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NY 105-8999 "MALCOLM X said thi ‘at aR he had prepared the political groundwork in the capitais of. Africa for the recent concerted attack on American "racicam™ in the debate on the Congo in the United Nations. "He said he had sought to convince the African governments that, in debate at the United Nations, they should link their problems with the Negro problem in the United States. He said this political goal was achieved this summer and autumn in four months of intensive conversations with the neads of the African governments and their parliamentary chiefs. "The black nationalist leader was the guest of the heads of government he visited. His objective, he reported in numerous letters to a friend in New York, was to persuade the government of the new African states to adopt a policy based on these points: Raat 1 right Sale FT oe le sa ghts have accomplished the mo existing conditions. "The time has come to internationalize the American Negro problem so as to accentuate the struggle. "Tis can be done only by linking the fate of the new African states with that of American Negroes. "This should be done by employing the racial situation in the United States as an instrument of attack in discussing international problems. "Such a strategy would give the African states more leverage in dealing with the United States and would in turn give American Negroes more leverage in American society. SEQRET