) ._ ___ ___. and .... I ....,,..,,____,,......._.,...,,... __ .....11,
Federal Bureau of .Investigation FBI , with the ·following public
recor.ds and filings of the "Friends of Congressman JOHN CONYERS":
One registration form.and statement of organization,
dated June.8, 1976; one report of receipts and expenditures for
a committee, dated .J.une 8, 1972; one report of receipts .and expenditures
for a committee, dated September 8, :1976; one report of receipts
and expenditures for a corrmi ttee, dated July 21 , ·1972; one r.eport
of receipts and -expenditures ·for a corrmittee, dated August 1, 1972;
one report of receipts and expenditures for a comnittee, dated
October :12, ·1972; one report of receipts ·and expenditures for a
·corrrnittee _, dated October 27, 1.972; one report of receipts ·and
·expenditures for a corrmi ttee, dated January 29, 1976. b6
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On October 13, 1976., I I provided the following .,public h6
records and filings of ·the 11Friends of Congressman JOHN CONYERS": h7c
One report of receipts and expenditures for a corrmittee
dated March 7_, 1973; one l"eport of receipts and expenditures, dated
June 6, 1973; one letter, Identification Number 0173a9, dated
September 7, 1973, and addressed to the Clerk, United .States
House of· Representatives, Office of Records .and Registrat'ion,
1036 Longworth House Office Building, woe, 20515; one report
of receipts ·and expenditures for :a corrmi ttee dated September 1 o,
1973; one letter, Identification Number 017329, dated ·septernber 7,
1973, :and addressed rto the Clerk, United States House ·of Representatives _,
Office of Records and Registration, 1036 Longworth House Office
Building, woe, 20515; one report of receipt and expenditures for
a corrmittee, dated ,January 30, 1974;: one report of receipt and
·expenditures for a corrrnittee, dated March ·10, ]975; one report
fo receipt and expenditures, dated July, ·1975; one report of
receipt and expenditures for a political corrmittee, dated
January 21, ]976; one report of receipt and·exp~nditures for
a corrrni ttee, dated March 1 O, 1975_; one report of receipt and
expenditures dated March ·11·, 1974;· one report of receipt .and
expenditures for a political committee, dated June .18, .1974;
lt\feNt•wed on ___ 1...,0_11_2_a_nd_1_3_/?1.1.P---- .... w_as_h_i_n.;..gt_o_n __ ,_o_._c __ . _____ File ,, .,WFO ~6-523 -/:>.-
bv-------ia .... ________ ___,JI___.-, __ -_ -_ -_ -_ ..... , o.,.dief•~-------10 .... /_.1_3;../7_6_ :~c·
This. document , contains. l'leithef ~ecol'M'lendatlon1 l'IOI' <:ondu1lon1 of th• ftl. It l1 the property of the f&t :•nd 11 loaned to yow ,gen(Yi
it •nd its content, are :,.ot to t>. distributed 01,1t1ld• yQJ.Jf agency.
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one report of receipt and expenditures for a political c·orrvn'ittee,
dated June 10, ·1974; .one report of receipt and expenditures ·for
a political corrmittee, dated July ·1s, 1974_; one ;report of receipts
and expenditures ·for a political corrmittee, dated July 30, 1974;
one report of receipts and expenditures for a po.1itica1 corrmittee,
dated October 21, 1974; -0ne report of receipt and expenditures for
a political committee, dated October 29_, 1974; one report ·of
receipts and expenditures for a political tommittee, dated January 27,
·J 97.5; one short-form f'eport of receipt ·and expenditures ·for a
candidate or principal campai~n committee, dated July 23, 1976;
one report of receipt and ~xpenditures ·for a candidate ~r committee
supporting any candidate ·for nomination or election to federal
office, .dated September 7, 1976; one short-form report of receipts
and expenditures ·for a candidate or principal campaign corrmittee,
dated July 27_, 1976; ·one report of receipt ·and expenditures for
a candidate or a corrmittee supporting any candjdate -for nomination
or election ·to federa1 Office, dated August 31, ·1976.
ihe pub 1 i c records and fi 1i ngs of the 11 Fr'i ends of
Con_gressman JOHN CONYERS" described above are being incorporated
as part of this ~ile.
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FBI
SAC, WFO (56-523)
Director, FBI
UN SUBS; FRIENDS OF CCfiGRESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS, JR., I I I I; 18 U.S. CODE , 602 , 603 ;
ELECTION LAWS
Re WFO airtel dated 10/13/76.
On 10/14/76 •. Departmental Attorney!
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Dote of trenaalptlon ___ ...;·l;;;.;0;.:;/..,;2;;.;0;.:;/...;7:..,6;;... -_
GERALD M. CAPLAN, 'Director, Law ·Enforcement
Assistance Administration (LEAA), was ~nterviewed -at :his
place or employment, 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W. CAPLAN
was advised that this interview was being conducted at ·the
specific request or the Criminal Division, . United States
Department of.Justice, ·and that ·it ·invo1ved a'possible violation or Title 18, United· States-Code, Sections 602
~and 603. CAPLAN was posed the .following questions:
A. ·Did you have any .form of~ocial contact
-with ,Congressman --CONYERS ·during the
_preceding .two, or three years and, if so, the-nature or such contacts?
.B. Are-there any other incidents which
might 1ead CONYERS to.regard you as a
·personal or,soclal friend?
·C. ·Have you ,ever supported -the candidacy , or Congressman •_CONYERS?
D. Have you•.ever done any~hing which
might have .lead CONYERS to·regard:you
as a political supporter .and., if so,
what?
.E. '.Has Congressman CONY~S done o.r :saicl
·anything to you .. prior .to the transmissiop or •the solicitation _ letter on July 23,
:1976, which could reasonably be
.interpreted as· an•assurance that ·LEAA
appropriations ·had been finally and
:satisfactorily disposed ·· or ,by CONYERS• ·
Subcommittee?
:p. ,Have _you ,ever ,resided ·in CONYERS•
,..Congresslonal district?
G. What-was· the posture .and/or status of
LEAA' ·appropriations .as _of July 23, ·1976?
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10/20/76 t=================~-O•to _ 'cli(t•to_d_· __ ....__;...., _________ _
This, doc~n, . ~ontoms Mi~ rec9Mmend •tions nQr conclOJsions of the f&I, It ·is The property of the f8,I · and is 10.~_d to yOAJt age~;
.It •nd il1 conte,1ts••re not ,to be <li~tribo.l~d O<Jtsl:de YOOJ1 •~n¢y. b6 ·
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:a. What .transpired before CONYERS'
committee?
CAPLAN furnished• ·the ,foll.owlng .information regarding·the above-listed questions:
A. CAPLAN advised that he .has not had any
,form or social contact with Congressman
CONYERS during'the preceding two or
three ·years. :He said ·that·he had
never seen him.before·the hearings and
did not have ·any ,idea or what he 1ooked
·like. ·He· stated· that the only ·person he
·had·ever met•before -testifyjng at the hearings ·was a I !. :He :indicated-
.that :he met I I one··time and··that -he
·believes-he was ·introduced:by a·Congressional
,person ,·whose ·name he .could··not ,recall.
B. CAPLAN advised that there are no -incidents
.which .. he ·can recall ·which .might :have
lead ·CONYERS to :regard 'him as a ·_personal or social friend.
C. CAPLAN· advised· :that .he ,has ,never
supported the candidacy or Congressman ·
CONYERS.
·D. CAPLAN advised that .he has never done
·anything which might have lead CONYERS to regard·him as ·a·political .supporter.
He .said ·that ,when he ._appeared ·to ·testify
before ·CONYERS•· committee, 'the ·congressman ·stated.,that ,he -was .pleased .to ·have -him• testify; :however, this was the ~ast pleasure he ·expressed· ·while :he ·was .testifying. CAPLAN, said·that CONYERS was:extremely critical or .LEAA .and was
concerned about how LEAA was operating. CAPLAN:stated: that CONYERS wanted· to
,grant ·LEAA· .a one ·year extension rather
than :three years.and .cut ·its :budget
,from 800 .million :to 600 million;· -however.,
CONYERS' wish w~s not granted. ·
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l' ,1 In _regard -to the, ·solicitation -received
from the ,friends of Congressman -JOHN
CONYERS, ·CAPLAN advised that he :thought
he ·had, been -1nv1 ted to a ·party,. He said
-that he di'd not -notice the request :tor
.$100 until be had reaa -the ao11citat1on
a :second ·time. -CAPLAN stated 'that he -was
not ·aware that a solicitation of ·this type -was a v1olat1on,.or .Federal· law.
·He indicated that he thought his name
-was poasibly:selected :trom a 1iat1ng or
names or ind1y~dua1s who ·teatitied -before
CONYERS' collllllittee. CAPLAN aaid he sent
·his solicitation 1ightheartedly to I !{with a note attached,aaking .. ·~How ,many tickets .are ·we going to buy?"
, ·Oneel lreceived·CAPLANS' -aollcitation,
·CAPLAN .aaidll called,_him- to his oftice
•·: ·.1mediately~as quite :irritated. , ' -
:E. ·OAPLAN·adviaed that Congressman CONYERS
. ;
. " , '•had not ~one .or .said ,anyth.ing ·to 'him· prior ·.to the transmission or the aolicitat1on-1etter on ._July 23, ·1976,
which,could-reasohably ·be interpreted·
·as an, assurance· .that ~AA .appropriations
· liad-,been r1~ally and ••aatistactorily
·disposed of.by CONYERS' Subcommittee.
CAPLAN•1nd1cated he ,was a·pol1t1cal
appointment and ,not an,•activist an~ that .he had only testified once-berore
CONYERS' committee and that -waa-on
t.April 1, 1976.
!
R. ·cAPLAN,advised tthat :he :.has never .resided·
-in CONYERS' Congressional district. .He stated ·tµat .he (CAPLAN) presently
resides ~n ·the·D1str1ct of Columbia and
-that .he-.(CAPLAN) .had ,previously :resided·
in ;Illinois, . .Maryland and Ar;izona. '
G. ,CAPLAN advised -that ·he is,not certain
what ·the-posture and1or ·status. o·r ;LEAA
-appropr1at1'ons was as or July 23, ·1"976.
He indicated that he did not spend -tbat
much--time follo)l1ng ·this and ·that I I
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would be better informed on this ·matter.
·He stated that the Congressional :report
·would also ·have this information.
CAPLAN.advised ,that CONYERS' committee
was generally critical to .LEAA. All the while he testified, he (CAPLAN) indicated that .he may have received one or two complimentary .remarks. A digital breakdown of CAPLAN's .feeling
towards ·remarks made'by the committee
regarding:LEAA is as .follows:
·Complimentary -5% 'Neutral 45%
Uncomplimentary -50%
In conclus1·on, ',CAPLAN •,advised he· .would, furnish
a signed.statement regarding this matter :if necessary.
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REFERENCES:- Buairtel_ to nFo dated 10/6/76}
'WFO airtel to the Bureau dated· 10/15/76._
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ADMINISTRATIVE: -
, "Law .Enforcement .__ _______________ ___.
Assistance Administration_ (LEAA), .and GERALD H. CAPLAN,
Director,_ LEM, were both_ advised priol" to interview that_
tbi~ investigation was being conducted at ~he specific
request of_ the Criminal. .Division, o·. s·._ Department of Justice.
·BotH individuals are agreeable to fut"nishing signed state
ments,: if necessary. Statements not taken at this_ time,
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'since I I has officially formalized complaint with HAROLD
R._. TYLER, )R., Deputy AttoI'ney General,- U.S._ Department of
Justice, in letter dated 7/28/76. CAPLAN queried regarding
posture and/ or status of LEM appropriation·s as of 7 /23/76 ·
and what transpired_ before CONYERS' Committe.e at_ specific-
telephonic: request of Bureau_ Supervisoi-1 !._
If f'urthei- investigation deemed necessary- in this
matter,- Bureau i_s requested to contact Departmental Attorney b6
I I and to advise him that origi_nal solicitations are b7c
still available for examination. I !has advised that
they are presently in the possession of Depu~y Attorney
General, HAROLD R._ TYLER, )R., as they were -forwarded to
him ·with I I origi_na1 complaint~.· It. is to be noted
that the envelope used to transport the solicitation to I , I I is handwritten-'and ·may be_ suitable_ for· handwriting
comparison_ by the_ Document Section of the FBI, Laboratory.
Additionally, I I and CAPLAN1s· solicitations may be_
suitable. f'or· latent_ fingerprint examination.-
A review of the: filing by the_ .frie_nds of JbUN
CONYE~S committee f'oI' the years 1972 through 1976 obtain(?d
from· the Federal Election Commis'sion £'ailed to disclose the·
names of I I Ot". CAPLAfl.-- Tllese doc(lme~ts were not_ attach~d
to _the_ FD-302 of I L· since they are. extremely ·bulky
and,. additionally they are ·not_ susceptible· to .Xero~: ·
:reproduction.: Tiley have bee_n_ made_ a· lA. exhibit_ in_ this
file. and are available foI' review by Departmental Attorney I I at ,a future d·ate.- · ·
Original Bureau deadline of seven days from_
receipt of referenced airtel_ dated 10/6/76 changed to
10/22/76 to allow· for interview of CAPLAN- who was out_
of' the country in london, Eng_lan4,- tile w·eel.s.. of 10/11/76-:
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AT WASHINGTON, D:C. Will await review of thi~
mattet' by Bureau and Department._
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Copy t_o: UNITED STATES-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
"FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTl~ATION
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Report of:
Dote: Office: Washing ton, D. C.
field Office file #: October 21,_ 1976
56-523 Bur~ou file #:
Title:
Chorocter: ELECTIOll -LAWS
Syno·psis1 ,----------------. Law Enforcement As~ista:nce
Ad.min_istratiQn _ (tEAA) ,-a:nd_ GERALD M. CAPLAN", Dir·ector, -LEM,
interviewed on 10/12 and 10/19/76,' re_s·pective_ly. I I fe_ei_s·
solicitation _ letter of· 7 /23/7_6_ is •·•a blatant attempt _ to sha~e
down 1.EAA._" ·aas!s for feeling is th~t. CONYERS was ver-y-
critical_ of LEAA regarding appropriat _ions_ and authori _zation.-
CAPLAl'i not_ aware sol_ici t_ation was_ a. violation _ or_ U.S. Code.-b6
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Nei thex: I I ox: CAPLAN have ever· soci_aliz'ed wi t_h_ CONYERS,- ·
SUP.ported CONYERS- or ·resided in_ CONYE~S Congressional -District._ b6
ijo indication _ that CONYERS had don~ or said anything to! I b7c
ox: cAPl.AN priox: to tr·ansmission or_ solicitation lettex: · 0£
7 /23/7_6 which_ could ·reasonably be_ inte_rpreted as· a:n_ a_ssura:nce
that_ ·LEAA appropri _ations_ had been_ ·f-inal_ly and s_atisfactox:ily
disposed of.by CONXERS1 s·ubcommittee. _ Filings_ by-the_ frie1~ds
of_ the. J'Oiiff CONYEES I committee _ pursuant_ to the ·Federal
,._ · Election Camp~_i,n _ Act_ made available _ f·or· the_ yeax:s: 197_2.
t_h;-~ugh 1_976 bt, _ _ . I Off i_ce_ of_
Public: Records·, Federal Electio:n . Commission,- 1325 K_ Street, N.W.: , - -
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DETAILS: : AT WASHINGTOtl,- D. C._
This: :report cQntains'.· ·the results of a: supelemental
preliminary .investigation conducted a_t_ the· specif~c: Yequest
or_ the· Criminal _ Pivisi'on, U.S.-Department of Justice. _
'J'.bi, dOC111ntat coot~ia, llf•tht,· r~r:>d•tioa• 11<>1 cood111ioc1 ot the ·,o·x~ l_t_ i, the property ot the_ FB"i aad i, k.aocd to yow:· ace~y; h -.o4 It, eonttota
&l'_t_ DQ:l to he_ dittti~te<S ~hide )'OW &Ctl)C)'. . .
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UNSUBS; FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS • JR. ; I I
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ELECTION LAWS ·• ,
10/29/76
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Reureport of SA ,._ _______ ...J dated 10/21/76.
On 10/29/76,I I, Criminal Division, u. s. Department of Justice, -requested that you make
available to him those documents received from the Federal
Election Commission pertinent to filings by the Conyers
Committee for the years 1972-1976.
These documents should be delivered to~I --...,,....--~ in•the Department's Election Laws Unit, 8th floor, Safeway
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Director, Federal :eureau of Investigation
~ichard L. 'l'hornburgb
Aa•istant Attorney General
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Friends of John conyers committeez 18 u.s.c. 602, 603. JI
b6 This will refer to our memorandum dated August 12, 1976, b7c in which we requested ·.th• Bureau to conduct ·a limited investi-
ation into a laint subuitted ·LEAA Administrator,
Gerald Caplan,
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political cOllllllittee within their Federal officu. According
tol L ·the-solicitations were mailacl at ·a time
(July 23, 1976) wben·th• ~asue of the .amount of LEAA's
appropriation for ·fiscal year 1977 wu pending before the
House Subcommittee on crime 'and the JUdiciary, of which
COngruaman Conyers was chairman at the time.
