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: CONFIDLJTIAL ED STATES DEPARTMENT OI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINCTON, D.C. 20535 In Reply, Please Refer to File No. August 26, 1966 STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE STOKELY CARMICHAEL DECLASSIFIEU MY Spl AC 1Ew ON j2-30-46 (e There is set forth below a summary of current. activity of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. and its leader, Stokely Carmichael.. Possible Resignation of Stokely Carmichael from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Accoraing to a confidential source, it is rumored. that as a result of criticism directed at Stokely Carmichael in a recent staff meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating. Committee, Carmichael has submitted a letter of resignation to the Central Committee of this organization to become effective October 2l, l966. According to the source, the Central Committee is holding Carmichael accountable for the current financial trouble of the organization, claiming it is due to the manner. in which Carmichael has handled public announcements and policies of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee since he has become its leader. The source further related that although the Central Committee has Carmichael's letter of resignation, it has made no decision as to whether or not it will be accepted. 3 Arrest' of Three Individuals Connected with the Student Nonviolent. ORIGINAL F!LED Coordinating Committee, Demopolis, Alabama, August 18, 1966 age 22, On August 18,: 1966, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; age 19, Grenada, Mississippi; and age 23, Selma, Alabama, were arrested by the Demopolis, Alabama, lolice' Department and charged with transportation of unlicensed pistols and carrying concealed weapons. ' At the time of the arrests, these. individuals were in possession of a l964 blue Plymouth four- door sedan and were unable to prove ownership of the vehicle. Brown said he obtained the car from a rental~agency in Atlanta, Georgia. Brown claimed he was a Federal employee and was "sent on.a field trip t9 look over poverty." Under CONXIDENTIAL GROUP autonatic Excluced ff downgraaiy 61 SEP 151966 leclassit