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[COl\i1\'[ITTEE :PRINT] THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY A STUDY PREPARED F01! TTIE "USE OF 'l'UE COMMITTEE ON INTERN.'\.L SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (FEBRc.'RY 18, 1074) INCLUDING I,,"])EX Printed for the use of the Committee on Internal Security U.S. GOVERNMENT PIUNTlNG OFFICE WASHINGTON t 1!l74 If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov.

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

A STUDY

PREPARED F01 TTIE USE OF lUE

COMMITTEE ON INTERNL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

(FEBRcRY 18 1074)

INCLUDING I])EX

Printed for the use of the Committee on Internal Security

US GOVERNMENT PIUNTlNG OFFICE

WASHINGTON t 1l74

If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRSgov

COMlUTTEE O~ INrrEltNAL SliCCRITrshy

UNITED amprATES HOUSE OF RmrnmSEN1iTlVES

RICHARD B ICIlQnD M1ESourl Olwlrmltu

CLAUDE PEPPER Florldll TOlIN M ASHBROOK 01110 ItICIIARDSON rRBYER North C~ojIJ RODEnT 11 DULN lUUisuchusettil MENDBL J DAVIS South Caroliaa

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The HOllse Committee on Intet~llll Security is l stuniling cOlmnittee of the House of Representatives constituted liS such by tIm rules of tbe House ftdapted pursuant to article I Bediml 5 of the Constitushytion of the United States which autllOlizes the House to determine the rules of its proceedings

RULES ADOPTED TIY TilE D3D COXGRESS

Hnue Resolution 6 Jallllnl~~ 3 1073

RESOL1JTIOX

IICiJOIIJtd lJlHtt the Rules of the IImue of Rel1tcscntlltiYls of the iuety~~e(olHl Ctmgll together with flll HPplicnlJle ploisions nf -lie LegislntiYe Re(llganiza~ tion -ltd of H)1G us amended nnd the IeglRlu nye neolgllUhfHion Ad of 1f1TO as nmfllderl oe nnd tlley are hereh nllollted as [he Rules of the HOllse of Reple~ seutntiyenes ()f the Nillety-thiltl COllgllS5 1

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1 There shull be elected by the 1Iome at the rOnllllCIHlment of eacli C(lllgle~ 0- 4shy

(1) COlllmittee 011 lute-mal SCClUUrl to cotHlst tiC nine lIembCl

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of the United Stutes (v) The COlnlulttee 011 Inte1lWl SeellliIy nctlug ts (l hole CIl llr snucoUlmitmiddot

tgte is authorized to make ilJP~tigiltiOtlll ilOll1 time to time of (1) tl1e estent dmrneter objectins tmd ilctivities within the ruHet1 SJuh-s of olgnnizatiolf or gwups whether of foreign or domestic origil tlle]r llwmlw18 agents and utIi1ishyHleH wilich serl to r~8tablish 01 nSBist in the eshlolishment of a totnlitnriHIl diefatOlJuip within the rntted Sbltes or to ()eltbtuw or fltt~l or ussist in tlH (wcrthrow or nIelfltlou of the fOlm of gOfrmueut of he enited 5iltnts or of Olly State thereof by force rlnlenee tlerlchery espionnge snbutage imllllleetion 01 un unluwful TIleUIltgtt (2) the extent ChfllUetel ohjHctin-s ulld netiyWcs within tIle rnited States of olgnnizntions ()1 A1OtTPS tlwir melllllf~Imiddots lHtCllt nud uffl1ishy11tN4 Which incite 01 employ acts of force inJellt~e terrorism 01 fillY- unlnwfnl lUean to obstruct 01 Or)lOSe the lawful Ilnthortty Df thp GOYe1llment of tIlt Ulliterl States in the execution of anT law 01 policy uftecting tlle internal seellshylitF or fllP United States nnd (3) ull otllel questious including the udmini5trl1shytlOll amI euroteentl()n of nny 1ft of the United Stntes or nns portiou of Inw Jelntshylug trl the f(llcgoing thnt would aid the- OongleSM or nnx cOllllllittee of the Houge in un) necessary remedial legiltlnt1on

