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FD-36 (Rev. 5-32-64) Gy ) : : } ! FBI we . Dote: 6/25/69 . Transmit the following in | . a #. . : (Type in plaintext or code} : _ . ; « atie AIRTEL | t 7 . (Priority) ! PRET oo ommm oon cconnnnnnnnoono— Ar INFORMATION CONTAINED ~~~—7= APS Eo! ASS FIED . 70: DIRECTOR, FBI HERFI® 13 Uso , DATE 20-28 POBYsP-5 Aly Ll) FROM: SAC, NEW YORK (157- ) 5/5 (te Sr a SUBJECT: OLVEMENT OF MEMBERS op. 2% 67,5 7 _HFATR FLAY COMMITTEE, 145 E.149TH st, NYXCs": CHARLES X37X XKENYATTA --- - AND CLARENCEX13 TH ‘(.? RACIAL MATTERS ' {i ReNYtel, 6/24/69.u The 6/24/69 issue of the New York "Daily News" carried t \ v. .N an arthizewhich reported that NYCPD Chief of Detectives FREDERICK ‘ M. LUSSEN announced that CHARLES 37XKKENYETTA and several other x \ Negro leaders, recent shooting victims, may have been shot by a small group of extortionists who are “shaking down" businessmen in the NYC ghetto areas and “leaming” on anyone who opposes them. LUSSEN announced a 24 man @nvestigative squad to investigate the group of extortionists who comprise 10 members and whom LASSEN declined to identify. . . im On 6/24/69, 5 —— Special Services Division, ceal per advised that the NYCPD was conducting investigation into a shooting of CHARLES 37X KENYETTA, American Nat Mau leader, : 6/7/69, and into the fatal shooting of CLARENCE 13X SMITH on 6/13/69, and into the fatal shooting of ANTHONY REED, Jr., on 6/19/69, to determine if there was any connection between the three shootings. REC-39 Ley. 6-27-3620 oo c14yol Po cy ascértai hat was close . associate of and that ould be -. | + ontacted thro ttee, 5 th St., NYC.% ry ‘ a . feos Vv . Bureau (RM ‘= . Ls nt l- Tooctiess) d- New York (100- i1- New York (157- Oe {}: JDB:tf 56 JES GRO ® Be nape pproved: M Per 5 Special Charge