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UX ‘ED STATES DEPARTMENT oF(_YSTICE . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION New York, New York ~ June 26, 1968 Jamaica Rifle and Pistol Club, Incorporated (JRPC) ww June 16, 1965, that Herman *erguson and Arthur Harris, ; members of the JRPC, were Zsund guilty by a New York, Queens County Supreme Court jary on June 15, 1968, charged with conspiracy to commit swrdez in the tirst degree in plotting to assassinate civil rights leaders Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the National-Association for the. Adyvancement—— of Colored People (NAACP) and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League. According to WEE 5: st1cc Paul B)Y) Balsam, presiding, has not set a date for sentencing. The maximum penalty Justice Balsam could impose would be seven years imprisonment. , 7 The key witness for the prosecution was Edward , Howlette, a Negro Detective, NYCPD, who infiltrated the Revolutionary Action Moveme RAM), a subgroup organized by Ferguson, state - aU, Le stay a . ae ve. aot Leet Eas a : wert 4 bee oh Fee at vee aes : eee 4 v J \ x ad advised that JRPC is a subs ary o he A characterization of RAM is attached. 4 : b?)P According to SP ve rense Attorney Gene Ann Condon failed to put Ferguson or Harris on the er |] v4 “i witness stand or call other witnesses after she heard in eS private, tape recordings obtained by the NYCPD contain- oo ing conversations between Ferguson, Harris and others te dealing with the conspiracy to assassinate Roy Wilkins and Whitney M. Young, Jr. LBS 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. ENCLOSUAB eee ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIF NATC Pau =~ DFRV