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4. FBI Intelligence and Local Police Activities = —_ on at mM. 3.4 a. FBI Informants. Robert G. Jensen, the Special Agent in Charge of the Mamhis Field Office, and Joseph Bester, case agent for MURKIN, have unequivocally assured | the task force that there was no electronic surveillance of Dr. King in Memphis. It was explained that Memphis was not in the mainstream of Dr. King's SCIC activities (Interview of Special Agent Joe Hester, June 23, 1976, App.B). However, FBI agents did observe the sanitation worker's strike activities for intelligence purposes and the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and confidential paid informants did supply infarmation to the field office (Interview of former SAC Robert Jensen, July 7, 1976, App.B). Our investigation disclosed that there were five paid confidential informants providing intelligence regarding the racial situation to the Memphis Field Office on a continuing basis. The intelligence coverage provided by these individuals related to the activities of the Nation of Islam, Black Students Association of MSU, Students for a Democratic Society, Black Grganizing Power, Black United Front, Afro-American Brother- hood, Invaders and the sanitation workers strike. There is ~24—