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eee LORRI ES DENI 6 + NY 157-1489 and LHM dated 1/3165. captioned, "DISTURBANCE BY GROUP CALLED 'FIVE PERCENTERS!, HARLEM, NYC, [L29/85; RACTAL MATTERS,"; NYairtel and LHM dated 8/26/65, above caption; W¥let and LHM dated 9/20/65, above caption{u ) The two enclosed articles deal primarily with a speech and subsequent impromptu press conference given by LIVINGSTON WINGATE on 10/14/65. before the eastern regional conference of the Urkan League at the Belmont Plaza Hotel, New York City(u WINGATE is the Executive Director of the Harlem anti-poverty program known as Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited - Associated Community Teams (HARYOU-ACT) , Both articles point out that WINGATE has been critielced for his handling of the program and that he is currently under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Federal authorities following charges of fiscal mismanagement (u.\ In his speech and press conference, according to these articles, WINGATE denied any fiscal wrongdoing and claimed the spending of certain monies on his part was necessary to avert racial violence in Harlem during i the past summer, His main theme was that if anything happened to HARYOU-ACT there would definitely be racial violence. On this latter point, WINGATE referred to a : mysterious "armed" group of Negro youth who are "prepared | to die" in a struggle against white people. He refused to identify by name this group stating he feared for his life if he talked too much. He further Amplied that only HARYOU-ACT was stopping this group from acting.) Both articles indicated that WINGATE was apparently speaking of a Black Muslim-oriented extremist youth group - known as the "Five Percenters," The "Tribune" article then set forth observations on this group which this paper ot developed in an "independent investigation" during the past Aaa three weeksg wy . 68