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Summary

Credit to Douglas M. Charles, FBI historian and author of "Hoover's War on Gays: Exposing the FBI's Sex Deviates Program".

Related Pages

• FBI Activity On LGBTQIA Organizations (USA)
• Mattachine Society

Full Text

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

September 3, 1965

PICKETING OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING, ("DIPLOMATIC") ENTRANCE ON AUGUST 28, 1965 BY THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

Reference is made to the memorandum dated August 26th, 1965, at Washington, D.C., captioned as above.

Detective [redacted] Special Investigations Squad, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1965, advised as follows:

Picketing by the Mattachine Society of Washington in front of the main State Department building, Washington, D.C., began at approximately 2:00 p.m., 8/28/65, and ceased at approximately 4:00 p.m., the same date. The group was composed of ten males and two females. Three picketing carried placards which read:

"We Want State Department Employment Based on Relevant Criteria."

"Sexual Conduct is Irrelevant to State Department Employees."

"Governor Wallace Met with Negroes, Our Government Won't Meet with Us."

These picketing were orderly, and no unusual incidents took place.

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