. In order to further aaaiat thl• Division :in ~ts .inquiry into this allegation, the :sureau ia requested to conauct ·the
following inveatigation: ·
1) congressman Conyers sbould be reinterviewed and
requested to identify, it :pos■ible, the individuals on .his staff who might have .been responsible for actually addreaaing
and mailing aolicitations on behalf of th• fund raising dinners to which the July 23, 1976 solicitationa at iaaue here referred. If possible,, he ahould be requHt.ed to identify the ~idua .1
who addressed the specific solicitations to.Maser•. L_Jand Caplan. · ·
-2) Any individual.a identifitld by congressman Conyers
.should be •inmedlately interviewed, .requested to identify the envelopes and enclosures thereto, the-originals of
which are .attached to this memoran<lum1 and requeated to identity the person(•) responaible for suggesting or directing that the attached. solicitations be sent to I !and Caplan.
3) After the above investigation has been com!)l.eted,, the
aureau should return the attached .ori_ginal materials ·to this
·Division.
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From: Director, FBI
UN SUBS; .FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS JR.; I I I G 1s use,. 602, 603
ELECTION, LAWS
Reu~eport of SA dated 10/21/76. _________ ____,
'Enclosed ·are. two copies of a self•explanatory Departroental letter dated _l/7 /77, i
with its enclosures. ~
Complete the·requested investigation in accordance·with the provisions of
Sectio;n 35 , Volume . II. ,'Manual of Instructions, and.surep within 7
days of the ).'eeeipt .of this comxnunication. '
State in the first paragraph of the details of your report that it ·contains,the results
ot a OCJ .limited investigation and underscore the word (X) limited O preliminary O preliminary
Advise Ga all persons ·interviewed .w appropriate officials at the outset that this investigation is ·being
conducted at the specitic request of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Remarks: The or:i.1gina 1 r.ia teria ls used ·to ·sol:ici t I I and
Caplan are enclosed,·for assistance ~n your interviews and
should be returned to the ·Bureau as -enc·1osures to your .report
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UNSUBS; FRIENDS ~F CONnRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS, JR.;~! ____ ___,
______ !; 18 USC, 602, 603, ELECTION LAWS
RE BUREAU AIRTEL TO WASH_INGTON FIELD DATED JANUARY 11,
1977.
~-------------------TO CON~'RESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS ADVISED JANUARY 13, 1977, 'l'HAT THE EARLIEST
TIME 'l'HA'I' THE COUGRESSMAN WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW
IS JANUARX 26, 1977. WASHINGTOU FIELD WILL CONDUCT
IN'l'ERVIEW SET FORTH IN REFERENCED AIR'r_EL THIS DA'I'E AND
SUREP WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF IN'I1ERVIEW UACB.
ADMINISTRATIVE:
SPECIAL AGENT--------- CONTACTED · .... I ___ I I
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r,on,,:ress"'Dn ......... .--...-------,-------------JOH' i CO'!YSBS, JR. , advtsed that ·she adnressen an enve1on~
to ...,I ___ ____,.....,... ____ .....,... __ ,..,_.____,,.,....-,,........I, -Law J!nforcef".ent -
.\~sistance Admini.strati'On, 633 -Indiana Avenue, ·r .~v . .,
-;fashington, 'O.C.,, 2n_530 •
..___....,! indicated 'that their ·mailin11 _l·ist _for ·politicians was put together ratber haphazardly And ·thut the
nar.:.e.s appea-ring :1n 1.t came ·fron -every list they could eet
hold of.
I !stated that she addressed the ~nvelopes to
the er;,.ployrnent of the individuals appearing on t·he list as
she felt they were more :likel_y to cone to the attention of
a .secretary. I I sa1.d that she tool< nost 6f the addre.sses
·fror:i the Con_gressional ·n1~cto~y.
I ! .advised t·hat the addressing of the enve"lones
was done sepa-rately .rrom the a·ctual nlacement ·of ·the sol1.c1-
tati-ons within the .envelopes. As a resul't, I l-1na1·catea
that the stamp 11cm1PLI!IS!TTARY11 or the w:ritt·en notation
.1ndioatin~ ·that the solicitat'ions ,forwarded to I I and
CAP.LA!1 were complinenta·ry was -inadvex-tently omitted f.roM
t"he -1nv1tatlons sent to ·these -1ndiv.1duals. She :1n·d1cated that th1~ was .not 1ntent1ooal but an oversi~ht on their
pur.t because of t·he c·haot1:e .conditions they were work1nr,;
under .in order ·to get the -invi"ta.tions ·out on time. I I
-said that upon a couple of occasions-, they ·were up untiJ.
3:0J ◊'o1ock :in t·he morninr: -in ·order to ensure all .invitations
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1/-?.8/77 Dei. ·of trenta'lptlon _____ ,_ ___ _
Congressman., Jorrr cmrYERS, -J~., 'q:iybur.rt Ru11·a1rr~.,
'Roon 2444 was .1nter-v1.e:wed ·in an attermt to identify t·hl:'
-individuals ·on his staf_f ,1ho night have bee·n resTJonsih"lf') ,J:o.l!...._,
actual.ly addre·ssing and ria.11.inr: -so11'ci tat.ions to ~1essrs. L___J
and .CAPLAN for the July 2.9., 1975 private reception :in hi~
honor held at the :1at1onal Del"".oc.~atic Club') 3')0 ;;etr J-erse7r
Avenue, S. E. C.ongressrian cm1yr,n,E; furnished the follm·rin1"'
in fo:rP.'!at 1·on ·:
J!e advised that durinR: the ·parti-cular t•ine pcr-:1ot1
·1n question, he was :either ,in New York ·or ~a-ehi-r:i;r1:n anrl ·th~'t
these sol'i~itat:ions ·we-re anrarently sent out .b:1 one of ·his
:staff l"'.er,.bers -o:r noss1b1y by :a o:r-.oup .of vo1.-unt·ee:rs who ,1~rP,
workin:1: for .hin at the ·til"',e. colrYE!tS said th~t a.p1')roxirnat~l·71
"2.,.600 -invitations were sent out-, ·2trn ·,of which ·were ,corrnlitre .nt:.:i.r~ .•
CONYERS indi-cated ·that he do-es not !,mow why I I and C,\Pill\:r
.did not .receive 'CO!'l'lp.l'inenta;r-y :invitations, Si-nee he dtri not
1-ra.nt theil'.' money but only their presencP, at the funct.1-on ..
CO'TYERS :statea that at t'he t'ire. he tlid _not knov, that the
sol-ic1tat·1on of .funds frori anothe.r- nove_X'nr:v~nt enr,loyee
when addre.ssed to the erirrlo;ree at hl:s e:rrnl:o~r~ent ~1as ·n
Yiol:ation .of the 1a·w.
cmrY:~'tS -snid that t·he list :us.ea to ~~na out ·t'1e
so1·1citat:1ons ,cane f.ror:i n lot cf sour.ces such as lobb7rtst·~,
_people ,-rho -contr1Jiuted to nrev_ic,us fund-rr.tisers., fr:i~nas,
other Confl'.ressi;en, etc., and that in P:enet'al it ·was nixt
together rathe:r quickl:'' · C0'1Y.~11S indic~ter, ·th::i.t nr:ol"'fincnt
1nd1 v1<:1ua·1s .t3uc·h as the e.x-Att.orney Gener'\ 1, other
Con~r_es.sr.,en., orn ·noor~s and Gommtssioner 0i"1:,L n of t·he FCC
we:t>e sent nomp11.mentary ·1nvitat-1·ons. cn~:rY.!1S stated thn,t.
the so11citat1'ons sent to I I 'and CJ\PLA~r ·should have 'hetn7
'COmpl:irncnta.t>y. ne s.n.id t·hat ·he •:rasn 't clos_e to the ·ni3.tte!''~
however., he apolo'(;ized f_or ·t·h·e fact ·that I ! c1,nd CAP!~:\'T
did not receive co:-n.plinenta.ry so11citat'ions. ■ ~he onl~,
.e·xpl.a.nation he :.eould ·~yffe'l' for this .-ov~_rs1-~ht was t~'lt 't·!v~
·1ndiviflua.-1 t·iho nailel'.1 o·ut the·se :so11·c·1tations o_in not
_'t'ecogn12e I I and C.\P.LA'1 as h:l~hly n1acerl f'tov0r?'\"'Pnt
apno-1ntees.
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SA'sl land
Thi• <:focvment , eonttln• 11eirf,,er reCQn'H'l'len;;f,rlona . l'IOf conclusion, of · the f&l. 11 ·t, th• prQl)erty of the f&I ,nd is loaned to yov, agency;
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would have .been hnndled by :e1the:r I ! -Ol' I I b6 I I• As a ·result ~f this Incident, '-l'e b7c
indicated that he has -instructed hi$ sta-ff ·to be nore .careful
-in ·the -fut·ure rer:·a~ding th·e 111a1:lin;er, .or .so.11:cit.a.tions to
G.over-.nment :employees at their emnloyr-.ent.
In clos.in~ Congressman ~CO~~YE'1.R ·made ~vail"a.b.le a
·sample conpl:imentary t1~ket ·fo:r the :function in .question., along with -a .sar-;pl:ine .of nanes :appea~.ing on a !)o~tion o·r hls
mail.1nr, .list. :CON.YE~S advised that. mo·st of the peopl·e
appea~1ne on this list :11ecelved ·their sol1'citations ·at t·~ei-.r
place of eMpl'.Oyment. A :copy ·of this ·ticket .and list ar,e
be1ng attached to this F.P-302.
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TITLE OF .CASE R-1:POR'I' MAOt: ,ay
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.UNSUBS; FBIENDS OF,CONGRESSMAN ·SAi c=J y
-JOHN,CONYBRS' JR.; I ! .18 USC, ·602, 603 I CHARACTER OF CASE
:ELECTION ··.LAWS
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•REFERENCES: '.Buairtel .to 'WFO dated, 1/11/77_; ,
1fFO teletype to '.the-.Director dated"'l/13/77.
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On ·t/.13/7_7,'I Congressman JOHN'CONYE~R~S~a~d~v~i~s-e~d:---:-t~h-a~t~t~h-e_ ·_e_a_r~1~l-e-s-.t--.-t~lm-e--.-t_h_a~t- .t-hr-1e
Congressman would· be ava·rtable .!or _interview .is 1/26/77. ,As a
.)"esult of unavailabil :ity -of ·-cong~ess~an CONYERS, original ·Buded.
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FD-204 (Rev. J-J-59) • • I • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAl,J 'OF INVESTIGATION "-
Copy to:
Report of: February 1, 1977
56-523 Office: Washington, .D~C.
Datt:
· Fleld Office File #1 Bureau File #1
Title: 'UNKNOWH SUBJECTS;
FRIENDS OF CO?tGRESSMAN -
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Character: ELECTION LAWS
.:Synopsis: -·Congressman JOHN CONYERS.» JR., interviewed and· he advised that
he was in'.New ·York or·J.lichigan-during.the tlme period solicitations 1
·sent out to Messrs! !·and CAPLAN. CONYERS said· that solicitations sent to! land CAPLAN-should have:been complimentary and
,he apologized forte ·tact that they were not ·in this category.
·Only explnnation ·CONYBRS coula,ofter ·for ~bis·oversight was that
·tho 'ifdividual who mailed out :.these solicitations -did-,not ·recognize I _ and CAPLAN as highly placed -.Government ·appointees. ·CONYERS indicated at the .time .the solicitations were·mailed'out he-was
not .aware of the .tact-that the solicitation ot· funds from another
Government .employee when addressed to the employee at 'his employ-
·• ment,was a violation -of the ·law. CONYERS made available a sample
-of a complimentary -ticket for the ·function in ·question· . along with
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.have been-complimentary and that this was':iiot"Tntentiona~ but •an,
oversight on ·their·part.
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DETAILS:• AT ·wASHINGTON, D~C •.
This investigation contains 'the .results of-a limited investigation.
'fti• d~t 'cootai,n ■ Deith« recQOl.a:1eodatl,>,u 'Mt ~~l,;,aions of the IFBX, Xt i■ the proJ>ert:r .of the' FBI aDd ,, bned to )'OW' aceiic:r: it and it■ COl\teAt•
· u_e lloOt \0 be di•tri~ted ~tllide YOW' aceac:r.
,,. request the honour of your company
at a private reception in honor of
CONGRESSMAN JOUN CONYERS, JR.
□ Special Guest
on Thursday. July 29. 19.76
six until eight o'clock
at the
National Democratic Club. 300 New Jersey A venue. S.E.
Washington, D.C.
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UlfSUBS; Friends or Cb~res811Rll John :eon:yers, Jr.; J I I t '18 ,u c, 2, 603' ELEC'tlON LAW
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- :The Bureau 'is ·requested to -advise regarding ·results ot review .. by-'.the ,U. ·S •. ,Department ot ,Justice,•concerning ·this
matter. It .no additional :1nveatigation ;is ,requested·-.regarding capt19ned·•tter, WPO intends 1to close·1ts,case, ,UACB.
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rom:, Director, FBI·• (56-5242)
UNSUBS ;-FRIENDS OF CONGRESSMAN
JOHN CONYERS, JR. ; I I I r; 1s use, 602, 603
ELECTION LAWS
Reurairtel dated 10/27/77.
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Criminal Division which has not requested any further
investigation to date.
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Description: □ Original notes re interview of
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
I l\nderstand that:
., • 1:-1. I have a right to remain silent and that I do not have to answer any questions put to me or make any
t-r statements.
Any statement I make or anything I say will be used against me in a Court of Law.
I have the right to have an attorney (lawyer) present before and during the time I answer any
questions or make any statement ..
If I cannot afford an attorney (lawyer), one will be appointed for me without cost by the Court
prior to any questioning.
I can decide at any time to exercise my rights and not answer any questions or make any statement.
~•' I understand that these are my rights under the Law. I have not been threatened or promised anything, and
,· ~I now desire and agree to answer any questions put to me or to make a statement.
/
In the presence of:
WITNESS
WITNESS DATE TIME
~ This certific~te of notification was :read to the suspect, and he/she had an opportunity to read it. Further,
the suspect was given an opportunity to ask any questions that he/she might have concerning this cer
tificate and his/her rights.
D Suspect is illiterate. He/she has had the rights under the law, as defined above, explained to him/her, and
has agreed to answer questions or make a statement.
D Suspect can read and write. The rights, as defined above, have been explained to him/her, and he/she
has agreed to make a voluntary statement but has refused to sign this certificate.
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(Address of Contributor)
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By_-'-----'-~-~--;h------:-=-~I .-.--,~---'---{Name of Special Agent)
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Receipt Given □ Yes ~o
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Feder~I Rules of. Criminal Pr~dute
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Federal Rules of Criminal Prci.cedure
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Receipt Given □ Yes □ No
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Federal Rules of Criminal Pro.cedure
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Date of transcription 07/04/97
th:
, residence:
e ep one number: , was contacted on July
4, 1997. Ater eing z of the identity of the interviewing
agent and the purpose of e interview I I furnished the
following information.
I I is a I I who has known c=J
---~l_a_nd US Congressman John Conyers for at least thirty years.
!was aware that had recentl secured emplo;ent with
Conyers' Detroit office as a,___ ....... .,......_....,... ___ ....,..........,. and r ~ I I jwas not happy wit is position and ha recently
been discharged.
I I telephoned ·, I on the evening of July 3, 1997
and discussed his visit to Conyers' Detroit office earler that
day. On July 3, 1997 I I went to Conyers' office and saw
I !, a member of Con ers' staff sittin at his
~-,,......,.--___.I desk. I I also told that had moved "his stuff" from the desk. ___ spoke with by telephone
on the evening of July 3, 1997 and told....,..___, __ that he was
"reall mad about it". ! l first told the interviewing agent
that seemed angry when he made this comment. I I then
said seemed to be joking when he made this comment.
Finally_.....,,.____,_ told the interviewing agent that I I seemed to
be "whining" when he made tl:).is comment. I I further stated
that I I was a "whinny person".
I I stated that I l a member of
Conyers' staff called her later on the evening of July 3, 1997.
I I tol~that I l had went into the off ice that day
and saw that had moved his materials. I I told I I that "wasn't happy" and was "very angry" about this
activity. also told I !, "you know how crazy things
happen", but denied that this referred to a threat or danger
posed byl !denied telling I 1or any other person that! !had mentioned a gun. _____ further denied
that! !had mentioned a gun in his conversation with her.
Investigation on 07/04/97 at Detroit, Michigan --'------'-----
File# 89A-DE-80712 -,J;J,
by SAl Date dictated (telephonica11,~---
l~lDEX
FILE!)
