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( ) un@p STATES DEPARTMENT OF Osricz FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Los Angeles, California September 2, 1965 a MAICOLM K. LITTLE Reference the letterhead memorandum dated June 15, 1965, at Philadeiphia, Pennsylvania, wherein Malcolm Little was identified as the former leader of the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated (see appendix) and Elijah Muhammad as the leader of the Nation of Islam (see appendix). “The "Chicago Tribune" which is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois on February 25, 1965, reported an interview with Los Angeles Attorney Mrs. Gledys Towles Root who represented cliente who filed the paternity suite in Los Angeles against Elijah Muhammad, Root disclosed on February 24, 1965, that Malcolm X, the Negro Nationalist Leader slain Sunday in New York, planned to be a witness against Elijah Muhammad, the Black Muslim leader in the two paternity suits. Malcolm X was Le weed to reported to be the intermediary for Elijah Muhammad in trying t settle out of court the claims of the two women plaintiffs before he split with Muhammad. Mrs. Root reiterated that after the paternity suite were filed on July 2, 1964, Muhammad had tried to induce an assistant to assume responsibility for the paternity so that Muhammad could keep his spirite#al image on a high plain tn the eyes of his followers. She stated thet Malcolm X had stated he had intended to tell all of this in court when the cases came to trial and he also sald, "If these cases are not hurried, I'd never be alive, The two women who filed paternity suits were reportedly residing together and they moved twice since the suits were filed, according to the lawyer. She said that there had recently been an explosion at the dwelling next to the one occupied by the two plaintiffs. Mrs. Root explained she had not attempted to get an early trial set for the two cases because the women had been receiving $100 a month support for each child. The money was described as having come "from the church" by the attorney, and she said that she could not define the source of the money more epecifically. It was developed during the interview that the paternity actions may have to be transferred to Chicago because that is Where Muhaomad has property in his own name. Li INFURMATION CONTAINED IEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED ATE 2b hones sgh RUOMURE 1, agg 301-41