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- - = i Shah mise gg oy = sn ee rer +, @o 1 O oS O- oO - | Memorandum to Mr. Belmont * RE: +=HEARINGS CONCERNING RACIAL SITUATION, E STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ey See but when "you turn your back, it is a different situat ion." He related an Yi¢ident wherein two FBI Agents, whom he would not name, came to his office in Canton, Mississippi, and when other occupants of the room left, the Agents allegedly attempted to go through the records without authorization. 9 ( Facts Lawrence Thomas Guyot, Jr. ES EOE, Te Testimony Guyot, 2 Negro active in voter registration matters in Mississippi, testified that Oscar Chase, a white man engaged in these activities, was crrested by the Hattiesburg, Wississippi, Police Department on 1/22/64 and was later beaten by inmates in the jail. When Chase cc ntacted the FBI on this matter, his shirt was bloody, — and he was <ccompanied by one Jack Pratt and Howard Zinn, who were both well dressed. As they entered the room, the FBI Agent, who is a local. citizen of Hattiesburg, asked, "Who has been beaten + Facts ‘Special Agen is the sole Resident 7G é4gent at Eattiesburg, Mississippi, and is the only Bureau employee | who resides in Hattiesburg.