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PD-204" (hev. 3-3-59) yee Saag UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy to: 1 peor ot coooreceercrt Otfice: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Dare: TOBER 15, 1971 Field Office File #: 44-1189 Bureau File #: Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS - Guards, San Quentin Prison San Quentin (Marin County) GEORGE LESTER JACKSON - VICTIM Character: CIVIL RIGHTS Synopsis: Autopsy report of GEORGE LESTER JACKSON shows he died from gunshot wound of head. Consolidated investigative report not available. DETAILS THIS IS A LIMITED INVESTIGATION This investigation was predicated upon receipt of a memo from DAVID L. NORMAN, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, to the Director of the FBI, which requested the following: “This Division has recently received several Congressional inquiries concerning George Jackson, a convict at San Quentin Prison, who was killed during a riot at that facility on August 21, 1971. "In order to determine whether Jackson's death could have involved violations of 18 U.S.C. 241 or 242, please conduct the following limited investigation: _ (1) Obtain a copy of any reports of Jackson's autopsies. (2) obtain copies of any reports on this incident prepared by prison officials or local law enforcement agencies." This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.