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loan'"'d'"""'t..,_o J...;;;.a~=,,_,_...;;...:;;;..;....;.;'---'----'
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□ AIRTEL PRECEDENCE:
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D Priority
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FM FBI DETROIT (89A-DE-NEW) (P) (C-4)
TO DIRECTOR FBI/IMMEDIATE/
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UNCLAS EFT 0
CITE: //3220:C-4// CLASSIFICATION:
□ TOP SECRET
□ SECRET
□ CONFIDENTIAL
Ix] UNCLAS E F T 0
□ UNCLAS
Date 7 / 4/97
PASS: FBIHQ - VC FUGITIVE UNIT, UNIT CHIEF~! _____ __,,!; SIOC
UNIT -SSA_! ________ b WMFO -SA.._ ______ __ SQUAD
C-4; SA! ~ U.S. CAPITOL POLICE LIAISON.
SUBJECT: ,.._ ___ __,b U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS -VICTIM;
_____ ____,! -VICTIM; I I -VICTIM; ASSAULT -
MEMBER OF CONGRESS; 00: DETROIT.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
DETROIT IS IN RECEIPT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING POSSIBLE
THREATS TO U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS OF MICHIGAN. THREATS
MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST TWO MEMBERS OF CONYERS' STAFF,
Approved: I
Time Received:
MRI/JULIAN DATE:
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_______ IAND_! ______ ___,!. DETROIT WAS CONTACTED ON
JULY 4, 1997, BYI _____ ~ LEGAL ADVISOR TO CONYERS.
---! STATED THAT! ~ FORMER MEMBER OF CONYERS' STAFF
HAD THREATENED CONYERS' LIFE ON JULY 3, 1997. !ALLEGEDLY
MADE THE THREATS ON JULY 3, 1997, TO! ~ AN
ASSOCIATE OF CONYERS'. I !REPORTED THE THREATS TO_! ---
----~ A MEMBER OF CONYERS' STAFF. I I INFORMED_! __ ___,
,.._ __ -!INFORMED! IWHO INFORMED CONYERS. DEPUTY U.S.
MARSHAL! I WAS TRAVELLING WITH CONYERS AND ADVISED
THAT THIS OFFICE BE CONTACTED.
,.__ _ ___,!WAS CONTACTED BY SA_! ____ _.!AND GAVE THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
AND ---~ A DETROIT COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
HAS
KNOWN CONYERS FOR THIRTY YEARS. ___ IBEGAN TO WORK FOR
CONYERS' DETROIT OFFICE IN JANUARY, 1997. _! __ _.!WAS UNHAPPY
WITH THE POSITION. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AGO IN A
CONVERSATION WITH_!---! CONCERNING CONYERS,_! __ .... ! STATED, "HE
----1 COULDN'T BE TREATED THIS WAY ... HE I WAS GOING TO
THE MAT ... HE I I WAS GOING TO RETALIATE AND IT WAS GOING
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____ LAN ASSOCIATE OF CONYERS AND SPOKE IN AN ANGRY MANNER
CONCERNING CONYERS, .... ! __ ____.!AND,__ ______ ___. CONCLUDED THE
CONVERSATION BY STATING, HIS_! __ _ "THIRTY YEARS
RELATIONSHIP (WITH CONYERS) COULD NOT END THIS WAY ... HOW DARE
___ ____,!SIT AT HIS .... I ___ ____,! DESK ... YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT TO
DO ... I 'VE GOT TO GET A GUN AND DO IT" .
.__ _ ____,!ALSO STATED THAT_! __ __.!WAS UPSET WHEN SHE
LEARNED THAT .... I ___ I HAD BEEN INFORMED BY .... I _______ I OF THE
ABOVE STATEMENTS BY .... I _______ !ALSO STATED THAT .... !----
HAS DENIED THAT SHE GAVE I I THIS INFORMATION OR THAT
,___ __ !MADE THE THREATS.
_____ !IS DESCRIBED AS Al,__ _____ I APPROXIMATELY
RECORDS FROM CONYERS' OFFICE SHOW!,__ __ ___,!ADDRESS AS
TELEPHONE
NUMBER .... I ______ __. PAGER NUMBER------------
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,__ _ _.!BECOME UPSET WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ASKED HIM FOR HIS
IDENTIFICATION.
_______ .... I IS DESCRIBED AS A __________ ....
DATE OF BIRTH_! ______ l
ADDRESS IS ,..___ ______ .... _____________ ____,
._ ___ .... ~ TELEPHONE NUMBER_! _______ !.
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Date of transcription 07/04/97
date of birth:
office telep one
was contacted on July 4, 1997. After being
e identity of the interviewing agent and the purpose
rview! I gave the following information.
r !is a member of the staff of US Congressman John
Conyers or·~M ....... i-c~h-i-gan. I is aware of threats made on July 3,
1997 by! I, a recently discharged member of Conyers'
staff, against herself, Conyers and another Conyers staffer,
I 1-
I I described I I as a ''.community activist" who
has known Conyers for ap2roximatel ears. is a
former Black Panther and
was hired to work --------.....-------.-- .............. -....... ----------..- in Conyers' Detroit office in January, 1997 where his
responsibilities included media relations and photography. ~I __ __
was dissatisfied with his job at the office, specifically the ~rement that he work fixed hours and work in the office.
L____J frequently expressed his dissatisfaction to other members
of the staff.
I !was discharged from his position at the end of
May, 1997 and his paycheck was stop2ed. Conyers' Chief of Staff
I !did not properly inform! I of this development and
~-___,!may not have known that he was formally discharged.
Approximale~~ ore lweek ago I I spoke with I !concerning Conyers. stated that "he I D couldn't be treated this
way ... he was going to the mat . . . he I I was going
to retaliate and it would be vicious" .
Con ers' ._ ___ ___.!was contacted by,...__ ________ .._~a;:....:.;member of
staff, on July 4, 1997. told that she
had been contacted recentl
date of birth residence:
te ep on~e::;...:..:...&...-----.------.---'---an associate of Conyers, to~l~d::...&. ____ __,jthat'-----~had
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F ii e # 89A-DE-80712 4 Date dictated
by SA
JUt 9 1997
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned tj your agency; Y ___ ..:_rtli _ _c;~_rn0,1
it and its contents are not-to be distributed-outside your-agency. I -
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2 Continuation of FD-302 of , On 07/04/1997 , Page _ _.__ ______ .......______________ --==--
I I concerning Conyers, I land..,...! _________ ....-___ .....,!
concluded the conversation by telling! !that his I
thirty year friendship with Conyers "couldn't end this way how
dare I I sit at his I I desk ... You know what I've got
to do ... I've got to get a gun and do it".
!stated that other persons have subsequently
asked ... , -....... ---.-1-a"""b .... out this conversation and I I denies
discussed the subject with I !or having had the conversation
with! !.
The interviewing agent asked whether! !knew any
staffers with whom! !might freely discuss the conversation .
.__ __ _.!cited I !.
I noted has a key to Conyers' Detroit office. F~i-n-a-1-1-y~, noted that, on prior occasions,~,--~ ....,_ __ ___.
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Date of transcription 07/04/97
date of birth:
4, 1997. was contacte on July
o t e iaentity of the interviewing
agent and the p
information. interview! !gave the following
is a with the ~-,---- .... Detroit office of US Congressman John Con ers. has known
since early 1997 when she
nd! !became an employee a onyers ice.
as noticed that, at least for the past thirty days,
appeared increasingly upset with his position at the
off ice. I I believes that I I was terminated on May 31,
1997 but he was not properly informed of this change in his
employment status. I I has repeatedly mentioned his thirty
year friendship with Conyers and said that he would "get to
Con ers" and "take care of Conyers' people". By "get to Conyers"
believes that! I intends to talk with the Conyers and snot a threat to Conyers.
On July 3, 1997! !was telephoned by -----------!is an ac uaintance of Conyers who------.has
known since 1992. asked! !whether she
knew what had happened . .__ ___ .... told I I that :::-:_-:_-:_.,...,,...h-a"""d__,come
to Con ers' Detroit office on July 3, 1997 and saw that staff
member was at I I old desk . ..,.....__ ____ ..... toici
..._ ____ ......____."I ....... .a:;;think he's '--.--- ............... etting a gun". further
told .__...,,....,,....,..- ....... I---t .... h...,ink he.__ __ __. meant it kiddingly".
also told "I think he's I I off the wall
,...._ __ __,!called Conyers staff member! l later
on the evening of July 3, 1997 but could not reach! !and
left a message. I !telephoned! jon July 4, 1997 and
told that she wanted to alert her and! ci-.-------s-t_a ..... ted that l l needs to be careful because
is "on the edge and off the wall and going to get a gun". ___ _.
Investigation on 0 7 / 0 4 / 9 7 • Detroit, Michi an (telephonically)
File# 89A-DE-80712 -5 Date dictated
by SA
,JUL ~l 1997
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;
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...,,__,,...- ..... I also told I I that I I should be careful. ._I ___ _, further stated that although i~t_w_a_s___.not mentioned in the
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• FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 07/15/97
The FBI and Detroit Police Department (DPD) conducted a
joint investigation on June 5, 1997, concerning reports of
threats made against the life of u. s. Congressman John Conyers
and members of Conyers' staff. Sergeant I I, DPD,
furnished the writer with copies of the below-listed documents.
The originals of the documents remain in the case files of the
DPD. Copies have been placed in a lA envelope in the FBI case
file:
1. Witness statement date of birthr---------"T"""r_e_s~i~d~e_n_c_e_..---...---'
number ..._ __ _,
off ice te~ephone
home telepho :e'number
(two-part witness stra~t;;;.e==n~t;.L... _____ ...,._~_
DPD Interrogation Record for ,_ _____ ......_""'d;.;;.a.aaa·..aat""'·e_,.,_ .. 0;;;.• :fi"_~_.,...;.;'b""'4""'!'.1:;;;.· "tr.;;.·.aaalr;_-_-_ .... _ .... _-_-_-_-"?---.... -_-_:-, -a-d"""d.,,.r_e_s_s__ )
telephone number
. -~ ----"DPb Const:rtutionaI ··R1.g
form for ..._ ______ ,... s cert:·1f·x-ca:'t:'.'i'cfn""-6:f notice
Investigation on 07/05/1997 Detroit, Michigan SEARC~] ND at IElU
-{o ..... ,
File# 89A-DE-80712 Date dictated 07 I 01 I 19,.91 --......,..._
"JUL 1 1
by SA! I
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-~0,'¥' ----- date of birth I --7 =:::::::::,.
( address t~,!!?phone number l=:,:__y
_-was interviewed on Ju y 5-, 1997, at Detro:rt-Po"i-±ee
_D_e_p_a_r_t_m_e ..... nt Headquarters. I I Attorneys ! I
and! I were r sent during the interview. Sergeant I !advised of his constitutional rights and!.----.
executed a signed waver. then gave the following
information to Sergeant _____ __, and SA I I•
I I is aware of allegations that he recently made
threats against the life U. S. Congressman John Conyers and
members of Conyers' staff. I !denied making these threats and
stated that they were the result of political in-fighting among
the Conyers' staff. I I was emplo ed at Conyers' Detroit Office
until May 31, 1997. At that time, was discharged pursuant
to an understanding with Chief of staff_....._ _____ ......_ The
understanding specified that! !would be re-ire in July when
the office budget allowed. In the meantime, he would not miss
any paychecks. I !received private contracts to work as a
video tape consultant during the months of June and Jul4---.
including a contract with the Rosa Parks school throughL__J
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I !visited the office on July 3, 1997, and noticed
that staff member! ! was at I I former desk and
had moved! 1comFuter and other personal effects. I I
stated that he was upset by this development. ,_ _ ___. denied that
he made any threats on this occasion. I !spoke with! I I !later on July 3, 1997, and complained about the incident
with his desk, as well as general office conditions. I I
denied that he mentioned any staffers in particular during this
conversation or that he made any threats. I I specifically
denied making any statement to the effect that he would "get
Conyers" or "take care of Conyers' people." I I further denied
that he had stated that he would "get a gun." I !denied
owning a gun or having one at his home. After consultation with
his attorneys, I I refused to take a FBI polygraph. I I
agreed that he would not visit Conyers Office or contact his
staffers again. I I surrendered his key to Conyers' Office to
Sergeant I !.
Investigation on O 7 / 0 5 / 19 9 7 • Detroit, Michigan
File# 89A-DE-80712 -/ Date dictated J1 oi !Ii~ 4 1997 b6
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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.
• FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 07/22/97
date of birth
tele one
was con e ice of John
a ayette, Detroit, Michigan. Ater eing tity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose
of the inte I furnished the following information:
is a staff member of U.S. Con ressman John
Conyers responsible for took this
position approximately six mont s a~o. One o ._ ____ __. co-
workers at the office was! I-On July 3, 1997, at
approximately 9:00 a.m., ~,------,!~approached! I at the
desk she had recently been assi ned to. I I had been assigned
this desk reviousl, but was instructed b I I
to use the desk . .-___ __,asked
w o is gear from the desk. advised that .......,,----,--~ she had been instructed to sit there and ear had been
moved partly by! I and partly by others . ._ _ _. appeared
upset and frustrated. I !said that this was his desk and his
gear should not have been moved. I I asked why the gear was
moved, who moved it and wh it was done. further stated he
would return to work. re lied that should speak
with Congressman Conyers and ....... -...-....----.....--....---------- ............ concerning any problems he had with the situation. ,,,_,,_ _ _. replied
that he had tried to contact Conyers, but! I calls were not
returned. I I moved away from the desk and told! !that
he could have it back. I I stated that she was surprised by
the incident. I I departed from the office soon after this
conversation.
On Jul~l997, I I was contacted by I
!informed that! _had stated to!
... a_n __ a_s_s .... ocia te of that he was going to "get ... a_g_u_n""'ll~.-----
.__,_ _ ____,_.! understood this comment to be related to! I
dissatisfactions concerning his desk and position at Conyers'
office.
----~I last saw! !on the evening of July 8, 1997, at Farmer Jack's near Interstate 75 and Warren in Detroit,
Michigan. I !saluted! !as she passed him in the store
and! !looked at her without expression.
Investigation on O 7 / 0 9 / 19 9 7 • Detroit, Michigan
File# 89A-DE-80712 -<g Date dictated O 7 / 0 9 / 19 9 7
\ CJUL 2 8 1997
by SA \ ~---'....&.,
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Precedence: ROUTINE
To: Detroit
From: Detroit
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Contact: SA_! ______ ~
Approved By: I
Drafted By: ________ __.
Case ID#: 89A-DE-80712 (Pending)
Title: I I U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS
I I -VICTIM; __________ ! -VICTIM;
ASSAULT -MEMBER OF CONGRESS
00: DETROIT ext. 4350
-VICTIM;
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: Communication to close case.
Details: Date: 10/21/1997
On July 4, 1997, Detroit was advised by members of the
staff of U.S. Congressman John Conyers that threats had been made ~st Conyers and other members of Conyers's staff by c=J
L____J, also a member of ConY.ers' staff and a Detroit, Michigan
area Community Activist and! !. A joint
investigation was conducted by the FBI and Detroit Police
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threat. I I was dismissed from his position on Conyers' staff
and surrendered his key to Conyers' Detroit, Michigan office
suite to the writer and Sergeant! L DPDARU on July
15, 1997.
AUSA! L United States Attorneys Office,
E.D. Michigan, was advised of the above information by the writer
on October 21, 1997. I !declined to pros cute Conyers for
J~ ; violations of federal criminal law.
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To:
Re: Detroit Fro, Detroit
89A-DE-80712, 10/21/1997 •
As all logical investigation has been concluded and
prosecution has been declined it is recommended that this case be
placed in closed status.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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PLAINTEXT TELETYPE
TO: SACS, DETROIT
WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE (WFO)
FROt1: DIRECTOR, FBI , URG]l:NT
10/14/75
J(-··1 _3____.
UNSUB; TUREAT AGAINST U. S. --REPRESE.1.--n'AT!VE JOHN C.ONDRS, JR. f-(:)
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RE~ELCALS TO DE~O '!'ODAY, __ ___,, __ _
AT APPROXU.IATELY c5t:to PM 'TODAY, INDIVI])UAL IDENTIFYING
HIMSELF AS ._I---------------------'
I I TEL I I, REPEAT I I.
TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED FBIHQ. ,___ _ ___.I DEMANDED DUTY AGEin'
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Ull.'.iEDIATELY CO?iTACT U. S. REPRE$~ATIVE JOHN CONYERS, JR.,
(DEMOCRAT; FIRST DISTRICT OF lllCHIGAN, DETROIT Ai$A)) ANJ>
URGE CONYERS TO CALL I I COKCERNING PLOT AGAINST CONYERS f
LIFE. I I REFUSED TO DIVULGE DETAILS OF ALLEGED PLOT,
STATING ONLY THAT CONYERS' LIFE XN DANGER. I I REFUSED
TO FURNISH ANY PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING lIU!SELF, ~HER '.l"HAN
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AND SEEK MPD ASSISTANCE IN itOCl\TING CONYERS. MOMENTS AFTER
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ABOVE CALL, MPD ADVISED WFo[I ·1 CALLED MPD W'~TH A SIMILAR
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MESSAGE.
FOR INFORMATION, WFO, FBIHQ TELE.PHONICALLY FURNISHED
ABOVE INFORMATION TO LT. I L CAPITOL POLICE I
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AND SA .... I ___ .... I INTELLIGENCE '\DIVISION' SECRET SERVICE,. WDC'
\ PRIOR TO 5:00 AM TODAY. \ \
WFO PROMPTLY ADVISE WDC OFFICE OF REP. CONYERS AND INSURE
APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES COVERING CONYERS' WASHINGTON
AREA RESIDENCE OF THREAT.
