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To:
L.V. Boardman
Date:
May 2, 1959
From:
A.H. Belmont
Subject:
U.S. Klans, Knights Of the Ku Klux Klan, Incorporated Internal Security - Klan
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is scheduled to make a speech at Monteagle, Tennessee, 6/16/58. A confidential informant of the Knoxville Office, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that at a meeting of U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Incorporated, the scheduled talk by Mrs. Roosevelt was discussed. It was mentioned that Klansmen plan to go to Monteagle and stop the talk "even if they had to blow the place up."
Same informant advised it was also mentioned that XXXXXXXX had been contacted regarding this matter and XXXXXXXXXX advised the Klan he will not interfere with them if they come in and break up the meeting.
OBSERVATIONS:
Knoxville advised in view of the above information concerning XXXXXXXX Memphis should inform state authorities in Nashville concerning contemplated Klan action to XXXXXXXX and intelligence agencies of the Armed Forces and instructing Memphis to advise appropriate state authorities at Nashville. Both offices being instructed to alert informants to this matter and keep Bureau advised.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1) There is attached for your approval a letter to Knoxville and Memphis instructing Knoxville to disseminate this information concerning contemplated Klan action to and intelligence agencies of the Armed Forces and instructing Memphis to advise appropriate state authorities at Nashville. Both offices being instructed to alert informants to this matter and keep Bureau advised.
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