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SOE ha tee on re NY 105-8999 violent enemy and it is wrong for your superiors to tell you to be non-violent. He compared the racial struggle in America with actual warfare. He further stated that he did not believe that Negroes should initiate aggression against whites but indicated that thev should defend themselves — a ee Oe ee Wi i wWasey ee ee ee | ee ae ee held a pre Pence @ ecutive House in Chicago, Illinois. During the press conference, he denied that he advocated violence and reiterated his previous statements that Negroes mist defend themselves against unlawful attacks by whites tn a mob. MALCOLM X appeared on the "Les Crane Television Show" at New York on December 28, 1964, When asked why he preached that Negroes should take up arms to protect them- selves, MALCOLM answered that if the Government and the Federal Bureau of Investigation cannot protect Negroes in specific areas of the United States, that Negroes should organize and have rifles to protect themselves. He said he did not want them to break any laws but that vigilante groups are being organized at the present time in New York in order to protect their neighborhoods without the police interfering with their organizing. MALCOLM X said he cannot see any reason why the Negroes cannot also organize them- selves for their own protection. He stated that 1t is up to the Negro to tHon. himself if the Government fails to eritve him nrn fae Bete sé protect woh ihe KW) mhiégea-arrilia a ion, i: _ Vengeance Squad