The Committee on Internnl Security shall report to tlle Rompound (oJ to the Olerllt of the Honse it the Rouse is not in session) the results of nul suelL imcamptigntion togetlur with such recommendntions us it Ueelllilt mlYisllble

Fm the purpose of nny such invelttigntitln the Oommittee on Interllal Secnrity or nllF snbcommittc-e thereof is nutllOrized to sit nnd act nt sneh times nnd plnces

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within he Lnitctl Stutes vhether tlle rr(m~e is in session bus lccesitl 01 has II(1jolHuL(l to hold suell henlings llud to lcqlltle by sulJrJellll or othel1vise The atlemlullce amI testimony of sneh witnesFes and the Iltodudioll of snell lJolJl 1f-C01laquoS lOllfSp0l111encememornntllllHplusmn1 IJfipel5 HId docmnellti as it deems neuroce~ amptlr SulJl)el1ns IDay he iSl5uc( mulcr tlu si1TIn1Ure of Ule ehtthmun of the e0111w

mittee or ully slllJtommittee 01 by Imy memher del3tgnatctllJv finY sneh elmiJllHHl and Ulny ve served by any Ilerson uesibIlatepound1lJy filly suell clluilrunn or llH~mbel

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2Ft (a) Tn onlel to ilgtslfrt the Honse illshy(1) its unalysis uIlpraisnl nIH] evnlllutioH of tbe ftIJplicntton auministrashy

tion Untt exeeution 01 the 111Wpound enacled lJ the Congress unli (2) its fOrHmllltion consideration tlnd enoctment of such llOflHierrti0118 of

01 changes in tllOse InwH and of snell uuliitional legislation llS muy lJe HeelampshySlH) 01 flllDlOIllinte

c~Ch slanding conllilittee $hnU lCY[ew finu stnds on fl ltontinuillg bu~is the nvvHshyentioll fHlmiuistlalion awl execution ot tbose Inws or IIIllts of laws the mJject mattpound1 of which is Witlllll tim jurisdiction of tlJat committee

FOREWORD

III the HOUEC Committee Oil Inielllul Security publication entitled Politica] liiduapnlgs issued ill August 1973 I noted (]Ut the United Stnics lmd beeu fortunute to cscnpe the msh of political kidnapings which huye occlllred iucrcasinglr since 1008 and I forewarned thut 311tholities in tJte United States should 1101er tuke the position thut it cannot happen hem

It has happcned here in the shodanl kirllulpill of Patricia Heart Hili the kidnapers obiollsly enmlMulg the Robin Hood tuctics of the Argentinian terrorists have lImde demnnds that hundreds or 111n~ 1l01lsof rlollars worth of fce food be distributed to the neer]y in CnJiiornia

Several veeks ago I instrllcted the Committee on InterllHI Secllrity staif to prepare a study all the subject of terlOrislll to supplement the Political llidnupings study mentioned ahove Ilnd this will he proshyduced shortly frhe cOlmnittee hus~ 1IOYCVer recchred so muny requests for information concerllinl-f the Symbionese IJibcratiOll 1Xll1Y whirll daims credit for the Putncia Hearst kidllnpiu tllnt I have ordercl the staff t) prepare the following document 1-lnch sets rOtth amilublc facts concelningthis O1guuizrrtion and the lcirlnnpillg

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

(NOTpound-The wowl Symbionese is nely coined amI is plobnbly hased 011 the nOll] symbiosis~n as u8pd in biology lueuuing the partnershyship or close nssocilitioll of dissimilar glOUlJS -or organisms for the-1l mutual benefit)

