FBI Files: Clarence 13x Smith (Part 1)

7/31/2019 FBI Files: Clarence 13x Smith (Part 1)

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ure dated 6/2/65 / /22/65,and7/9/65,allcaptiOned5DISTURBANCEBY GROUPCALLEDFIVEPERCENT}-. .R. HARLEM,NEWYORKCITY, 5/31/65;RACIALMATTERS",whichcontainedintormationconcerningcaptionedsubJectundere nameCLARENCE13XSMITHaka"Allah",andwhich furtherreflectedthat _subJectwastherecognizedleader.ofthe"Five Percenters".

92 It isnoted that recordsofthe BureauofSpecialServices,BSS!,NewYorkCityPolice Department,92NYCPD!,reflectssubject'struenameasCLARENCESMITHJOWARs.andasCLARENCESMITH JOWERS,however,foruniformity,subJect'strue last namewill becarriedasJOWARSuntilsuchtimeasinvestigationdeterminesthetrue spellingofsubject's last name.

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J / 44/1 ;.'CLARENCESMITHJCNARS 3X,aNegromale,born2/21/28,incity notknown, _ NYCPD# B 612230,residedin SE,21west112th 5'St.,NYC,fromAugust, 19511 , 1964.Subjecthas SocialSecurity 314. subJectservedin theUS Annyunderthen C ---ameCIARENE Sl E'H1 """.10wAnsor masses swrrafrom10/29/52,through 10/29/514,F! 1SEP22zsss@ ,_ Burea RM!* --" DISTURBANCEBY anon?CALLED"FIVEPERCENTERS",HARLEMNYC,5/31/55! 92~-2- st. Louis RM! . 5U '-* '_.I ;qev!York[[157-l489! DISTURBANCEav occurCA-!UL-I1 196. I "rrvsPERCENTERS"HARLEMmrc5/31/65!- - -

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and had Army serial Nuber 51207085. Subject had the rankof Private First Class, served inKorea, andwas lastassigned to company QR ,39th Infantry, It

From February, 1950, through August, 195%,subjectresidedat various addresses in the Harlem areaof NYC,and hasbeenemployed by various businesses inthe NYCarea.On 3/29/60,subJect reportedly obtained aid from theVeterans Administrationin the amount of $129.60.

advised that the arrest recordfor :bennvrenmred from subject'sfile, however, he would furnish this information as soonas it is available.

Subject, who was arrested on 6/1/65, bytheNYCPD, letailsof whichare set out in referenced airtelsand letterhead memorandums, isstillconfined, NYC, on$9,500 bond.

further advised that subjectCourt, art30, }Felony!,,and his case was postponed until9 23/65.Sub ct continued to be confinedto BellevueHospital,

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AT sr. LOUIS MISSOURI.1. Hill, at MilitaryPersonnel RecordsCenter, revIF'subJect'smilitarypersonnel file under U.l. Army SN 51297055-

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>D2'* "-~-advisedNewYork30 Felony!, NYC, onl0/13/65, where Bellevue Hospital officials advised thepresiding Judge that they needed 10 additional days tocomplete their psychiatric treatment ct subject. SubJect'scase was adjourned until l0/27/65, and he continues to beconfined NYC on$9,500 bond. '

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2. Fromreview willdetermine ifsubject :true nameis CLARENCESHIT!-1 JOUARS,CLARENCE SMITHJOWERSor CIARENCE SMITH.3. H111furnish theNYC allavailable back-ground dataincludi dng ate and glaee -or birth, -andnames _. 01relating. _ . -"--_--- - 1"

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movementof theBlack MuslimsinEEC, o are leadersin theQ; andinstigatorsof violenc#? .Areviewofthefiles oftheNYCreflectthaDPUDDINmightpossib ybe identicalithLARENCESMITH WARSakaCLARENCESMITH,UERS,CLARENCE?MIT!-I,CLARENCE

92. 13x,"ALLAH","won". NY100-150so .,,. E g92_ .'-CLARENCE SMITHJOWARSisaero, male,andwasQ?on21 28,in_Virinia..According0Ee'Bureauof Speciaervices'!, N!' 7,"JowARsisaself-proclaimedleadersof the"FivePercenters", whoarethe 51of the Muslimswhosmoke anddrink.The 5%accordingtothe BSS, havenoheadquarters andappear to bea lcmelyknit group that"hangsout"onharlemstreet comers...

On6/l/65, JOVARSwasamongsixmale negroeswhowere blockingthe sidewalks and we interferringwithstreettraffic in front of theHotel eresa, 20907thAvenue,NYC.Whentoldto move onby twopol e officers, theyturnedonthefficers,calledonwsgderstoattacktheofficers,ghoutedant_i-whiteehti-policeinvectiv.u.;?.-- Bureakl! A-" "7- SavannahEnc. l! RM!

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Additional police assistance was necessary to arresttheV six individuals.- - _ .., . . ~ _~" ~

World Telegram dated July 30, 1965, rererrsto JOHARSand his arrest by the NYCPD andstates that Harlem knowshim by the name 'PUDDIN".92, _ 1

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It isnoted canan -articlein theNew York92JOWARS isis presently being confined atBellezueNYC, wherehe is undergoing psychiatric observation,and is awaiting~trial..> "

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CHANGED C::>CLARENCE SMTH ,Clarence Edw mithSM - NOIOO :N'Y

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Areview on lO-lb-65, by IC of theU. S. Army servicerecords onfile at MPRC,SLMO, indicatedCLARENCE EDWARDSMITH,SN 51 207 085,was inductedinto theU.S. Army on10-3_0_-52, andentered on active duty on the samedate at New York, N. Y. He was honorably released from activeduty on _-21-51!, asa PFCat Camp Kilmer, N.J., and transferredto theU.ST Army Reserveto completehis militaryobligation a

He served inthe U. S.Army Reserve, inactive statusfrom 8-2-54 to 9-30-60, at which time he was honorablydis- ; charged 92,92

He had foreign service in Japan and Korea and wasawarded KoreanService Medalwith oneBronze ServiceStar, _ Combat Infantryman'sBadge, Presidential Unit Citation Republicof Korea!, United N ions Service Medal, andthe National De-fense ServiceMedal

His character and efficiency ratings ranged fromunknown t excellent and there is no record of courts-martial

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. 6,. aka Clarence13X Smith;ET AL". '"ReNYlets tothe Bureaudated9/17/65, and10/l9/65," andSt. Louisletter to the Bureau,l0/22/65

NYCPD, advisedSA t appearedin New York State , Part 3 NYC,on l0/27/65. Subjec cnntinues to be confinedHospital, NYC,on $9,500.00bond. LDC}

Uvised that hemade inquiry at the above c expected thatwhen subject 9appears inabove .court on ll/16/65, subject will be adjudgedcriminallyinsaneand will becommitted toa mentalinstitutionHestatedhe would advise of the outcome of this matter.

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arrested on 5/31/55,-by the NYCPD as being the ringleaderof a group called the "Five ?ercenters", a Negro Youthgar in the Harlem section or NYC.

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ReNY1et toBureau, 10/ll/65.uFor he ormation ofthe Bureauand Savannah,CLARENC ITH whoismost probably identicalh e sub ec, appearedin tate Supreme

Court on11/16/65, andwas foundto be unable tounder-stand thecharges againsthim. Hewas remandedto the /-custody of the NewYork State Department ofMentalHygiene for indefinite confinement.

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The NYO will, upon completion of outstanding investigatprepare a reportin this matter.

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FBI Files: Clarence 13x Smith (Part 1)