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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 4 , Belepe Be = . Memorandum =—— Evans TO : Mr. Belnon(j/\ DATE: 2~28-63 Gale = —— FROM : A. Ros v-{ Tele Race ; Bolmes SUBJECT: - SUBJECTS ; : ~ | UNKNOWN. VICTIMS; fe) NO, 7 - COMPLAINANT ~—e a re oes MUSLIM MINISTER MALCOM x, BO | CIVIL BRIGHTS Wd dee 2S SS, « The Civil Rights Division of the Department by Sy memorandum dated 2/27/63 enclosed copies of a telegram td™ » ‘the Attorney General dated 2/16/63, from Malcom X, Muslin ~ }Minigter, Muhammad's Mosque No, 7, New York, relating an— ncident which took place on 1/6/63, at Rochester, New Yfrk,!.. ; Whigh resulted in the arrest of two Negroes by the Rochester, ; Police Department and subsequent indictment of 13 Negroes on | ‘Charges of assault and inciting a riot. Malcom X alleged - > that the charges against the Negroes were false and 12 |resulted from efforts of the police officers to force tir wl way into a religious meeting and to break up the service, aN) He requested an investigation by the FBI, The Department THON CONTAINED ss >‘ requests that we conduct a# preliminary investigation. = ~ Information previously submitted by the Buffalo a as Office reflects that on January 6, 1963, two police officers a of the Rochester Police Department responded to a trouble . Sra call at the Nation of Islam (NOI) Meeting Hall, Rochester, —--& New York. A meeting was in progress and efforts were made to prevent the officers from entering the hall. Two men in attendance at the meeting were arrested at that time and: oo \Charged with assaulting the two policemen. Later the Monroe 1 County Grand Jury returned indictments charging 13 other Negroes who had attended the meeting with assault and inciti a riots: This, information Was ‘@jsseminated to the Department. os f ee! an w ” _ on | a | | _ 2) Y a 5s wy lr? 3gé1tivan Rata a SO v7 = x = | i ~ Mr. DeLoach, , ; _ 6 MAR 5S 1963 | | JWH:jhm:cac ‘ _ __. __ aa ‘ D © MAR £9553 ¢ a sans