DETROIT CONTACT~! ______ ___.!FOR FURTHER DETAILS
RE ALLEGED THREAT. ADVISE POLICE AGENCIES COVERING REP.
CONYERS' RESIDENCE AND OFFICE LQCgTJONS, LOCAL SECRET SERVICE
AND DETROIT OFFICE OF REP. CONYERS.
,..__ ______ ____, SHOULD BE APPROACHED WITH CAUTION AS HE
ADVISED FBI, DETROIT HE IS A HEAVY US'.ER OF AMPHETIMINES.
NOTE: I I call received by SA I I, SID, who advised
Capitol ~oltce, Secret Service Hg and Duty Agent~ I I l WFO, and I L Detroj.t, SA ! _ advised that I I had called, apparently just pr"="i-or_t.,,_o____,
calling FBtHQ. Only additional information obtained by I !from! !lias that! !admitted being a heavy
user ofanphetimines. I !states he would .immediately
~lert local police and Secret Se~vice, Detroit, and insure that Conyers' Detroit Office was notified at opening of
busmi1€lss. House of Representatives is in recess until
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SA I I advised however, that I I is not readily identifiable in Detroit indices.
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T0: . DYECT0R, FBI / ,:)
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Re Bureau teletype to Detroit and Wa:bi.ngton Field
10/14/75, and Detroit nitel to B~reau and Washington Field, 10/15 75.
Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of an LHM setting forth details of captioned matter.
One copy of LHM being furnished USA, Detroit.
Sent ______ M Per ______ _
* U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 0 -346-090 (11) b6
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In Reply, Please Ref er to
File No. •· ~
UNITED STATES DE~~TMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Post Office Box 2118
Detroit, Michigan 48231
October 17, _1975
Re: . i....,,.-------.------------....1' Threat Against U.S. Representative
John Conyers, Jr. -Victim
On October 14, 1975, .._ ___________ ___.,
telephonically contacted the Detroit Office of the FBI,
Washington, D. C. Metropolitan Police Department, and FBI
Headquarters, advising of an· alleged plot against Representa-
tive Conyers' life. I !refused all e~forts to detemine details of the plot, stating he wished' to converse with
Conyers personally. Detroit Police, Secret Service, and
Representative Conyers' Detroit office were advised of the
alleged plot and that the FBI was initiating preliminary
investigation.
Investi~ation revealed!
Assistant U.S. Attorney~! ...---....- .......... ...--JL Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit Michi an declined rosecution
the fact th t
On October 15, 1975, I !was taken into protective
custody by Detroit City Physician Order for psychiatric examina-
at Detroit General Hospital, I I
is described as a born
Po ice Department. has no criminal recor
This document conta:tns ne:l.thel"
~o~omme~dations nor couclusi~ns ot
the FBI. I·t is tr-1e pr.operty o:t"
the FB-l anc:l is loaiiect to yc.ur agency ;
it and its car.tents ar<:, :::1ot to be
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RE WFO TEL CALL TO D£TrlOII, OCTOBErl 17, uns.
UNITED ST~iS S£CttET SERVICE, METHOPOLITAN POLICE DEPAHT--1l'Jii1JT lNT~LLIGEN"C.1£ DIVISION, AND UNITED ST ATES CAPITOL POLICE
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~OIIFIED OF INST°ANT IHK£A'f.
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0-73 {Rev. 2-13-75) •• •• MESSAGE RELAY
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Transmit i,?-D Code □Immediate
Via Teletype the Attached ~rgent Message
D Nitel Date -....al .... 0.,.,,,-/.._J _5~/-7,_r::~>-----
From: Director, FBI
To: SACs: To: Legats:
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To: RUEADWW/ D The President D The Vice President
□Attn: D White House Situation Room
□Attn:
RUEBWJA/ D Attorney General D Depul;y Attorney General
O Attn: Analysis and Evaluation Unit
RUEBWJA/ D Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
RUEBWJA/ D Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
D Attn: Internal Security Section D Attn: General Crimes Section
' RUEABND/ D Drug Enforcement Administration
RUEBWJA/ D Immigration and Naturalization Service
RUEBWJA/ DU. S. Marshal's Service
RUEBDUA/ □ Department of the Air Force {AFOSI)
RUEACSI/ D Department of the Army ..
RUEAlIA/ D Director, CIA
RUEBJOA/ D Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard
RUEKJCS/ D Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
RHEGGTN/ D Energy Research and Development RUEANAT/ D National Aeronautics & Space Adm.
RUEOIAA/ D National Security Agency
{DIRNSA/NSOC {Attn: SOO))
RUEOLKN/ D Naval Investigative Service
RUEAUSA/ D U. S. Postal Service {if Classified)
<Use RUEVDFS if Unclassified)
RUEHSE/
RUEHOC/ XX] U.S. Secret Service {PID)
D Secretary of State
RUEBJGA/ □Department of Transportation
Attn: Director of Security
Administration ✓
RUEOGBA/ 0F•de"'1 Avi•ti= Admini,tcati=q' 4 ---:;,
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Files & Com.~
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Laboratory _
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Plan, & Eva I._
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Training __ Subject <Text begins next page):! (Y with !; THREA.T AGAINST
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOH~ONYERS, JB.a, -VICTIM, CAS.
TELETYPE UNIT ~r
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THE FBI WAS INITIATING PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION: ..
sA 1 , .. ~:)'-:·-·-· _.., .. _ t· sEcREr :·srnvrcEy oErRorr; sERGEANT -.-. -, .--- ..... -,,: .... _ .... _ --... ;' ' . . . .
....-------,ly DETROIT POLICE ?ECONNIASSANCE UNIT; I I
_____ L ftJ)MiNISTR_A;ivE ASSIST-ANT TO RE~;,.,~-CONYERS AT '~E!~o~•r~: ~-
::·, -·_".--;._ ·--.~:.-.... -.. ~:_.;, -~ _'.•.-~ . '"'•:'-..,
HAS NO CRIMINAL RECORD WITH THE DETROIT PD~ ._· :. \< SUBJECT . ... . . ... ~ :, :
•· • : ·- · >·•·" • //':. ·., ; _..: ..;: ': ; •. :· • :0;b6
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VIEWS OF f.. _ 'AND-THE._)i~ARTMENT MANAGER e ·· SUBJECT HAS -. --· .. --·~,::---
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-~ "( .. t--------,,----...,....----.......,.---------,,----,-- ....... -----,--...,......,,.,......... .. :'-~ I SUBJECT REPORTED •'·ro HA VE PREVIOUSL y WRITTEN ------.. ! :-: :- ' :; . : ; ' .. - .... .. --::-" ,.. . ,o:, • • ' .c
,THREATENING LETTERS.'TO CONGRESSMEN AND PRESIDENT IN 1970ci
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TWO DE,·89-176 .. -•c-•c• .• -.,.,::.- •. ,.., :,-..••. ·.,·.,
:::ECT REPORTED rtH:VE "sTATED THE FBIAND CIA ~ERE'ri.~;Ji~e'{:'.:'
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TO KILL ~-Efi.~,~~~~f-~~~-~-~-~=~f~~: i_:::J~:8.:~~~c}_~?U~D --~f-:·:_CONS.~N~-":. r ...
TO INTER.VIEW __ ~Y FB;_~ ~-~--DE~~~~r:-:~-. -~--~-.~_;\:~-IL>. --~.,.~·~·:;,:;/)-}{::~~;~:~:.;:::i-tI··. ;, .. '. -· .. .-.,;:·:·.\-.:i~--~--
AUSA~r ... ~-.--~~~:raN,._D~I-~TR}~_CT ._OF·: ~J_CH~.G~N CEDM);:. ·· ~~·-?.~.:~s.-.·
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ON ·OCT :~..:,1s, 1975 ~-J. ' 't\lAS T.AKEN.iI~iio_:-CUSTO:DY . --~y DETRO iif .... -·:-,?:};.;~;;7~~~;
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CITY PHYSICIAN ORDER FOR PSYCHIATRIC- EXAMINATION AT.DETROIT'·:,<·.':}- .. : .. :-~>~·;::~
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GENERAL HOSPITAL. AGENCIES, WITH INTEREST ·AT DETROIT HAVE .. -~,.._,, .
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FROM Memorandum
: DIRECTOR, F~
SAC, wFo < 8 9-3 &4) C:eO (U) •
DATE: 11/4/75
SUBJECT: UNSUB.; Threat to Congressman . LJ g~~~~i~~~~~:t ~i~"§°AS~~~!~ib~- STATUTE
( 00 : WFO) , , 1~ ,., ,,.. • -. , ; _ ? . \( -1 -:., ~l / / :;
ReWFO teletype to Bu and Detroit, dated 10/17/75.
Appropriate law enforcement agencies within the
Washington, D.C. (WDC) area have been notified of captioned
matter. Identities of those individuals notified are main
tained within the WFO case file.
I L Staff Member, -Office of Congressman
JOHN CONYERS, JR., WDC, has advised that either herself or
another member of Congressman CONYERS' staff would immediately
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to the Congressman.
Information copy being furnished Detroit in view of Detroit '.s interest in this matter. □
L In view of conclusion of logical investigation,
WFO considers this matter closed.
REI}~ rcr---3 ;3 11-t: --- ...............
7. NOV 5-1975 · •
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FROM
SUBJECT: OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 .. ,
JULY 1973 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFRJ 101-11.11
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 11/4/75 --------,
SAC, DETROIT (89-178) .(RUC)
UNSUB;
THREA~TO CONGRESSMAN-,..__ ___ ....,'J"'OR~N'YERS, JR. .
... ...1,.0 I J 'l /.1..E_
CAS
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Re WFO teletype to Bureau and Detroit, 10/17/75.
On 10/18/75, the following agencies were contacted
and advised of the details as set forth in re teletype:
Detroit Police Department, Reconnaissance Unit,
Sergeant I I;
Secret Service, SA .... I ______ __.!;.
Representative CONYERS' Office at Detrlo;.it, Administrative Assistant .... ! _____ __._
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Special to the Daily W()rld S.& T. Scrv. --.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30-Citing"the historic contribution of the Wilmington !:~~,::"· -
10 to the cause of justice and human rights for Blacks everywhere," Rep. John Telaphono Rm.
ponyers presented the George w. Collins Award for Community Service to theDiroctor's Sec' -
imprisoned Wilmington 10 last weelt at the Seventh Annual dinner of the Congres-
sional Black Caucus.
Conyers compared the Ten
with the recently murdered
South African leader Steve
Biko.
"The only significant differ
ence between Rev. Ben Chavis
and Steve Biko is that Ben.
Chavis is still alive," Conyers·
said. '' Both were marked men
from the start."
Conyers criticized the Carter
Administration for its refusal to
act in the interests of the Ten,
saying, "The irony of it all is
that, as the Caucus was in
formed by Vice-President
Mondale this morning, this na
tion's ability to exercise moral
authority for human rights in
international forums stems di
rectly from the legacy of the
civil rights movement.
"And yet a leader in the
struggle for civil. and hwl!A~.
rights in Ahllt.~drw
Yf1~!f4) ..• .>. t:1 ~:.':,:· '""' a North Carolina prison appa
rently beyond the reach of the
United States Government's
legal, and more important,
moral authority."
During the award ceremony
and subsequent remarks on the
Ten by the dinner's master of
c~remonies, actor Ossie Davis,
one guest at the dinner sat
quietly saying nothing.
That dinner guest~alone
among all the others at e ban
quet, has the power to f.ee Ben
Chavis and the Wilmngton 10.
He is Jimmy Carter. He just
kept on eating.
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CHICAGO-Rep. John Inland Steel. . quired some •c~!tl!re:: _tpe, _cµl:-
Conyers (D-Mich) urged. _CQnyers was follo~ed by Dr. ·1ture of poyertY,, $lie-~ai'~-.. . . h. Linda Murray, _president of the Turning' to-,the_ er.9Ql_qn. of . an '°utpourmg mt-;> t. e Housestaff Assoc. at Cook'. unemplpy.~e(lt, I~r: fi''ClY,
street~ and. a cons1s- County Hospital, who presented ' stated thatin,.1975 'Blac~_nemtent education.al. cam- a· powerful .refutation against ployment ·was,.~.7 times:.tJi~tof
paign if the Weber case is the concept of ''reverse dis-whites, but by 1978; joblessn~s
to be defeated and· if af-Cfimination" and the general among Blacks was over ·twice·
firmative acr,ion pro-myth ~ha;t Blacks have now (2.3 perce~t) that of whites.
. 'made 1t' m tp.e U.S. , gr~ms are to be mam- Dr. Murray cited' facts and
1 tamed. figure·s from go.vernment
He made. th!;!se remarks-, as sources to show that far from i
keynote:~l>~a.lc~r. to 165·pw-tici- closing the gap, Bl~ckfn~01}le.is
pants atthe.Affiimative Action ·falling. further-behind. -that of
Conferenc~ ·called by the Trade white .America. ~~~en 1972-
Uq_ionists -for Action and De-1975 th~· prQpo)iion ·•of midgle l
mocracy (TU,i\D), recently. income-alijcl{{affiiij~sfellfrom .,
Cony~rs 'said, " ... if you un-26 percent to 23 percent ... a
derstand. that most people in staggering , 24 · .p~rc~nt of
this. cQqhtcy want jobs, .. peace, Chicanos, ~ per~ent:ofBlacks, 1'
deceQt· w~ges, full equality, and Qne-third ·of Pu~rto Rican
the~ you act'mQre boldly, more families $truggle tg. sm;vive
confidently; b.elow ,gover.nment poverty
'We:.IJ\Ust set-course' lev~ls.
"We·-ar::e'po longer the lonely, Accordin~ .to. her ,figuies;
ragged ar.qiy. snouting into the Bl~~-ks ~~rn~~ only ·6.1 :p~rcent
wind," ,he CQDt!qued, -.. we are of tne:medi@ .h.1~0IIie·wffltes in
the ~apers an<Nt::ls-~p·,to,u~-'ii\, J~~O; bµt ·Qy i~1-7;; onl_r -~-~ven
the~1.ext 18 months to set._ tqe yeqrs. :l~ter.,. tli•s·ha~· drQP})~d
course of hi'story-.»··', · ? fo:~7·p~r~eni ·,ol wpite in~o"fn¢ ,. l
Co~y~rs was int~o~ucep ' itQ. CUJ«iy~·.Q(,r,@•!~rtt-i_;.,·: ...
the audience by WIiham An-. !!Jn:·.t~~ .s~~t_res,. ~ll ~ur .p,roq-I
drews,. rec~ntly-Teelected :.pr-es-·•~ms, ·wer-e· ~l~fi;ied: 9n-th~ f ~ct.
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.that thi1· s due to· lack of educa
tion or's, '•us, Dr. Murray cited
figures ; hat show that those
.Blacks ho have had some-col-
· lege (.but:not graduated) had a
jobless rate of 27.2 percent
three. times higher than white
youthi, with the same educa-
tion._. .
"Whenever I help my son do
his ho:mework" said br. Mur
ray, ··"I' am reminded that.he
-~~ a:lletter chance of-getting a
· jol) if h~.could drop·out of school
aµp turn white than'if he studies
c:liligently. -
Not reverse discrimination ·
There is .only OQ.¢ W.~Y :tQ ~x
plain such a fact : : , racism . , ..
not rqverse d·iscrirmnatjoij.: .,.,. :~
just . .\ plain .o.ld-'f~sqi9~ed
ArperfLCan~style racism;~, ..
"Today all across the country,
there are white men and Women
who are in trainiQ.~ .progr:a~s and:jobsthat·.were made possi
ble-by-affinnative action" she said. ~ == '
''Brian ·We~.r ;-would not even
have been_ eijgible for a ·skills
program if ·jt weren't for· affir
mative action. '.guide lines ...
affirmative-,a¢tion is the only•
way to guarantee.that the rights
we .µave on paper ·can become·
reality." ·
A dramatic presentation of
the, ~~mosphere in Gramercy,
Louisiana, sjte of the Kaiser
plant wbere. ·Brian Weber is
employ~,. w~~ qiade by Scott
Mar~hall; J'i~P~>nal Fi~d Or-ganizer for·T-JJiAD. ~ ·
Marshallhaij·recently ee~·in,
Gramercy and had •spo en fo
Black work;ers there who had
agree(\ to ~ome to the:TU:AD Af
firmative Action Conference.
.R~pressive atmosphere
M:arshajl attributed their ab
sen¢e to the repressive. atmos
pher~, .including open.KKK ac
tivity, which ii, an-ever,-present,
fact of"life in many areas of the
South.
lW,~r-snail stre~sed that in
many. ways, tqe .figbt for affir
mati:v:e. action· and: to def eat
Web~r is .at ~he_same time.a key
,pijrtof .tbe11ght f o_ ~-~~r.viva~for ~lack people-in the ·South .. nd
Nor~ a8 well. l{e m:ged thai re-1
s~lut1orts ~xptessing, .~pat s n-;
tim~nt _be sent to the 'Supreme !
