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NY 100-150520 extensive investigation of the *pive Percenters" which includes daily interrogation of zang members and nightly surveillances of them. -The nycrp pesls that'this extensive coverage has Succeeded in dotoring the astivity. of the gang and has opened .. the way Yornnansroas srrests ror jssaults, mngging and narijuana:Fmoking.charges Dy.gang pembers. u : The wycrp investigation has dotermined that there .Approximately 125 of them are centered in Harlem, Queens. 'The gang'is responsible for numerous assaults and muggings, chiefly aimed at whites on the fringe area of Harlem. However,'if the gang is unable to find a white victim they have no reservations about choosing a Negro victim. The gang has also caused a great deal of trouble in schools where they have disrupted classes, denanded to be called by their Muslim name and have assaulted some teachers. u The leader of the "rive Percenters" was CLARENCE EDWARD SmiTH who is incareerated and underoing psychiatric. examination. He is knarn to gang members as "Ailah", Clarence 13X or "Puddin". The gang has no meeting place other than the street, school yard and public parks. The current meaning of "Five Percent" is that 85 percent of Negroes are cattle, l0 percent are Uncle Toms and the remaining 5 percent, which they are, are the real leaders of the Negro people. The Muslim indoctrination they receive in addition to the adoption of a Muslim name is the menori- zation of the questions and answers put out by the N0I which list of questions and answers appears to have originated with SMITH who was an N0I member under the name of CLARENCE 13X Smsah, and he undoubtedly obtained it when he.Joined the woI.u The NycpD investigation has developed no tie or relationship by the "Five Percenters" with the woI, Mll or the OAAU. u The investigation has developed nothing to indicate that the gang is armed or has a cache of arms and weapons stored in Harlem. Undoubtedly some of the menbers have weapons or - C - COVER PAGE