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Airtel to New York Re: “FIVE PERCKNTERS,” AKA bi article ch appear ew Yor. ra on 10/15/65, page 1, sets out that ranking police officers in Karlen have beon briefing leaders of civil rights aad civic erganizations regarding the “Five Percenters” and have asked their woperation in fighting what they described as a very dangerous group. This article also sets out that two Marlon weekly mowspapers, the “Now York Courier” and the “sesterdam News” on 10/14/65 published stories regarding the menace posed by the "Five Percenters," reportedly at the request ef the polices\ The “New York Herald Tribune” article continued with a comment to the effect that one source linked the “Pive Percenters” to the Chinese and Cuban Comsunists and to the group recently convicted of attempting to dynamite the Statue of Liberty and other mational monuments .(\W Aw you are aware, the proper utilization of information received by the Bureau is foremost among our responsibilities as an investigative agency. Whenever information comes to the attention of the Bureau which appears to be of interest to another agency, that information should be forwarded to interested agencies bY unless there d for not doing so. i >) fue Bureau agrees that the activities of the “Five . Percenters" represent. a local police probles; however, in view of the allegations that the “Five Percenters” may be linked with certain subversive and racist elements, as indicated in newspaper articles, your continuing investigation of these subversive and racist elements ghould specifically determine whether or pot the "Five Percenters" ‘are actually linked to these elenents(v\