Court and•to, l:JSWA: Local 5702 ·
at Gramercy, La·. ·
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. The r~latfonship_of affirma- Resolutions
tive action to the question of _'rhe ~onf~r~l)ce .~¢onclufJed
tsenrority was examined by WII, the.'.a(ioP.tjQQ pf a Co1· .er
Labpr Today editor ;. Fred enc. ·.st~t~m.en,J.oJr'Affirm~: ive
Gabpury, who warned that the Act. n and ~pproval of th · ol-
target behind the Weber Case lo · Ir ~<;ti9D~:li ·
was the smashing of .the: trade · • Endor-setl -a ·June march for
union.movement. affirmative ac;Jion in Washing-
He pointed to the attacks-on to~,,· D,.-(::., .with, -the recom
labor law_ ref~rm, the Newport \ m~ndation ·th'at-tfie·march also
News Shipyard strikers, the endQrse the Shorter Hours
Farm Workers in California Drive.
the drawn out J.P. Steven~ " · • )tndor.sed the scheduled
campaign, and the Carter wage October· Mafch of the ·shorter
freezea'sfeaturesofthisattack. Hours C!:,>alj.tfon, and qr,ge that
"All of these and more" said t~ey _e.nd<;>r:,l?~-affirmative' ac-
Gaboury, "are aimed at de-t10n ~ · · ·
stroying the protections won by • ·. rgtid that resolution be
the labor movement . pres nted. in ·au unions c,a ling
.Ne~ strong labor movement for trong-cohtr-aGt .clauses
· }' white worker's job is safe spelling out affirqiative ~ction
as J ng ~s.~lack~1-½~tfnos and programs.
othJ: national nunor1t1es . and · -• Ur-ged-all unionsand other
wQ en workers are·denied the ortanizations to ~end messages
right to a decent jo~ and the to. he .Supreme Com:t-Pres
pr.otection of those Jobs. by a Ca ter, congres~men ai· .d pi:es~
strong united labor movement for support of affirma 'ive-ac
that recognizes the need for af-tion and against Webei .. ., . ·
fim1ative action and-is willing . • W o~k to bqi~d • . :ty;~:ide
to.protect those progr~µis." trade umon committees-for af-
A seQes of four workshops on '{irmative action with speak~rs
varioti~ aspects· of affirmative bureaus, newsletters etc. with
action~were held fo\lowing the sp~cial attention to the Sears·
panel speakers, and then the smt, the Weber Case and re-
conference was treated to a lated matters. · , ·
stimulating, combination of • Urged· support of the···or-
chalk talk .and .folk singing by ga1· :·_zati6n of minority ,· nd
Peggy Lipshutz ~c;l:Mike ·oun- W~Il ·en's caucuses in I{~al ,
b · um_~1, s and on an internati '. hal
ar. ~~~· I I . The 1~5 .partu;1pa:pts were unt, e:ve . -' :
from 20-~o~s_ ~d 14 states. 4i_, T,Jrged r.aQk and file union ,papers to relate to affirrti~tive
action in all issues of t·hei'.r
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By Victor Riesel
Prefers Communists?
Judiciary Committee's
Coalition With Friend John Conyers Joins
Angela Davis 'l
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soft-voiced 45-year-old bachelor, Congressman John Conyers,
~--except his violent hatred for Dick Nixon and his intense 11--1 .. ,
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passion for coalition with left-wingers, former Communists and \, /
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o~~ r at least one current member of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party U.S.A.
Conyers, who would have the House Judiciary Committee,
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the White House in particular, sets his own rules. If one I J ~r•"~ "·
discusses him, his recordi his f~iends' activities and their ·
Communist records, one is swiftly denounced as a
oppressor of the working class. To refer to old FBI
dossiers on his political ally,_Detroit Mayor Coleman Yioung~
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power. 'J,µ -r~
After carefully perusing Congressman Conyers's recent , g
hell-and-fire speeches,
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chauvinistically anti-white to me, it's evident he would lik•O_(l.AAA 'J
to impeach President Nixon merely for breathing. Though I~ 17;.x,-
Conyers is a member of the National Advisory Council of the
Americ•a:n: cirtl LibEn:4::ies t:inio"'h (ACLU') he ha:-s·n'·t qranted t·he Afk/JJ/J:~
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the ACLU has to Nazis, Fascists and Communists. , . /j ,,--•....., -'/ I // t,, u -· 3 1 .. _;} 1/ ·/ . I -
For years now he has chosen strange al~~ORI5E~is
165 JUL 9 1974 pre-donv~ction of bick Nixon hardly is surprising. Actually,
he's nbt even very kind to Sen~. Hubert Humphrey, Walter
Ted Kennedy, whom he finds "all confused."·/.
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But none of this is as strange as taking the trouble
to fly into Detroit May 10 to join a member of the Communist
Party U.S.A. Central Committee and others to whip up a
typical radical rally. That member is Angela Davis.
Conyers, speaking that day for the National Alliance
Against Racism and Political Oppression, called for "a great
coalition" against Watergate-ism, racism and oppression.
He averred he would stay the weekend with the coalition
leaders to organize a "struggle against the system of racism
and repression that spawned Watergate."
Comrade Angela Davis, ~hose Communist party leaders
(Gus Hall et al.) were in Moscow then where they had spent
some time conferring with Soviet General Secretary Leonid
Brezhnev, did her oratorical thing. She added a fillip by
calling for a national black mobilization in Raleigh, N.C.,
on July 4.
Now Conyers is far too sophisticated to have
overlooked the clear implications of what he was saying--and
of the import of Angela Davis's presence. Conyers is an old
trade-union hand. He knows all about infighting between what
are called "the commies" inside labor and the anti-Communists.
He sure knows the "C.P." record in Detroit and what they tried
to do (and did for a while) to the big United Auto Workers.
What, then, are the Con~ressman's standards? This
question cannot be answered by any vituperative riposte from
his corner. He has demanded the President~s impeachment for
such varied reasons as Dick Nixon's opposition to the Office
of Economic Opportunity and the bombing of Cambodia.
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Yet he joins with a member of the American Communist
Party Central Committee--a party locked into Moscow, a party
which approved the Soviet military invasion of Czechoslovakia,
a party which has denounced American aid to the allies during
the years of Nazi assault on Europe and during the Hitlerian
blitz of London.
Conyers has been attacking American multinational
corporations. But he strides to the same speaker's platform
with Angela· Davis, whose party is a section of the most brutal
multinational operation the world. has known and which joined
with the Nazis in the very early '40s.
And there is another, equally grave issue. It seems
to me John Conyers, who as a member of the. House of
I Representatives should be speaking for all the people,
Watergate to whip up racial hatred. is using
He has a safe seat in Michigan's First Congressional
District. He could use his soft voice, his place in the Black
caucus to bring the races together. Yet here he is using the
Watergate tragedy as a tool for prying white and black people
apart.
He has gone before many black groups with his
cookie-cutter cliche attacks on racism. He is using this to
He has his eye
\ push himself higher in his Democratic party.
on a Senate seat. He pokes into the United Auto Workers
internal politics.
He wants Dick Nixon not only impeached but imprisoned.
That's extreme. But one need only note the friends he keeps
and the enemies he chooses to understand why.
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u 'y Communj..s -ts•?
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What this nation needs is an appeal to reason, more
unity, not more divisiveness. And certainly less reverse
racism.
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Office Memoraf!dum •~ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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TO Director, FBI DATE: October 9, 1951
FROM ./!,.1sAc, Detroit
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SUBJECT: J01Hif JAl!!i."HiS, CONYERS
SECURITY HATTER - C
Rebulet September 20, 1951.
I The Detroit 0.f.fice .files contained no information identi-
fiable with the above-named individual who
There is set forth, however, information pertaining to an
individual who. is possibly identical with the father of the ap
plicant.
No investigation o.f JOR1J CONYERS was conducted by this
office.
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Re: John James Conyers
The records of this Bureau disclose no information relative to
John James Conyers, who was born May 16, 1929 at Detroit, Michi
gan.
Information was referred to the Detroit Office of·this Bureau
by confidential sources concerning John Conyers, 6040 Epworth,
Detroit, Michigan, who is potjsibly identical with the father
of John James Conyers. Jobn~Conyers, a Negro, was _borE, at_I".):qn::~
roe, Georgia, on March· 16, 19_05~-
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A confidential -8-0-l:l-PB~ advised that he had attended a session of /
the National Negro Congress held at the Lucy lhurraan Branch of
the Young Women's Christian Association in Detroit, Michigan,
on March 9, 1941, at which John Conyers was one of the speakers.
In this connection, an advertisement of the Second Michigan
Conference of the National Negro Congress scheduled for March 8
and 9, 1941 at the Lucy Thurman Young Women1s Christian Association,
Detroit, Michigan, listed John Conyers as a sponsor of the con
ference. The title of the conference was, 11Negroes for National
Defense." The National Negro Congress has been designated by
the Attorney General as being within purview of Executive Order
9 8 3 5 • . . ,., , ~ C O , , .. 1 ,.. ~ ..: :: t ,
I, t~ < ~
A registration form, which was~believed to be in John Conyers'
handwriting, was furnished/to the Detroit Office of this Bureau
in July 1942. This registration forra reflected Conyers' at
tendance at the Young Women 1s Institute held in Detroit, Michi
gan, on June 8, 1941, sponsored by the Detroit Youth Assembly.
The Detroit Youth Assembly is included on the list of organiza-,
tions cited by the Attorney General as coming within the purview
of Executive Order 9835. Although the meeting was for women,
a reliable source stated that there were approximately six men
in attendance.
A pamphlet entitled,~March on Washington Movement, Proceedings
of Conferen~e Held in Detroit, September 26-27, 1942," set out
the names of delegates to the conference. John Conyers, of
OOPIES DES'fRonttn
3 b3 MAY 15 19ia
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Detroit, was listed as a delegate. A national "Policy Con
ference" of the movement was held on the same dates, in which
John Conyers took part. , '.lfl'he<move:ment was an organization com
posed solely of Negroes and1planned to perform a march upon
Washington, D. C., to demand rights for Negroes from the Presi
dent of the United States.
r-cli:;>1../e i'l/r-•• ... 1,·v:-;-
In December 1942, a-1. confidential ~0:i::1:Pee informed that he had
known John Conyers ror several years, who was then International
Representative and Organizer for the UAW-CIO. This source
stated that he did not believe that Conyers belonged to the
Communist Party, but was an opportunist who would string along
with the Communist Party as long as it would be to his advan
tage.
The Intelligence Division Headquarters, Sixth Service Command,
Detroit, Michigan, advised on January 4, 1943 that on Novem
ber 27, 1942 approximately six hundred people staged a demon
stration at the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, in
protest of the Ford Motor Company policy of ref~sing to hire
Negro women. This demonstration was sponsored by Ford Local
600, UAW-CIO, and among the pickets was John Conyers, described .":
as being affiliated with the UAW-CIO. »/ ,'
A
1 J~~,~~n;,;/~' ,:tt~;de~ tie~,~~;;~-t~t~~; ;~n;~~·e;ce called by the A'-'<•:,-._,
'Negro Youth Council for Victory and Democracy, held in Detroit,/ .. -
Michigan, June 12 and 13, 1943. ~e Negro YoutJLC..oyn,g_iJ,_f_or_....., ~-~
Victory and Democracy was founded by an alleged Communist and \·i:
a Communist syrapathizer, after the Detroit Youth Assembly was
disbanded in May 1942~
A confidential sourc~ of known reliability,advised in July 1946
that John Conyers, 6040 Epworth Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan,
was a delegate to the tenth anniversary convention of the
National ~eRro Congress at Detroit, Michigan, May 30 -June 2,
1946. A~'cb'rl:Cidential source advised on May 20, 1951 that John
Conyers, employed at the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit,
Michigan, was in contact with known Communist Party members
and was to be present at a meeting of the Detroit Labor Council
.,.,,i:-on that date.;::1 .!£1he Detroit Labor .Council is a Negro organiza-\ , ~"-.Tti:6:ti~- an.cf some' of its members have been reliably reported as
·:_, .,)'>'"~·members of the Communist Party.
The foregoing is submitted for your confidential information
only and is not to be diss~minated outside of your department.
This does not constitute a clearance or nonclearance of the
individual concerning whom inquiry ls made.
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~ ,:o : Director., FBI
. FROM~\, 8./JJ, Detroi;' (loo..'o..23748)
-SUBJ~ \~\lv JOHN JJl..1IES , CONYERS
:!,\., \J (i SECURITY MATTER - C DATE: Uovember 16., 19.51
L I . Reurlet of _October 25, 19.51, and the blind memorandum which
was furnished as an enclosure.
Re paragraph 3, page 1. This infonnation ·was received from
Security Informant F-1, of knovm reliability. The date of the receipt of
the information regarding the session of the National Negro Congress held on
March 9, 1941 is not available. The information concerning the advertisement
of the Second Michigan Conference of the NNC was received from F-1 on October 10,
1941. .-------, \·,,
Re paragraph 4, page 1. L of known reliability, ;f).rrnisne ,d
the registration form, which was. believed by Informant to be in JOHNlOONYERS'
handwriting, on July 7, 1942.· ·•-·--
The information in paragraph 4 explaining that there were
approximately six men in attendanqp at the Yonng 'ITomen, 1 s Institute was obtained
on Jpne B, 1941 by! I former clerk employee of the Detroit
Division who attended the institute held at the Tuller Hotel, Detroit., Michigan
on June 8, 1941, sponsored by the Detroit Youth Assembly. This was included
in the report of SA Mi\URICE E. GOUDGE, Detroit., Michigan dated October 6, 1941,
entitled "Detroit Youth Assembly Internal Security ~•"tu)
Re paragraph 1:, page 2. Nerr York Informant! I furnished
copies of a pamphlet entitled 11?.!arch on Tiashington Movement., Proceedings 0£
Conference Held in Detroit, September 26-27, 1942.11 Copips of the p~hlot
were furnished -to the Bureau with report of SA Ht.RION E. TORRENS, 1'-le-r, York
City dated March 31, 1943, entitled 11:March on .Vlashington Movement, Internal
Security.11 Further details concerning the conference is set forth in the report
of SA L. BYRON LOCKFUI.RT, Detroit, :Michigan dated October 1, 1942. subnitted in
the aforementioned investigation. JOHN CONYERS' nrune appeared on page 3 of
!gent IOCKF..ART1s report.
The information in paragraph 1, tage 2 relc>.tive to the national
"Policy Conference" was received from! of lmown reliability, on
September 26 or 27, 1942.
Re paragraph 2, page 2. Security Informant D, of knovm reliability,
furnished, this information on December 10, 1942. I
b7D
Letter to the Director, FBI.
November 16, 1951 Re: JOHN JAMES CONYERS
first sentence was received on June 18, 1943, and that int he second sentence
was received on January 19, 1943.
Re paragraph 5, second sentence. I !of known reliability, b7D
furnished this :information on May 20, 1951. In connection with sentence 1
of this paragraph, the exact date of the receipt of this :infonnation is not
available.
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SECURITY INFORMATION • ~
Deeembe:r 7, 195'1
JOHJf JAMEEH:OlilYERS
'1\, the reoords or th!.1 Bureau disclose no information rel'3.t1ve tc John JUies Ocmye1"s1 who was born '.May 16, 1929 at Detroit,
Kiohipn.
Intormat1on vas :referred to the DetroJ.t Office or this
Bu.reau by confidential aouraea concer.ning __ JolJn:=¢on,:ers-1 6o40 Fpworth,
Detroit, Mi.chigan, who 1s possibly identical vitb-tlie-·rather ot
John Jamea Conyers. John Conyers, a Negro, vas born at Monroe,
Georgia, on March 16, 1905'11
A reliabl e confidential informant advised tlrnt had atten• ·"1 b7C
ded a session or the National Negro Conrr~ss htld at the Lucy Thurman
Branch ot the Young Womeii•s Christian A,sociat1 cn in Detroit,
M.1ch1gan, on. Mnroh 9, 1941, at which Jo;m Conyers was one _of the speak ... ers. In this connection, an advertisement or the Second M1ch1~an
Coni'erence of the Rational Negro• Congrt•SS scheduled tor March ~
and 9t 1941 at. the Luey 'l'hurma .·. n Young Women's . Christian Association,
Dt·tro1 t, Michigan_, listed tlohn Conyers as a sponsor er the con
f~:rence. 1rhe title oi" the conference was, "Ne :roes for National
D tense." The National newro Cong·,-f!.'ss has been designated by th€ AttQrney General as being within the purview ot Executive
Order 9835.
