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Oa at Ree at eee SEA CEN BES ROOD ~ . ~ . UNITED STATES C | 4MENT - ) Memorandum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 7/11/69 at A 7 ateifa SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-68501) (RUC) ri - f° é a SUBJECT: CESAR CHAVEZ : . SM-MISCELLANEOUS 00: Sacramento ei Re Bureau letter to Los Angeles 6/5/69, which enclosed a letter ‘ron (a who had written the Bureau advising he wante Oo talx to an FBI Agent. was interviewed by SA on For the past several years CESAR CHAVEZ and Y the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) ed AFL-CIO, have been attempting to organize the farm iaborers who worked in the grape harvest in the Coachella Valley as well as the Delano,California area. The frane growers have resisted such organization. ay «:: extremely concerned that CESAR CHAVEZ was ; Gd he referred to similarities in statements attributed to CHAVEZ in the press and a book entitled, "Under Cover", written by JOHN RAY CARLSON in 1943. He also referred to material set out in the 1967 " edition of the publication by the California Un-American JN Activities Committee. \ ay =: tht CHAVEZ was an extremely dangerous pers S felt CHAVEZ wanted to overthrow ' the government through revolutionary means. was asked if he nad any specific or first hen Mor ze of this and he stated that his conclusions were entirely based on whet he had read in the press and the action takm by the Union in their attempt to organize the farm workers. i 2 a nn Q- Bureau (RM) 105 - IS7leo ce 2 + Sacramento 1 y Los Anseles Rp TH/laf 1 (5) / 3 aD 23 JUL14 va 66 fUL25 169 ER, BEGET”