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ee ry a a a re en OPNOtAL FOhe eo. 1G ‘ ie 8 Gan Gam, aro. a. Phd C) Tolacn oo UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT pooch ——— an 1 - Mr. DeLoach Bishow it | Memorandu l- Mr. W. C. Sullivan | case 1 - Mr. Bishop ws TOO: sor. W. C. Sullivad/4f paTE: 3/26/68 2 O z \ > pe SUBJECT: MALCOLM K. LITTLE INTERNAL SECURITY - MUSLIM MOSQUE, INC. Racial informants have previously advised of the possible production of a movie on the life of Malcolm FE. Little, a former leading black nationalist who was better known as Malcolm X. Malcolm X was formerly an official in the Nation of Islam (NOI) before breaking from that group in 1964, at which “time he formed his own two organizations, the Muslin Mosque, Inc., and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. . He “was assassinated on 2/21/65 and three members of the NOI - havwe been convicted of his murder. Since then, Malcolm xX hee become a "saint" to the black nationalist movement, an article: “tndicating that two separate filmsm@m the life of Malcolm X are scheduled to be produced by two major Hollywood x The 3/9/68 edition of "The New York Times" contained studios. Production is not expected before the late Summer of _ 1968. Columbia Pictures will produce "The Autobiography of a Malcolm X," based on the book of the same title, Of which they til own the movie rights. The movie script is reportedly being = ten by James Baldwin, a well-known Negro writer <a & a Sis The second movie, to be eht {ded "Malcola X," is beng Cm produced by 20th Century-Fox and tHe movie script is reportedly = being written by Louis Lomax, a well-known Negro author. Fae “ 93! - FS) acrion: ae} / OO 3945: = 2 =o. That the attached letter be sent instrugsing spe 2 Los Angeles Office to contact sources at these MwOl8+ == in order to confirm the news article, to determine if.the st Bureau is to be mentioned or portrayed in eithes™®#6vie,- did 2s to obtain advanced copies of the scripts when available in order to protect the intere ts of the Bureau. { Enclosure dead a 1 7.2 1) ABE: ila pet. _ fo | wv oc a eS ee 4 APRE (Gee ee ae + -