Identifier

FBI_00018

Title

FBI COINTELPRO-New Left Targets & Tactics in the Detroit Metro (3)

Creator

Hoover, J. Edgar (FBI) & Detroit Field Office

Description

This 293-page FBI document primarily consists of internal communications following the exposure of COINTELPRO in the 1970s, as the Detroit Field Office and FBI headquarters attempted to locate files related to their counterintelligence operations against the New Left and Communist Party. Although the document lists names of targets and actions taken, it notes that most detailed records are either missing or unaccounted for. The correspondence reveals the Bureau’s efforts to reconstruct its past activities, contact affected individuals, and the widespread absence of critical documentation regarding this long standing operation.

Source

100-DE-43018-01, 19 April 1976 to 18 November 1976, Federal Bureau of Investigation Records, "COINTELPRO - New Left", Detroit FBI Files - Black Freedom.

Theme

Criminalization and Resistance, Community and Resistance

Type

Government Records, Media Reports

Level 1 Tag

Surveillance

Detroit

Government Correspondence

Social Movements

"Race

Racism

Racialization"

Activism

COINTELPRO

Level 2 Tag

COINTELPRO - Miscellaneous

Communism

Socialism

Anti-War Movement

Black Power

Labor Movement

Racial Unrest

Profiling

Informants

Propaganda

Infiltration

Intimidation

Abuse by Government

Race & Ethnic Identity

The New Left

Level 3 Tag

Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy

Communist Party of the United States of America

Głos Ludowy

Federal Bureau of Investigation

J. Edgar Hoover

Date

1976-04-19 to 1976-11-18

Location

Detroit, MI & Washington, D.C.

Rights

Public Domain acquired through Freedom of Information Act