A :reg1str o.tlon form, ,,hloh was belte·ved to be in John
onyers I han<'!wri ting, wa!l !''trrni~ha~ by a :reliablE; confidential
.t"ormant tn tr.e D~tro1 t Office of this Bureau in July, 191+3, Tr.J.s
«11\tration fo:rm :refl eetE ►d Conyers 1 attendance at thG Young Women• s thtt 'nt• held tn Detroit, Michigan, on June 8, 1941, flponsor d 1:.J
on ·th~'1:t YouthA .. s!?mbly .. The Det1'o1t Youth Jusaenlbly is include d
'41'1 thin t~ of organize,,tions <!1 t ~/ the A ttorn•y General as coming
for, wom · purview of 1 xecutive Order 9835. Although the Til£L.tinr tms
S1.x men ef" reliable source stated that there we:re a;-prox1D1etely
n ,+.ends nee.
ln December, 1942, a reliable conttaential informant informed that he had known Jotm Conyers tor several years, who was then
International 1'epresentat1ve and Organizer ror the UAW-CIO. Tl:is
source ,tated•that he did not believe that Conyers belonged to the
Communist Party, but was an op o~tun1st vho would string along with
the Communist Party as long as it would be his a.dvantnge.
The Intelligence D1vii1.~n Hr,aclquarters, Sixth Service
Command, Detroit, Michigan, advised on January i+ l~t31 that on
November 2'1, 191+2 approximately six hundred people staged a demon• stration at the Ford Motor Companyt Dearborn, Michigan, in
protest of the Ford Motor Company policy of re:rtuJ1ne to hire Negro
women. This demonstrntion vas sponsored by Ford Loee.l 600, UAW-CI01 end amonr the pickets wa1 John Conyers, described as being a:f'filiated
with the UAW-CIO.
A reliable confidential in.for-uu,nt advised that John Conyers
(>tttended the State-Wide Conference called by the Negro Youth Council
for V:1.etory and Democraey, held in Detrqit.1 Michigan, June 12 and 13,
19'-►3. Tts1s informant has stated that the Negro Youth Council ror
Victory and Democracy was rounded by an allf!ged Col1'l.mun1st and a
Communist sympathizer, after the Detroit Youth Assembly ,.,as dis•
banded in May, 1942.
A Confidential zource, of knovn relia 111t.y, advised in
,J,u.lY! 1946, that Jol:m Conyers, 6o4o Jnmrth Botilevarct, Detro1t1 Mich gan1 wae a delegate to the tenth annivers ary conventi on or the
Jfational Neero Co.ngress at De. troit1 Michiran, May 30 -June 2, ·l. 9li-6.
A reliable confidential source adv1sed on a:y 20, 1951 that John
Conyers, cmployt"'d at the Chrysler Corpo:rat:l .. on in DE'-trnit, Michigan,
wa.s in contact with known Communist Party members and was to be
present at a me,t1ng or the Detroit Labor Council on that date. Thia
source stated that the Detroit Labor Council is a Negro orfan1:i;at:ton,
and somtt its fflf•mbers have been reliably ,,eported as rnvmbers cf the
Communist Party•
:~;"n 'l'he forrg()ing is submitted !'or your confidential 1.nforn1ation
"'"·;;,=-= only and 1s not to be disseminated outs1d~ of your department. This
'0""'"'·~ does not co11::::titute a clearance or ncnclearanc ., of the lnd1v1dual
~:::~~--=: concerning w.10m inquiry is made.
N.oun_
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FROM otr10NAL FORM HO. 10 li 5010-106
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. JtEG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES G ~ !ERNMENT
Memorandum
Mr. DeLoach 1
{'
t'L SUBJECT : JOHN J. CONYERS, JR.
"A CONGRESSMAN-ELECT
tACKGROUND: DATE: , ..
11-6-64 •'')~ , ~ettf · ·;-~ ,/fir Belmont-
..r' -• Mohr--
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I _ C::\.ptioned individual on 11-3-64 won the election to the pewly created l
Congressiotj~ Disfr.ict in Detroit, Michigan. He is an attorney, 3 5 ".sf!ars old. /Jo~,,..,
INFORMATI°,~.IN BUFILES: ',/ Wt'2fvf'V
.. · :ju September, 1951, the FBI received a name rick Ye~uest froml I b3
I L on captioned individual, -~!!~~~8. -~£!1¥.'~!.~--~r-omitted) whic>A?E
indicateq. he wa$, a Negro, born May 16, 1929, Detroit, Michigan, and was. an applicant fo;r
Officers' -I~andro:ate School. We had no information regarding Conyers himself but~e d ·
furnish ~onsid~lable information regarding his father who was born at Monroe, Ge~·
on March 16, t~05.
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l -;John J. Conyers, Sr. , attended a National Negro Congress meeting in
March, 1941, He was a sponsor of the meeting and was one of its speakers. The National
Negro Congress has been cited by the Department of Justice. He was also alleged to have
attended a m·e<rting in June, 1941, which was sponsored by the Detroit Youth Assembly, also
· cited by the Department of Justice. In December, 1942, a reliable confidential informant
described Johrr Conyers, Sr., as an opportunist ~ho would string along with the Communist
Party as long_ qS it would be to his advantage but the informant did not believe Conyers was.
a member of \b.e Communist Party. Our file$" also contain several other references to
Conyers regarding his association with oth~r communist fronts in the Detroit area as well
as with knowrD.eommunist Party member,s; (100-383849)
:-· (l) · ~·tn October, 1963, ..J:ghn.£.2~~ ., Jr. , called at Bureau Headquarters at
wh,ich time he stated he was a member of the President's Committee of Attorneys on Civil
Rights. He :had been in Selma, Alabama, on 10-7-63 to observe voter registration activity.
Mr. Conyers furnished information regarding the alleged beating of two unknown Negroes
by several 'police officers while the Negroes were attempting to serve sandwiches to other
Negroes waiting .. J,n line to apply for registration. Before coming to FBI Headquarters,
Conyers had seen Burke Marshall \1i1!11th~ D~pc!,6tro,~'ti~a<:k:rurnished him all the informa
tion that he had given to tne FBI. H~' asked about FBI jur~sdiction regard· g civil rights
;n,_ 21M .,.. NOV 13 1954 o~i ....
1 -Mr. DeLoach~ 7'~-~\ / }"i:9d:4 .,,, .. ,· ~ ·~· / _--,, . ~
MM:~~/ :l. ,:ii-' l l'fff-J.4, :" ~ ' ( -~cHfeJ<t- -;')~ll>""'"~·
(5), IQ)fO~O\f 2 3 '196~; ·, ) ... 1/1 COPY SENT TO MR~LSCJ1-! I
~ ., . ;_;;,·· ~
., . •
M. A. Jones to DeLoach · Memo
Re~ JOHN J. CONYERS, JR. • .,..
and how many Negro Agents are assigned to Selma, Alabama. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Velda Welcome, a member of the State House of Delegates in Maryland who was with
him in 'Selma, Alabama.
Bureau files also reveal that John J. Conyers, Jr., has been associated with!
the National · Lawyers Guild for the past several year$. In February, 1964, he was listed
; as a Vice President of the Detroit Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. The National
I Lawyers Guild has been cited by the House Committee on Un-American Aotivities.
(100-7321)
ln April, 1964, a Socialist Workers Party (SWP) confidential informant
advised that he had attended an SWP meeting on 4-10-64. Principal speakers at the meeti~
were Clifton DeBerry, Presidential candidate on the SWP ticket, and John Conyers, Jr.,
a candidate for the Democratic Party Congressional nomination in Michigan's 1st District.
After DeBerry made a plea for votes for himself for President and votes for the Negro
:aandidates ot the Freedom Now Party, John Conyers, Jr., then spoke and told the
audience, consisting of 100 people, most of whom were Negroes,. that the Negro was throw
ing away his vote if he voted for DeBerry or any of the Freedom Now Party candidates.
He told the audience to get back in line with the Democrats and vote for Negro candidates.
He stated that the Negr9es must get members of their own race in the South registered
to vote and when that happens, the Negroes in the South, who will then be in the majority,
will be able to elect Negro senators from the South. Conyers also said the Negro should I be realistic and not want to spill blood as there just isn~t enough Negroes and they w0uld be
the loser. He closed by urging the Negroes tb vote the Democratic Party ticket. q I ~~D
b7E
RECOMMENDATION:
For information.
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FROl\1 :
SUBJECT: Memorandum
Mro DeLoach
M.y~✓ o·
JOHN. CONYERS
DETROJT, MICHIGAN
VELDA WELCOME
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
RACIAL MATTER •
DATE: 10-9-63 r-~
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onra _---:.>'.,
De
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Holmes
Gandy
It will be recalled that the captioned individuals telephoned today for an
appointment with the Director and when advised that Mr. Hoover's schedule did not permit
an interview, :~~ey agreed to discuss the matter with another Bureau representative_-
..... , ...
·) ~:At 2:15 porn. today, John Conyers, who said h'e resi.~es at 7438 Dexter,·
Detroit-6, Michigan, accompanied by Mrs. Velda Welcome of 2101 Liberty·Heights
Avenue, .. Baltimore, Maryland, appea:red at the Bureau and spoke to'Superyisor ·w. L.
Martindale otthe Civil Rights Section and SA John W. 0' Beirne of the Crime Research
~ .. Section~ ::_-.r
::: :~Mr. Conyers is an attorney on the President's Committee .on Civil Rights.
/Mrs. ·welcome is a member of the State House of Delegates in Maryland.~ · Both ~e
Negroes .and they were in Selma, Alabama, 10-7-63, to observe Negroes .efforts to
register for votingo ··· .. _ ;--,
They had been to speak to Burke Marshall in the Department and had .
Negroes again attempt to_ register there will be widespread violence. They stated that · !discussed the seriousness of the situation in Selma, especially their feeling that when ·,.
only Federal intervention will prevent a blood bath and they had told this to Marshallo \
They related that the D_allas County Sheriff' s office advertised on the radio for auxiliarx ~
police and had some 200 violent segregationists put in uniform and armed. They,_ expre~'d l I concern as to whether the Government was sufficiently informed. They were assured thE\
situation was being closely followed by the FBI and that information is being currently r--...
disseminated to the Department and appropriate Government agencies. The Bureau's 1 "'
}position as an investigative agency was thoroughly explained to them and they appeared l.°:':)
~ understand that the FBI cannot afford protection or preserve the peace. They were -....:_
ifurnished copies of the J?~rector' s statements concerning the FBr s role in Civil rights
lmatters. · . E:i i -~ . f 01 --~, ~- ,_/i:a:I I 1 -Iv1r. Belmon:ti .,. ;:,., f"l•°"r· ,, \ o-::: :.~ p1: ; ; ;.~ · · i."' t,:: ' ~.1 ~ :::Ii - ,_~, :,jt1!:•-~~-"" tit• d !J. -,,l';l .. • .. ~· .,~ ···· ·l-: &:Li1 1 -1v1r. Rosen 1 ' H. ,Ut,' h· r • •S OCT 15 1963 · · · · · •; .. I
1 -Mr. DeLo,:,_~ ,. Nl' J 'J •·:tr,,/ .} :: 7 . _ . , • .. . . • "i'fefi.::-~:
1 -::(vfr. Evans ~1 ••, _J:(/ I: ,,;. , .. _... ~ -~,-~ -~1N1 .U~~~~ E Cll
1 -M;ro Ma tindale · ·· . ".f· '. ... : '. · ~: l/4,/ · NOT RECOR ix!!
1 -Mil%~.1.Nr-tf -es·· l .~ ( :,i :·,£<';,•, • 128 OCT 15 1963 01 JW 0' B: J at:·~";'. I ' ~ . h." ..•• ,) .. . • ... ., •. r.--'f,
(.9) () I , _·,· ,_'::.}_,.,";!ls
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... • M. A: Jones to DeLoach Memo
RE: John Conyers .,.
They stated that they were present when police arrested two Negroes who
attempted to bring sandwiches to those waiting in the line to register on 10-7-63 and tp.at
they saw 15 to 25 police surround the men and beat them to the ground where they were
kicked and hit with billy-clubs and cattle prods. This incident is presently under investi
gation at the request of the Department and they stated they had discussed it with Bureau
Agents in Selma.
They also stated that at approximately 6 p. m., 10-7-63, Joseph Mitchell, a
Negro, I I telephone number 44347, received a telephone call to
the effect that "We' re going to get you" because his wife had attempted to register that
morning. He is being interviewe.d and the results will be promptly furnished to the Civil
Rights Division. b6
b7C
Mrs. Welcome also said.that a Mrs. Boyington, who owns the only Negro
insurance agency in Selma, Alabama, has specific information concerning Negroes with
graduate degrees who were refused registration. She is being interviewed and the results
will be promptly ~rnished to the Civil 1Rights Division. ·
Neither Conyers nor Mrs. Welcome knew of any other specific violation.
They inquired as to how many Negro Agents are assigned to Selma, Alabama, and were
told that this was not known at the moment, that Agents are assigned as the needs of the
I Bureau's work dictate. Mrs. Welcome said she wanted to urge the Bureau to use _Negro
Agents at Selma because she knows they could obtain info~mation from Negroes which the
, Negroes would not reveal to white Agents. ·
Since Conyers and Mrs. Welcome had seen Burke Marshall before coming
here and since they both stated that they had furnished Burke Marshall all information they
gave the FBI, there is no reason to advise the Department.
%. Earlier, at 10:05 a. m., after Conyers called and the Director was advised
jof his request, the Director noted: "Since he is to see Marshall, there is no need to see
1FBI." When Conyers called again he told 0' Beirne the things he had to discuss involved
(only the FBI and he insisted that they see an assistant.
Bufiles reflect a report from the Detroit Office dated 4-16-63 which indicares·
that a John Conyers is Vice President of the Detroit Chapter of the National Lawyers Guildg
Baltimore advised in July, 1960, that the daughter of Mrs·; Verda Welcome, Member,
Maryland House of Delegates, was arrested in a Negro student sit-do;wn demo11stration on
6-30-60, at a restaurant in Baltimore. Mrs. Welqome is a member of the National
, Association for the Advancement of Colored People and has been prominent in Baltimore •. i Democratic politics.
RECOMMENDATION: For informa~ion. ✓
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OP'TIONAL fOIM NO. 10 I ,010-106
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES G ERNMENT
Memora.ndum
• Mr ~"~~n~d!/
FROM = F . J. Baumgardp.e/ '
;Jfr7
(('\
SU~ECT=JOHN J: CONYERS, JR.
CONGRESSMAN (D-MICHIGAN) •
1 -Mr. Belmont
1 -Mr. Mohr
DATE: 1/21/65
1 -Mr.
1 -Mr.
1 -Mr.
1 -Mr. DeLoach
Sullivan
Baumgardner
Reddy
Memorandum Jones to DeLoach, dated 11/6/64,
captioned "John J. Conyers, Jr., Congressman-Elect" sets
out background information regarding Conyers, the newly
elected Democratic Congressman from Michigan.
Conyers, a 35-year-old Negro attorney, was
formerly a member of the President's Committee of Attorneys Tp on---,--
elmo~t • ohr
DeLoach
Casper--
Callahan-
Conrad--F'elt--Gale--Rosen--
Sullivan-- · TaveJ __ _
Trotter--
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Holmes--Gandy __ _
on Civil Rights and has been active in the National Lawyers'
Guild. Conyers called at Bureau Headquarters in October, 1963,
to discuss alleged violations of civil rights which he
learned of while observing voter registration activity in
Selma, Alabama, on October 7, 1963. In April, 1964;
Conyers spoke at a meeting of the Socialist Workers Party
in Detroit.
On January 8, 1965, at a meeting of leading
functionaries of the CPUSA in New York City, James Jackson, editor of the East Coast communist publication "The Worker,"
said that while he was in Washington, D.C., he met the new
Congressman from Detroit, a young Negro. Jackson said that
the Congressman was elected on the issue of taking United
States troops out of Vietnam and putt-il\g; them in Mississippi.
Jackson said that the Congressman effusively
thanked "The Worker" for its support and saj_d that l3illy
Allan (the Midwest correspondent for "The Worker") gave him
more and friendlier coverage than anybody in any newspaper.
OBSERVATIONS:
It is obvious that Jackson was referring to
Congressman Conyers. The attached article regarding I f t ,,
Conyers which is datellined at Detroit, appeared in the ~, .
November 1, 1964, issue of irThe Worker." /0~-3c·_''.;;_~-1rf J ;/~
ACTION: /\ ,, :REC-118 iIJ FE•-> ·-~
. · None ·l ~F<?~ information. ·.,. - u 9 ,~0::,
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FEB i 7 1~65 Y ,jjj
C 11yers for Con
EncJ rs d l,y T earn s
ters
DETROIT The Teamster
organization here has endorsed
youthful Negro Congressional
candidate John Conyers for
election in the city's First Dis
trict. Conyers won the primary
nomination over seven oppon
ents with the backing of the
Teamsters, Negro, civil rights
groups, some sections of AFL
CIO and some Democrats. He
ran on a program of Jobs, Equal
ity, Peace.
Recently he spoke before
2,000 Teamster stewards at a
political action meeting, where
the main speaker was James
Hoffa.
Said Conyers, "I want to
thank the Teamsters for their
support of my candidacy, with
out them I couldn't have been
nominated. I campaigned and
will continue to campaign for
Jobs, Equality and Peace, the
latter point one which I con
sider of greatest importance in
this election.
"You can win many things
in CongTess but if you don't win
the peace, then none of us will
be around to enjoy these things
we gain.
"I urge an all-out struggle to
defeat Goldwater and his forces
of hate, bigotry, war and pov
erty against the people."
