The Beatles FBI Files

The Beatles FBI Files

256 pages of files copied from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., covering The Beatles. The files date from 1964 to 1992. 

Memos amongst the material address: Furor over the album cover of  the John Lennon "Two Virgins" record and its sparking calls for new obscenity laws; An alert about the sales of tickets to a non-existent Paul McCartney and Wings concert; Accounts of appearances during a 1964 Beatles tour; Concern that hysteria surrounding Beatles appearances could lead to subversives launching race riots; Investigation of a threat made by someone using the name "Beatle Hater" to throw a hand grenade at a Beatles concert; Efforts to deport John Lennon in 1972; A March 1973 memo about the Department of State issuing a waiver to George Harrison and his wife to come to the United States to visit Lennon in March 1973. The file notes that waivers were necessary because the three had reputations in England as users of narcotics; Threats made against George Harrison in 1981 and 1990.