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FBI Date: 2/25/66 {Type in plaintext or code) {Priority} _—e—e— er ee te eee ee ne ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee DIRECTOR, FBI (100-399321) SAC, NEW YORK (105-8999) MAICOLM K Arm aka SM-MMI Re Bulet cited 2/21/66, requesting the NYO to closely followthe trial in progress concerning the assassination of captioned subject ad to keep the Bureau advised of all pertinert developments. on 2/21/66, Detective JOSEPH AEISCH. a ballistics expert testified at the MALCOLM X murder trial at NY County Supreme Court, NYC, that cartridges taken from TALMAGE MAYER, one of 3 men charged with MALCOLM X's assassination, were link with a .45 caliber weapon used to kill MALCOLM X. Detective REISCH said extrac marks found on .45 caliber cartridges taken from TALMAG YER matched markings made by the weapon used to shoot MALCOLM X, Detective REISCH continued by stating that a microscopic examination of the shell casings of the cartridges taken from HAYER matched three shells found in the Audubon Ballroom when MALCOLM X was slain. REISCH said the extraction marks on @ gun are significant and peculiar to that particular weapon. He said the markings are similar to an indivihal's fingerprints. sIt is noted that the aS. istol ey gboy a}@ was made available to the NYPD by =i iain OS MeN ato ITIL Udy Bureau [5 a ce. BOE ICK , ae * FEB 26 1966 2 ~ New York 1°“ iNew ail : a : ae INFORMATION CONTAINED... JCS:lat a ; A bce Wey V7 1 DATE Zadau/ BY sogoracdes Approved: {() Sent CM Per 54 Min Bpedand gent in Charge BS