Conyers told how he visited Congress for o,-.e day ·.vith
l\Iichigan's only :-,;c7:-o Cc::g;~cs.s
man, Chas. Dtggs, Jr., and hc\V
he left fe?ling t:1e r>>:' :l fxr a
national m,:;eting 0f ;;l'. hheral
Congressrnen right af1:-c?r ~!ec
tions to plan a natior:al proc;ram
for the next sessirx: o: Con:_.;!·ess.
Conyers has been a trade
unionist all his working ltfe,
who went to la·.,; school, gradu
ated and became a n,fc:. in
::\Iichigan's \Vorkmens Cr: ·,:per:
sation setup. He has :kfe::..:!ed
civil rights fighte:-s in :.~:::.<s
sippi and at pre,en, is :·,0::;lned
as attorney by seve ~al in ,. ;·;:, cal
cases. !lis father, J>,?-in Ct~.1~:t•:·s,
Sr., is err:.ployed -:,:1 t!:e ~t2f!
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Belmont
M~hr
Casper
Callahan
Conrad
De Loach
Evans
Gale
Rosen
Sullivan
Tavel
Trotter
Tele Room
Holmes
Gandy
The Woshington Post and
Times Herald
The Washington Daily News
The Evening Star
New York Herald Tribune
New York Journal-American
New York Mirror _______ _
New York Daily News ____ _
New York Post _______ _
The New York Times _____ _
The Work er --/,.__lc.;//....L1~/'-"'d,'--'l/'7----
The New Leader _______ _
The Wall Street Journal
The National Observer ____ _
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FROM
SUBJECT:
o.J p ~~;~:~nt
Mohr
DeLoach __ I .,
Casper __ _
Callahan __
Conrad __ _
Mr. Sulli~ DATE: 5/13/65 r::!~,
Rosen
Sullivan
J. F. B~ Tave} __ _
1 -Mr. Belmont , ,J,...' Trotter ---1 _ Mr. Mohr v -' Tele. Room --Holmes --
JOHN J. g.~ERS J,!L
-eoN'GRESS~H{GAN) 1 -Mr. DeLo ach Gandy ---
1 -Mr. Sullivan · ~,V
1-Mr.Bland f,.lr, · ~ 1 -Mr. Gl.ascock L.it, v •.'12
- 1 -Mr. Preusse T/f. · ~ .. , ... ,,. · Memorandum Jones to DeLoach dated 11/6/64 captioned
John J. Conyers, Jr., Congressman -Elect," sets out back
~~ound_information regarding Conyers, who .was elected to
Congress from Michigan in November, 1964, on the Democratic
Party ticket.
\ 1 1 of t~e Los Angele~ Offi?e, has been in recent telephonic contact .
with the Detroit Office of Cong~essman Conyers. No infor
mation is available concerning the sub;ject o·f this contact.
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I c.o»yeri;;,., __ a. 35-year~old N.e~o_.at:torne.y, was formerly
a member of the President's Committee of Attorneys on Civil
Rights, and has been active in the National Lawyers Guild.
Conyers called at Bureau Headquarters in October, 1963, to
discuss alleged violations of Civil Rights, which he learnea -of while observing voter registration activity in Selma,
Alabama, on 10/7/63. In February,'1965, Conyers was one of
a. group of congressmen whower.e in :Alabama during the Civil
!tights demonstratio,~~ in Selma. In April, 1964, Conyers spoke
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RE :, JOHN J. CONYERS, JR.
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at a meeting of the Socialist Workers Party in Detroit.
An individual believed to be Conyers in late 1964 or early ....
1965 in a discussion with a functionary of the CP,USA, stated
that Billy Allan, the Midwest correspondent for "The Worker,"
an east coast communist newspaper, gave him more.and friendlier
coverage than anybody in any newspaper.
ACTION: ~rwP
None. For information.
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DETROIT CHAPTER9 NATIONAL LAWYERS (jUILD
WILLIAM 0°DELL NOWELL9 deceased, former Gommunist
}>arty (CP) ·functionary in Detroit,. Michigan, who attended th~
Lenin School, Moscow, Russia9 froim 19319 to the fall of 19329 and.who was used·as a Gover:mnent witness in numerous hearings at Washington, D. Co, .New York City9 and elsewhere~ on February 19,
1953.; advised that he was present in 1930_, when the (Michigan)' · · District Bureau of the CP received instl"Uctions frQm the Central
Committee of the· CP, · direct·ing the Bureau to set up a iawyers
Guild in Detroit.
NOWELL added that the National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
was founded shortly before he left.the CP in 1937. '
A source on May 189 1964, advised that the Detroit
Chapter of the NLG i~ the Michigan affiliate of the NLG and is currently active and funct-ioning at Detroit, Michigan.
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UNITED STATES GO . ..::RNMENT ·
FROM :
SUBJECT: Memorandum
Mr. Belmont
A.Ro~
VISIT OF 8 CONGRESSMEN
TO SELMA, ALABAMA • ., .. ✓-.,,::-,.,
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1 -MrJ Malle~l Mr. Mohr
1 -Mr. McGow~ . -Mr. ~~Loach
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Courtney Evans called to state that in connection withnis current H_ /,
assignment in Katzenbach's office, he was asked to call with reference to the .
following by the Attorney General: .
He said that in connection with t.ne'trip that eight Conte·sJJen w re
going to take to Alabama, they understood that the FBI, of cour.se, could offer l them no protection but Katzenbach felt that we should tell the focal offices and
la.w enforcement officials of the plans of the Congressmen. ·
According to current information, eight Congressmen plan to go to
Selma, Alabama, tomorrow, February 5, 1965, via Montgomery, Alabama.
They will leave by plane at 8:00 a. m. and arrive at Montgomery at 11:32 a. m. ·
From.Montgomery they plan to drive by car to Selma. Their present plans
t>.re [email protected];>e there for the day. The Congressmen who will make the trip are:
Johri--e'onyers, Michigan; Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Michigan; Don Edwards,
Californfa;'"A"ugustus F. Hawkins, California; Jonathin Bingham, New York;
·James Scheuer, New York; Weston Vivian, Michigan; and Henry S. Reuss,··
Wisconsin. 1,,,/, -:: , · -:; , ..:. ./ ,
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Our local offices are being advised of the above -~~!eJx,J.PP ... tn.eir ~~J.!·"t'~
information. They have been instructed to advise the local and state police )1..\l }"ef'
of the plans of the Congressmen. Our offices understand that we are not to ( C£"'
AR:mpd (7) offer the Congressmen any protection. /'. _ t : . . •
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Memorandum
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FRO , VIFO ! ______ ____, ~~
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SourcESin a position to furnish information regarding
Polish activities to date, have reflected no contacts between
subject and Congressman JOHN CONYERS.
, WFO will remain a1.e:tt for such contacts. Any
information noted will be promptly reported to the Bureau
and Detroit •
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Tne Durcott is ❖i: t11c-• opinion that it is r.ot
f~usihlc· to sr-curP a COJY of the S-1.ibjcct•s l~}C:i iPcot'r·
t~: re.turn. Thr'rc-,forr-, yvur rc·411J.cst is dc•ni(;d.
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bacl:::;round of cd:ciliation 11ith nutio:ne.1 Ncero Congr~ss,
National Ln1:y<'rs Guild nnd. in his cnt"pnign was supportr.-d
by nThe Uorl:i:-r0 nr.d .J .. lr"t-S Hoffa. Ho L"D-.ck• a sper.,ch in I
July, 1965, in 1-,hich he quot~d Professor l!arold lforris' .
recarks iv.dicntinn th(\ F:3-I ,;-;ras in~ffcctivc• and untrust
lJOrthv in r·nrorcinro: civil ric;hts la·ws • .., ... -
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FR<M:-1 SAC, JACKSON (100-239)
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te ephonica y contacte SA JAMES o. INGRAM on
and stated he desired to furnish information to SA INGRAM
on that date and desired to be contacted at the state
headquarters. I !is an established liaison source
of the Jackson Office and has been extremely cooperative.
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I !was contacted at the NAACP Headquarters
on the afternoon of 12/6/6~; and after completion of
official business, several Negro dignitaries of the M. w.
Stringer Grand Lodge, F & A. M. ·were introduced to SA
INGRAM. The Grand Lodge was holding its 91st annual
session at the Masonic Temple located at 1072 Lynch St.,
which is adjacent ·to the NAACP State Headquarters. SA
INGRAM met several dignitaries and was introduced to the
assembled group. I I urged those in attendance to
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report all federal violations known to them to the FBI.
SA INGRAM then furnished the location of the FBI Office
to the assembled group and the FBI's desire~ to be of
assistance in matters involving federal violations.
I land SA INGRAM then returned to the NAACP
Office and, upon arrival, were met by JOHN CONYERS, JR.,
Negro Congressman representing the First Congressional
District, Detroit, Michigan. CONYERS reportedly was elected
to the u. s. Congress in 1964. CONYERS advised that he
had just arrived in Miss. from San Francisco, Calif., and
he wouid be the guest speaker before the Grand Lodge on
the evening of 12/6/66.
CONYERS advised that upon his return to Wash
ington he had originally intended to contact officials
of the FBI in Washington, D. c. to obtain the identity of
the "FBI top executive in Mississippi for future contact if needed." He stated he intends to frequently visit
Miss. during the election year of 1967 to assist CHARLES
EVERS, the Director of the Miss. State NAACP. CONYERS
indicated ''Mississippi is a fertile political ground and
I·: intend. , to explore all its possibilities." CONYERS
was extremely friendly during the brief discussion with
SA INGRAM and he was furnished the name of Special Agent
in Charge, ROY K. MOORE and SA INGRAM. He was requested
to contact the FBI Headquarters in Jackson at any time in
matters of mutual interest.
the Bureau's attention is directed to Detroit
airtel dated 7/27/64 entitled "Miss. Summer Project,
Racial Situation, State of Miss. RM," Bufile 157-1675
and Detroit file 157-651, wherein Detroit sets out background
regarding several individuals from the Detroit area who
visited Miss~ On Page 20 of Detroit airtel background is
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submitted regarding JOHN CONYERS, JR. Records of the
Traffic Division, Detroit PD, reveal CONYERS is a Negro
male, bo:rn 5/16/29; height, 51 9\"; weight, 160; and
formerly resided a~ 640 Eepworth, Detroit, and 7438
Dexter, Detroit. The Traffic Division records reveal
that from June, 1953, through April, 1964, CONYERS had
112 violations, which violations included parking and
moving violations~
I I source of information, Detroit,
made available on 2/18/60 a mailing list of the Detroit
Chapter of the National Lawyers I GtiUd (NLG) , which list
included the name JOHN CONYERS, 7310 Grand River, Detroit.
On 4/6/64, the source made available a Detroit
Chapter NLG letter dated 2/13/64, which letter revealed
that JOHN CONYERS, JR. was one of the vice-presidents of
the Detroit Chapter.of the NLG.
I Ion 4/3/64 advised that CONYERS
visited "The Worker" Office on 4/3/64 and met with WILLIAM
ALLAN. During their conversatiott CONYERS informed ALLAN
1tbat he had a good tape on his trip through Miss., and
ALLAN suggested that CONYERS see JACK HAMILTON at Radio
Station WDTM because JACK HAMILTON runs all kinds of tapes
on Civil Rights on his radio program. ALLAN commented
that the article is worth a million dollars; that a lot
of people are talld.ng about Civil Rights, but CONYERS was
down there fighting. ALLAN stated that the nationality
papers would like the article and he, ALLAN, will make
out about seven mats and send it to about seven nationality
papers just as if it came from Communist Headquarters.
CONYERS com:nented that this would be beautiful and for
ALLAN to go ~ight ahead.
I I advised on 1/6/64 that
· WILLIAM ALLAN is a member of the
Coordinating Committee, Michigan
District Communist Party (Mi:>CP).
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the above is being fum:thed for tho informa•
tion ~f the Bureau and is not being disseminated UACB.
The Jackson Office through sources will be aware of
Congressman CONYERI&- visits to Jackson and any pertinent
information will be furnished to the Bureau.
LEAD:
DETROIT:
At Detroit, Michigan
Will review files regarding CONYER> and fumish
any additional pertinen -t information to Jackson in view
of the fact CONYERShas indicated he intends to frequently
visit Miss. during the election year of 1967.
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Honorable· John Conye:rs, Jr.
Rouse of Eep:re.sentatives
Vlashingtou~ D. ~. 20515 July 20, 1965
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~~~ My deai--Congressman:
Your speech on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as recorded in
the July 16th issue of the 1vcong-ressional Record, u quoted Professor Harold
Norris of the Detroit College of Law as statinglf nn will seem incongruous to
succeeding Anierica..'ll generatjons that the Fed0ral Government vihich so
potently aifects the balance of power all over the world is so ineffective in
protecting the :right of a qualified Negro to vote in a 'Federal election in
Mississippi. 1s it a matter of laws? Or is it a matter of will? Although
the Federal Bureau. of Investigation may be invoked with greater effect in
this respect, in the past it has p1~oved to be an inefieciive and u..11trustworthy
i.11.strument to protect Federal :dghts arid to enfor-ce existinG Federal law~ in
relation to Negroes and trade unionists in the South. " : , ' I
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Contx-a:ry to the statements by Professor NorriS, the FBI
definitely has achieved many accom.plisbn1ents h1 the civil rights field. I am ~ ,
enclosing a memorandum surq.1marizL"1.g our accomplishments and after reading ,r I
it, I am sure you will agree that Professor Norris should get his facts ·r--.... ;
straight ~~fore he smea;~ a C"Overnment agency. ~-3 8 3.X.i_c J j
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MAILED. llj Smeerely yours, 133 AUG 2 ,:i:::. -· 1 ✓ - .--;1::,65~ I ~;· JUL 2 11965 · '!; ~~ ,-.; 1 ..
. ~OMM-FBf J. Ed~~ Hoov~ --05 t :·'W:£. ~'i &fl "I/ ,. --. /,J". 4j!J !ft ,-,, ~i
' ij_»plosure <:' s·_;:; (, / / .:# -:t O:;! ~ ;
Tolson (if;F;B:(--Accomp'.l:~jlments in the Civil Righrield',., 4-7-65 ~ -~ ·~ ~' Belmont__ V / O' "l',;j · I J ·· , [ l'<j •
Mohr ___ l -Nl;i;-.4, Belmont (/' . , .:,, ~i.:'t Cf;,, . J
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Casper--1 -Mr.-cw.eLoach· ... , ·, ,• · ~· ~.::..·· . a· b './.i) ._."i Callahan__ VJ., ,·,:::" ' I\ •.· •{ · ,.,\ 1 ~ •
Conrad tlfj Mr. Rosen ,111 9fj , ' . ·:' ' t,;. '
~::~~!~9~~- Jones _,,) Nil~l-.. //"(see.NOTE l?age 2) ✓ -:;::I
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NOTE: Congressman John Conyers, Jr., was elected to Congress in
November, 1964. Bufiles indicate he has been affiliated with several
I organizations cited as subversive by the Department of Justice such as
his attending the National Negroes Congress in March, 1941, attending
a meeting in June, 1941, sponsored by the Detroit Youth Assembly and
being a member of the Detroit Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
in February, 1964. The latter organization has been cited as subversive
by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Conyers, a Negro,
had the support of the east coast communist publication, "The Worker,"
in January of this year, and indicated Conyers has thanked "The Worker"
for its support in his can1paign. He also had the support of James
Hoffa and the Teamsters' Union. A news item dated 2-25-65, indicated
that Representative Conyers was one of 29 Democratic members qf '"
l Congress who voted that date against an appropriation for the House ' I
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... an_a_s_s_o_c_i_a-te-o""""f-G""'"u_s ___ H_a"""1"""1,.....,..N"""a...,.t-io_n_a"""'1_c..,,,....o_m_m __ unist Party functionary, was b 7c
in telephonic contact with the J)~troit Office of Representative Conyers
but the subject of the contact was not known. Professor Harold Norris
has been associated with Conyers in the National Lawyers Guild in
Detroit. In April, 1964, he was on the advisory board of the Detroit
Chapter of this organization. In 1956, he legally represented the
Socialist Workers Party. •"
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or1IONA~ IOIM NO. 10
MAY 1'62-IDIJION
G$A GfN, HG, HO. 27 ( ,010-10&
UNITED ST ATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : · The Director
FROM N. P. Callahan
SUBJECT: The Congressional Record .DATE:
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NOT RECORDED
133 AUG 2 1965 ---
~n the original of a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressional
Record for 7-t &-C,s-was reviewed and pertinent items were
marked for the Director's attention. This form has been prepared in order that
portions of a copy of the original memorandum may be clipped, mounted, and placed
·r. ,, , in app;t:pP..fiate Bureau case or subject matter files. ·fri~ AuG 101Qfi~ .. ....:. __ I .s
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Date:
TO: ,0: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM:t rt: SAC, DETROIT (100-32458)
JOHN J. CONYERS, JR.
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For information of Bureau and Jackson, JOHN J.
