Malcolm departed for Cairo and an extended tour of Africa, where he met political leaders and pressed for international support for Black Americans' human-rights claims. The trip connected diaspora organizing with newly independent African states. It also placed Malcolm under surveillance across borders; his travels were interpreted by US agencies through Cold War security frameworks rather than solely as political diplomacy.
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Malcolm's June 30 letter to King demonstrates that the two leaders had no strategic disagreements.
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The letter shows practical overlap while their approaches remained different.