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; x a ~ ~ fa id tf . oma leet he Ft A. Break By Subject V.__ BREAK FROM THE NOI BE en iB Ye BRAK Oe The March 9, 1964 edition of "The New York Times" contained an article on page 1 which reflected that on March | 8, 1964, MALCOLM X publically announced that he had broken with ELIJAH MUHAMMAD and the NOI due to his continued suspension, and that he would organize a politically oriented "black nationalist party". | On March 12, 1964, Special Agents of the FBI attended . @ press conference held by MALCOLM X in the Park Sheraton Hotel, 7th Avenue and 55th Street, New York City. At this press con- . \ ference MALCOLM X passed out a copy of the pubiic statement he issued on March 8, 1964, concerning his break with the NOI. | This statement reads as follows: "There has been talk of a split between me and the YO Hono:-able Elijah Muhammad. After 90 days of complete silence, I would like to make my position in this controversy crystal : clear. Mr. Muhammad is the one who taught me everything I know and the one who made me into whatever I am. i i "T believe Allah has given him the best diagnosis of the ills that beset America's 22 million Negroes, and this i same God has also given him the oniy solution that will eliminate the basic ‘causes behind our people's social, economic, political, moral, mental and spiritual ailments. "My chief concern is the plight of 22 million American Negroes. During this 90 days of silence, I have reached the conclusion that I can best spread Mr. Muhammad's message by staying out of the Nation of Islam, and continuing to work on | my Own among America's 22 million non-Muslim Negroes. But I will always remain a Muslim, and willalways teach what ; Mr. Muhammad has taught me, as I best understand it. "Tater this week, I shall caji a press conference and announce my plan of operation, and as long as I am a True Believer, as the Holy Quran says, Allah will bless me with success, i i .7 f - 2 -