CONYERS_,_Jr. on 11/8/66, was re-elected as Congressman -·-( u-:-s. House of Representatives), representing-First-
District, State of Michigan. He is a prominent Negro
attorney with Congressional office located at 7310 Woodward,
Detroit, Michigan, and over the recent years has appeared
and spoke before numerous liberal and left wing type groups
advocating the end to the war in Vietnam and more civil rights legislature. ....
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Detroit files failed to indicate CONYERS is orl(/ ',_. ·
has ever been a CP member, but Michigan District CP (MDCP)
leaders and club members have supported CONYERS' candidacy
for Congressman.
I I, who has furnished reliable information in
the past and whose identity should be protected, described
CONYERS as being a strong CP sympathizer, who was recently
re-elected to U.S. Congress in November, 1966. ·
source of information, whose
on January 10, 1967, advised
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him discloses that JOHN CONYERS, as of this date, continues
as one of the members of the Executive Board of the Detroit
Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.
The "Detroit Free Press", a daily Detroit newspaper,
on 1/20/67, page 6B, announced that CONYERS was appointed as
one of the members to the House Judiciary Committee to
investigate Representative ADAM CLAYTON POWELL'S fitness to
serve in the 90th Congress.
Other than the information set forth above, Detroit files contain no further pertinent information other than
information previously furnished to Jackson concerning CONYERS.
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Supervisor Room Ext.
Type of References Requested:
LJRegular Request (Analytical Search) CJ All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive) CJ Subversive References Only
c:::J Nonsubversive References Only CJ Main _____ References Only
Type of Search Requested: LJ Restricted to Locality of .;...-_____ _
CJ Exact Name Only (On the Nose)
LJ Buildup CJ Vari?tions
Subject Cc N)IER.o:;:.., 0QH Al
Birthdate & Place ___________ ........__._,___
Address ________________ _ .a., J. t?er>; A11cy,
Localities --------------1-LJ'--,____ / _.? v Se_a~r,;her(JQ{/1/L-R----- Date ---~•"'2 __ Imt~als ____ ,_ · '-
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SERIAL
AUGUST 31, 1967
PLAIN TEXT
TELETYPE URGENT
TO SAC, JACKSON
FROM DffiECTOR, FBI 0 cf( TRAVEL OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS (D. -MICH.) TO STATE
OF MISSISSIPPI, SEPTEMBER ONE, SIXTYSEVEN. MISCELLANEOUS -
INFORMATION CONCERNING.
DEPARrMENT ADVISED THIS EVENING THAT CONGRESSW.tAN CONYERS,
A NEGRO, IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE JACKSON ELEVEN FIFTYTHREE A. M. , ~
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SEPTEMBER ONE, NEXT, ABOARD DELTA FLIGHT SIX ONE FIVE. HE IS TO ,_/'
BE MET BY CHARLES EVERS AND TAKEN TO FAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI, AND
WILL HOLD IiEARINGS AT MEDGAR EVERS COMMUNITY CENTER,. FAYETTE,
;ELECTION
TO HEAR/COMPLAINTS FROM WILKINSON, JEFFERSON, CLAIBORNE, AND
MARSI{ALL COU!'fTIES. REC 8 1_ Ii 1...0 . l•P // ,[l:126 . I 00 ..... ::; 7> ✓O 1i 1 -
CONGRESSMAN CO~'V~RS IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE JACKSON NINE
P. M. , SEPTEMBER ONE, NEXT, ABOARD DELTA FLIGHT FIVE ONE.-ZERO.
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DEPA;RTMENT ADVISED IT IS POSSIBLE ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN tAA Y BE -
WITH HIM.
Tolson
DeLooch
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Casper _____ _
Callahan
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Felt ______ _
Conyers Urges Figtit
On Gerrymand ,er Bill Gale _____ _
Rosen _____ _
Sullivan ____ _
Tavel
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Tele. f-ioom
By WILLIAM ALLAN
-0\ DETROIT -The fighting
young Negro ~erssman from
Michigan, Joh~onyers (D.) is
back here folilliU ~t!'!e,;:; that a
congressional redistricting bill
which seems certain to pass the
·U.S. Senate will prevent Negroes
from getting elect_ed to Congress.
The bill, already passed by
the House, would delay for five
years the effect of the one-man
one-vote decisions of the U.S.
Supreme Court
Conyers, who fought the bill
in the House, said it discrimi
nates directly against minority
groups in the cities.
"If it passes it will deny the
possibility of more Negroes
successfully running for Con
gress," he said. "The population
of this country is a:bout 11 per
cent Negro, but there are only
six Negroes among the 435 mem
bers of the Hoose of _Represent
atives, not 45."
The Congressman also said
that if the decisions of Federal
courts are legitimately applied,
more Negroes would ·be elected
from Chicago, Los Angeles, New
York and other cities.
The bill now about to pass,
he said, allows 18 of 22 states
now under pressure to redistrict
to escape. Key members of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, he
said, are in a hurry to ,get the
biU onto the Senate floor and
passed, to forestall impending
redi:;tricting in their states.
Conyers related that House
Speaker John McCormack
asked, as a personal favor, that
Sen. James 0. Eastland, D-Miss.,
chainl;ap of1he judiciary com-
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CONYERS
mittee, -get prompt action in the
Senate.
McCormack also acted, said
Congressman Conyers, on behalf
of Rep. Emanuel Celler, D.-N.Y.,
chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee .
Eastland appointed a special
sub-committee May 16, which
approved the bill after a brief
meeting, Conyers charged.
The chairman was Sen. Sam ,
Ervin, D.-N.C., whose state leg
islature is under court orders to
redistrict and has held off action
pending passage of the bill.
Conyers said that though
moves will be made to kill the
bill on the Senate floor, where
it died last year, none is wiling
to ·filibuster in an effort to
defeat it. The Washington Post
Times Herald _______ _
The Washington Daily '.\ews __ _
The Evening Star (Washington) __
The Sunday Star (Washington)
Daily l\ews (New York) ____ _
Sunday "iews ("icw York) ___ _
New York Post _______ _
The New York Times _____ _
World Journal Tribune _____ _
(New York) _____ __ _
The Sun (Baltim_wc) -----
n1e Worker _,_/:_. -,('-------- -
The New Leader · ______ _ _
The Wall Srreet Journal
1l1e :'liational Observer ____ _
People's World ____ ___ _
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Conyers . lJ:rg~~•· C:o.ail;~tio:n/
Agalnst: :Di1s<rimin:C1fti.<>.n· ._
e~ . ,;R'.J::l}GE, 'M,~s~. ~ Re ·-· peace ,and , labor mbve±neiit!t- .
John :Jr,. ,(,_D., . ''Tlie· ·pl,'obiel1l5 an,d· gq~i's, •O.f
~ e +~st Tuesdsiy Q).' .;i.:pq iti,,· all these . various· gr,6upii:: ,are
cal coali-tioir. ,of ali: ,ciisadvant;iged ~lo~ely 'interreliit~d/' . .Qony~r,~
Anietit:ans. to,,aci:iie~~ the· A:mer- saiµ. "Incr~:s~d t1,u;1d$· fo1r .~!;14-
\~a'U: tj~~rri, pf -~q1,1af op•pcirtup.ity ca,tiQ:h; we1far~ a11d· .po:v~r.ty, .pro-
,: for-·ali-."•··ln· ;a· ·speeoli: :prepared grams, -ending thJ. Vietnaµi. war,1 l :for, ,d~Iiv~py :~:t: a "J:Iar.v.arc;l: f-0r.ulfr, ,positive effods to· :end• 'di-sc:rJ.nii-.
·donyei:.{. ·stateg, ''Th.is pr-0gres- nation,,. full . ~rn:Pf~¥.ment. .q.l).di
siie coalition, :must -include :all stten_gbp.ened. union .or.ga~izaJ;iQUI
eth'p.fi;: . ~µci: · .~c6nomic ,gf9ups are -all' g9a,ls· .th~t ~a!). ',n¢,v:~J,: ·'f5e:
sul;>je_c~ ·tO' sy..stemat~c discr.im1- achieved separately. None: ·of us:
•hatfon.."· . will-really,· .b~gin to. m~k~ sigxii-,
Corry.ers stressed that "Ne_gr-0- fic,mt, ,pnqgress. '!O:~~~cfs::..~~q.r .J>fl
'Airi~ricans:• .m1.ist.. w:otk with a:n these _gm1l1>, · tJntil ·w.fJ ·b~gm to
::9t~er .. miµql'fty· groups sl,iff~ttn,g make .·pro . .,.·refas-tow.ar.ds ·,uf.'-.of1
, •fiom-1:adal'· dis6rfaninati6i:t suc:h. ·th_~.:ir;_:·•.•.·, ·. ,;, .... ·. · *. · _ · .... · . ·· . !'.1 : a~ .A.r:hei:icigls b-f ·Me~ican:;: ip.u~itii. .
'!Ucan" ,and :Toidian •backgrounds. ·, ll~'P,.FOI(D, .. Co:ftp; ~ Negi;Ql
' •. '!:fi..:. d~ainatic. e:x;arrm>l'e of !ll,e· Americans. ha:ve been witi.ntng:
-J.:r&iitfoai- uiid.~rde;elbpmeilt · of tq.~: battle for .. ·iegai ¢~qµJilifr·, 15tit:
th(!!sie fo1,1:r groups, ~IJ:1PPising hav:e been. falling-fur:ther ·beliind'.
·icy· ,percent of-the totaQ. po:pula-'- ,tp.e F.est of .A..~epca· ec9_hQ-micali:i,
tibJi-,, .is th,af :tiqey .have produced ·Rep. Conyers ~a-id' L~ a. speec'4 . . , pn.1¥, .thr.ee percent ·.of the mem- preparf!l;l. • ~pr deliv.ery Mar-ch-, 3,0, : q~rs. bl all' ·state "1<:lgislatures. •atr ·bhe :banquet .of the-GQver,!1,or;:S
,,'<Cle~i'ly, only bj joining together ·conferene~ 9rr fi-µman-RJ.ght~,~r,i;a,.:
L~~!l·· we ,achiej.r, __ ~-·+e?,l~Y meaniri~~ , ~,P.,po,:burlitles. · . .• • .. , ....
;"fijl J;>oµt~ca1 iP;ll.i;tel?-~e: . Conyers said ,that "J:he -r~ut
, · 'Wfe must also fashion. st~ong Eederal', civil-•r:ights• -J.aw:~, .. :fi;i\i:e.
• PO~itit;lL alliances :with aLI ·those .gone: .Jl lon.g w:~y -in. reegenµµ,,jf
.sqff~rtni .froJ11-systeµi.,att¢ ~co,-· . ':t~~ :c~ntury..:9ld' ·pr,Qmi'§e .tq· N:egr-0:
.. :µmni~, di~crirwnati-0ft . such· , as .. Alher~Gafts .. ¢.·eg;µ~li.ti 1?¢M·.e :the:
· fa,rm·,.'~~le,e" ~nd. r.etatl: v,,ro.11ter.s;-_ !~w:, :a.110 •,fr¢eqp~- · fl,'9W. ~~.~i~J,
i the', 1.p:t~mP,lqye'cY.ll,n~ tlie ~1aer:llc;., · 4isei;iµ1ingtibi;l, $tit 'ri0cW _v.re '.i;i,t~-1 r ·A'ti:si.a!l .. pi ·these groui>,i; ,mu.st :ei;a., -'-1:fl.g~c!-. ,w:Uµ · .~ne: ·TT19fe .gfffi.ci:1,lt:
'. tal?J1?ff•.~-I.:~ewed -~-_v:1goi;9t1§ .t~-slc ;i:ff pi:C>¥r~~~Ml~ .frorp,. /1~~!
,-,--CQl\l;l,j,t,: .•• _;.tt.~,--,the i::~!~110~: -~nq ,eq.µ~l1t,y om :p_a~ei; t9. ·§lq9.1_a,1! ~?g;,
,iritell'ectual communities .ahd~:the· econorili'c·,oppoDtunfiJ.y. nf. reality:'! I --· .. :, ~· ~ ' - . - . -.. -·: ··,~~ \. ~ ,-•.. ~ --'.;. .;.,.: ... .-. ' :.! '
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JOO C Tolson ----
DeLoach ---
Mohr-----
Wick -----
Casper ----
Callahan ---
Conrad ----Felt----
Gale-----
Rosen -----
Sullivan---
Tavel ----
Trotter ----
Tele. Room --
Holmes -----Gandy ____ _
The Washington Post
Times Herald ~-----
The Washington Daily News --
The Evening Star (Washington) -
The Sunday Star (Washington) -
Daily News (New York) ----
Sunday News (New York) ----
New York Post _______ _
The New York Times -----
World'Journal Tribune ------
(New York)-------
The Sun (BaltimRre)
The Worker -1L,_,_. L.:./,;2.-=-----
The New Leader -------
The Wall Street Journal-----
The National Observer ____ _
People's World_,.-------
Date ~µ/47
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~ OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ~ • 5010-106
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT • ~~-
Bishop--Memorandum
Mr. DeLoach /}
DATE: ./ ( 4/5/68
1 -Mr. De Loach
1 -Mr. Rosen Trotter __
Tele. Room-
Holmes __
Gandy __
1 -Mr. Malley
ftl:i~r.fti)~V:Rb&~liiI~g~:rJr .. 1-Mr. Bishop ~; 3. I
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Mr. Stephen Pollak, Assistant Attorne~General, \f
Civil Rights Division, advised me that Congressman: John Conyers
is going to Greensboro, North Carolina, today to m:ake a speech
and would be arriving at the Greensboro- High Poiii.t, North. Carolina,
Airport, at 3:30 p. m. He was on Flight 681 and wanted to know
\ whether we could get word to the local authorities t_o_ give him some
lprotection. I told him we would alert the local autherities. The
State Police were alerted by the Charlotte Office and,plan to dispatch
an appropriate escort and stay with him while he goes to Winston
Salem, North Carolina, where he plans to be for six hours. Winston
Salem authorities have been alerted. ·
It should be noted that the Congressman called the
!}Attorney General's office for protection by the State Police and FBI. f I advised Pollak the FBI, of course, could offer no protection.
He said he understood.
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1,
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101•11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorartdfim
Director, FBI
a.,,.,.-,_.--Attention: Crime Records
Detroit
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JOHN JM~S CONYERS I ,J.lb ,
Jo~n,t-p". Conyers t.,..J.r .. ~,
John· Conyers, Jr.,
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SAC, DETROIT ( 100-32L~58)
CATHERH;E M. ROCCO, Clerk
JOYCE F. DALTO~, Clerk DATE:_ 3/19/70
SUBJECT: JOHH JAMES CONYERS, JR., aka
John J. Conyers, Jr.,
John Conyers, Jr.,
John Conyers
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The. following is a summary of references revie·wed as
contained in the Detroit indices which may pertain to the above
indivicluol. It is noted that Cetroit indices reflects two master
files on the rn:ime. JOHN CONYERS, 100-32L}58* ·which pertains to
Congressman JO!-!H CONYERS, JR., born 5/16/?9, at Detroit, Hich.,
and 100-303l~* for JOI·ib: CO'i:JYERS, SR., born 3/16/05, at Monroe:, Ga.,
father of Subject. Inasmuc'h as numerous references make. mention
only of the name JO:HN CONYERS ai::id it is not possible to determine.
to which individrn:il they refer, a copy of this memo has been
designated for poth master files.
9-2532-105-ll~
Report of SA CLYDE B. LAUER, at Detroit, 6/20/69, re
11NATIONAL BLACK ECONOMIC DEVELOP1-IBNT CONFEitEHCE, DETROIT, MICHIGAl~,
L~/25-27/69; JA:MES RUFUS FORH.t\N; ET AL, EXTORTION; IT.'\R-EXTOilTIO~
CONSPIRACY11.
This report sets forth info re the NBEDC held at
McGregor Hall, Hayne .State University (WSU), and presentation of
the t1Black 1-lanifesto,, by FOill·1AN in Detroit. On 4/30/69, a S<?U'rce I I furnished the names of numerous individuals observed
at various sessions of the Conf ere.nee,. and included among these
names was JOHN CO~-JYERS, United States Congressman from Michigan.
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Info copy of letter from USA's Office, Detroit, to
Assistant Attorney Genernl, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of
Justice, Wash., D.C., 11/17/61.
This letter reflects that three female complainants,
repre.sent~d by their attorney, JOHN CONYERS, JR., were seeking
Federal action in the following-described matter. On 8/18/61,
the three females were ordered to leave a bar. They called the
police, who came and after talking with the. bar owner, told the
females that the owner said the three were drunk and disorderly.
The police then told them it was a private matter. The complainnnts
said they called the police themselves in the belief that the bar
owner was violating 'local or state law in refusing them further
service.. The compiainants thereafter asked local authorities to institute criminal proceedings against the bar owner. The com
plainants suggest the possibility, that local officials, including
the prosecutor's office and the recorder's court judge who refused
to permit the filing of a complaint, may have violated and conspired
to violate the complainants' civil rights. The USA's letter stated it would appear there was no basis for Federal activity. The l(?tter
stated the attorney and complainant who appeared with him seemed
sincere and earnest but' were not entirely clear on the. nature of
the assistance they were after, although the attorney did state he
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