JFK Case: CABLE RE BLACK PANTHER PARTY - CLEAVER FACTION EXTREMIST MATTERS

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• Document Creation Date: February 28, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2024
• Case Number: F-2021-00329
• Publication Date: July 6, 1973

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SECRET/WARNING NOTICE 7 SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED/NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION/NO DISSEMINATION ABROAD
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SUBJECT: SUBJECT: BLACK PANTHER PARTY - CLEAVER FACTION; EXTREMIST MATTERS
1. A SENSITIVE SOURCE HAS REPORTED THAT FIVE BLACK PANTHER
PARTY/MEMBERS ARRIVED IN PARIS/1 FRANCE IN LATE MARCH 1973. THEY WERE
PROVIDED LODGING AND TRAINING WHILE IN FRANCE BY THE CURIEL APPARATUS=
THE GROUP IS NOW TRYING TO ARRANGE PLASTIC SURGERY :AND FALSE DOCU-
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MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. GEORGE EDWARD WRIGH1/
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TIES OF THE CLEAVER FACTION LOCATED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TRANSMITTED
IN YOUR TELETYPE-0041 DATED 17 MARCH 1971, SUBJECT AS ABOVE.
3.. THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS ALSO BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
!SECRET SERVICE. WE ARE PROVIDING THE SOURCE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF
'THE ABOVE CITED INDIVIDUALS TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING THEM PRIOR TO
-THEIR PLASTIC SURGERY., WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL INFORMA-
710N ABROAD ON THIS SUBJECT AND WILL .ADVISE YOUR BUREAU OF ANY
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE,
4. THE INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS BEING PROVIDED TO YOUR
BUREAU WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WILL RECEIVE NO FURTHER
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1. A SENSITIVE SOURCE HAS REPORTED THAT FIVE BLACK PANTHER
:PARTY/MEMBERS ARRIVED IN PARIS/1 FRANCE IN LATE MARCH 1973. THEY WERE -
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PROVIDED LODGING AND TRAINING WHILE IN FRANCE BY. THE'CURIEL:APPARATUS.
THE GROUP IS NOW TRYING TO ARRANGE PLASTIC SURGERY :AND FALSE DOCU-
MENTATION TO PERMIT
THEIR CLANDESTINE REENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES,
MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. GEORGE EDWARD WRIGHT"
B. GEORGE BROWN/
C. MELVIN MC NAIR/
D. JEAN CAROL MC NAIR/{WIFE OF MELVIN MC NAIR}
DATE:
ORIG:
'UNIT:
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E. JOYCE RILLERSON {WIFE OF GEORGE WRIGHT} {SIC}
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AVAILABLE IN RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVI-
TIES OF THE CLEAVER FACTION LOCATED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TRANSMITTED
IN YOUR TELETYPE-004, DATED 17 MARCH 1971, SUBJECT AS ABOVE.
3. THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS ALSO BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
SECRET SERVICE. WE ARE PROVIDING THE SOURCE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF
THE ABOVE CITED INDIVIDUALS TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING THEM PRIOR TO
THEIR PLASTIC SURGERY-. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL INFORMA-
7ION ABROAD ON THIS SUBJECT AND WILL ADVISE YOUR BUREAU OF ANY
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
4.. THE INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS BEING PROVIDED TO YOUR
"BUREAU WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WILL RECEIVE NO FURTHER
DISSEMINATION, OTHER THAN TO YOUR APPROPRIATE FIELD OFFICES, WITHOUT
7HE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THIS OFFICE; AND THAT ANY REFERENCE TO IT IN
INTERNAL BUREAU"DOCUMENTS WILL STATE ONLY THAT IT WAS OBTAINED FROM
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