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NY 105-8999 d City, Queens, New York, advise oo hat several years ago, the exact year own, he joined’ the NOI in New York City, and war given the name JAMES G4X. He said he became dicinteredted and dropped out of the NOI after an unknown period of time. In March, 1964, when MALCOLM X formed his Negro zation calicd the MMI, h hi 1 une, » MALCOLM X formed another organization, which was to take part in the civil rights movement in the United States. This second organization was called OAAU, MALCOLM X assumed the position of chairman of the OAAU and selected its executive secretary. The OAAU had its headquarters in the same office as the MMI at the Hotel Theresa, New York City. aid he has had no contact with the MMI since July, 1 » and does not know how the organization is getting along but it'is his impression, based on his contact with friends who still remain in the MMI, that the organization is floundering because MALCOLM X had been away too long on his trip to Africa. ED 2 sv1000 that the militant attitude expressed by MALCO when he first formed the MMI, particularly in regards to self-defense, was naturally shared by many NOI members who quit the NOI to join MALCOLM X, including himself. He stated that, however, during the time he was affiliated with the MMI, no attempts or plans were made to form Negro rifle clubs or to form Negre vigilante type groups to work in -l-