Federal Surveillance of the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, a digital archive of 10,083 pages, highlights the FBI’s efforts to disrupt the activities of the largest of the Puerto Rican independence parties, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, and compromise their effectiveness. A variety of materials comprise this archive, including:
- FBI surveillance and informant reports and correspondence from a variety of FBI offices including San Juan, New York City, Miami, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, and New Haven
- Excerpts from intercepted correspondence
- Justice Department memoranda, correspondence, and analyses
- Newsclippings and articles
- Copies of handbills, pamphlets, and newsletters
- Extremist Intelligence Section reports
- Speech excerpts
This collection also includes documents made available from the U.S. Army and Intelligence and Security Command. These documents include materials from:
- 771st Military Intelligence Detachment
- Headquarters U.S. Army Forces Antilles
- U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division
- 1940s Military Intelligence Division reports
There are a few materials from the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Many of these documents have been very recently declassified (November-December 2010 and April-May 2011).
Source Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation Library and U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
