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OrPTiOnAR FORM NG 16 PEE. | Mayet EoTies © . ‘se Eos cw AEG. NO. 27 - . — ’ , UNITED STATES OO. LNMENT ms 3 --" Memorandum y Le > DIRECTOR, FSI (157-92) DATE: 7/28/65 0X. _ : CI S ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ee ft . ; , LITTLE ROCK (157-15) P aE | 1S LASSIFIED ite de ha tk Sef 20. Drs tits SP-7T Os thie Go aa Pod van lag Condye ne | +e SUBJEGT: ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS KLANS OF Tas KU KLUX KLAN ———— RACIAL MATTOS ReSulet to Little Rock dated 7/25/65. Cap activity There is cefinitely a resurgence of klan taking place within the Little Rock Division and the Little . inock Office has separately requested Bureau approval for : the realignment of personnel in an effort to cope with this problem, Tris ncw activity is centered in South Central and Southeast Arkinsts and, more specifically, in the ‘counties bordesting the state of Louisiana. Tnis resurgenc of activity is resulting from recruitment activities by - 2 Louisiana klan groups, namely United Klans of America, | Inc., (UXA) and the Original Ku illux Klan of America, Inc.4 Me (OXTX). The latter is a splinter group of th Original || a Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (OCC of Louisiana. ij b | During recent months, the OXEK, with headquarters at Lionvoe, La., h@és engaged in recruitment activities in Arkenses , and trere has besn & certain amount: of cooperation by this organization with the UNA and the Association of B2°KEnSas XKizns of iu xlux Kilian (AAW). For example, elements . | of all 3 organizations have joined together to hold recruit- be ing wallies et Eanburg, El Sorado, and Pine Blurf, Arxansas. . Tae formal programs or these rallies were carried out - entirely by speakers and masters of ceremonies furnished Lo by Louisiana klans, In spite of the fact that there has... vy been some cooperation between these klan organizations, there is currently strong competition between the UKA and the OKKK ror the arfiliation of the Arkansas kiaverns being formed, 2.- Bureau (RM 5 — Little Rock (157-15) (157-145) (105-89) (157-356) (157-331) po tee SOS - 71 £0f/~- NOT RELCUADED 102 auc +> 965 ;