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This FBI liaison file concerns Michael de Freitas, a London-based Black activist also known as Michael X, during 1965. The FBI's London office relayed information from the U.S. Embassy Visa Section after de Freitas sought a U.S. visa to attend Malcolm X's funeral, and it reported allegations that he was organizing Black Muslim and other Black groups in London. The released records include embassy memoranda, source reporting, a list of British criminal convictions obtained under restricted conditions, and correspondence concerning Betty Shabazz's possible London visit. The file also encloses 1965 newspaper material describing de Freitas as a spokesman for Britain's dissatisfied Black community and discussing the proposed Racial Adjustment Action Society.

FBI file number: 100-3425 | Documents span: 1965 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Michael de Freitas, Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, Lindsay Barrett
Subjects: Black Power, racial politics, U.S. Embassy London, visa inquiry, FBI liaison, Michael X