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Airtel to SAC, Charlotte RE: BLACK PANTHER PARIY (BPP) 105-165706 For your information, on 3/7/73 FKIHQ disseminated tro copies of report in question to the Department. of Justice, one cony was disseminated to Secret Service Headquarters, Washington, D. C., one copy was placed in file, and one copy was apparently destroyed. On 4/13/73, a copy vas made and furnished to National Agency Check Center (NAOC) for forwarding , to the U. S. Army which had — information concerning Reairtel stated that original and seven copies of renort “ere prepared; hovever, your itemization (five submitted to the Bureau, one copy for Secret Service, Charlorte, “forth Carolina, and three copies retained in the Charlotte ‘ file) would account for nine copies. Resolve this discrepancy. NOTE: The "Winston-Salem Journal" article captioned "FBI Still Hovers Over Panthers" contained the statement "In a conficential FBI file which was recently made available to the Journal, Zachary T, Love, an Agent in the Winston-Salem Office, cited three informants - identified only as CE T-l, CE T-2, and CE T-3 - in a report on Charles Zollicoffer, a member of the chanter here The cover sheet on the Feb. 23 the ct hapter here. cover sheet on the Feb, 23, 1973, renort said 'all sources...whose identities are concealed in referenced communication, have furnished reliable information in the nast.''" The cover sheet referred to is believed to be an FD-323, use of which has been dircontinued, Rerorr in quest ion is an unclassified document, Information attributed to the report is accurate and it is anvarent that the "Winston-Salem Journal" had access *o the renort. Charlotte renorted that contact with Secret Service, Charlotte, North Carolina, revealed that cony received by it had been @stroyed by shredding shortly after being received. Bureau files reflect that cordial relations existed vith the "Winston-Salem Journal" prior to 10/69; however, since then numerous critical editorials of the FBI and former Director Hoover have anneared.