OIl Febmury 4 1974 Putricia I-leurs In dutlqhter of the president and (ditol of the Sun l~lallcisco EXfllUi1Hr jlS ldc1ullpccl hy 11 heavily ~1lmed team Iyhieh JuteI identified themshe~ as mClubels of the Symshybionese LiiJPlution Army (SLA) As of Felllllar 12 the SLA madmiddot biza1lc demand as ft 1l1ecolHlitioll to 1H~gotiatjons for her releuse-thtgt ilee rlisttmiddotjbution of ~70 worth of jool to elerv disable1 vetemn and welfare recipient in Cnli-foll1ia

Two members of t]1 SLLL Russell tTltk Litfle~ 24 aka Rohert oJ Stalise fiud George Devoto and J-osel1h ~Iiehocl emlro 27 ~ nre now ju Sun Qmmtin prison awaiting trill1 for the Jnnlc1er lust KOH1l1ber or Dr MorcnE A Foste the superintendent of Onklal1lls pnblk sc11001sbull

thjlc1 mcmheT of the SLA Xnllcy Ling Pe1ly~ 26 nka 1uuey Deshyvoto and L~Jln Led worth is u fugitive She is wunted 011 arson charges stemming IIom n fire lustmonth 11ieh was set to dest1oy evjdl~n(e in it house used by the tcrl011St b~OltP nplusmn u Iwndquul[ctS

On FeLnulllY 9 the 8[m Itluue1SCO ]iEI office l(~lensed eompositc sketches of tlll~e sllspeds in the kidw]ping one white feulule lInd two nllJle Negl()(~s There is no description of It -white fenlUle nnd a -whhn lllalc who Hre believed to btl-ve berm n part of thf abduction team

Since tlw SLA hlasted its wn) infO the headlines aDl0ntha flgo with the siasing of DrFoster and the attltlllpted lllurde) of 11i5 dPll1lty Robert Blnekbnln speculation hus nm rife ](~gnldillg the SLA En~il no with the addeu i1l111ctns of a Jnajo1 ongoing hlV(lstigation~ too little is known about the SLA its fOllllution membersbip llUlllfTicnl strength Ol opmutiollHl extent I-Iowever it is evident that this new Holutiollft1Y terror group is Hnlmd with revolutionary faoist COl1l~ rnuuiEt organizations operating Loth overtly anel coYeltly in 0t1ishyfOluia

This 10101[ Olttltmpts to detail llUel consolidate avnilable puLlic inshyiolumtion on the SYHlbionese Liberatiou J1lny

THE FInST NlTACK

all ~Toyember G 107a firing 380 culiher IHlllets packed with cyunide and tl shotgun an 1111kllWll Jllimber of assaiJants probably thl(~c in number ki lied OklamlE school snJltril1tendcnt DrMarclls Foster utl severdy ouudetl his c1epnty Unbolt BluckblH~l 011 Novmnhcl 10 the Oakland l)ibulle San Francisco Chlonicle and mclio statiml KPFA purt of the Pucificn netyork neh leecivecl an identical letter claiming tlmt the uttack lm1 LecllllIudc by the Symbioneso Libelation ~rmJ (bLA

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

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_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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COMlUTTEE O~ INrrEltNAL SliCCRITrshy

UNITED amprATES HOUSE OF RmrnmSEN1iTlVES

RICHARD B ICIlQnD M1ESourl Olwlrmltu

CLAUDE PEPPER Florldll TOlIN M ASHBROOK 01110 ItICIIARDSON rRBYER North C~ojIJ RODEnT 11 DULN lUUisuchusettil MENDBL J DAVIS South Caroliaa

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The HOllse Committee on Intet~llll Security is l stuniling cOlmnittee of the House of Representatives constituted liS such by tIm rules of tbe House ftdapted pursuant to article I Bediml 5 of the Constitushytion of the United States which autllOlizes the House to determine the rules of its proceedings

RULES ADOPTED TIY TilE D3D COXGRESS

Hnue Resolution 6 Jallllnl~~ 3 1073

RESOL1JTIOX

IICiJOIIJtd lJlHtt the Rules of the IImue of Rel1tcscntlltiYls of the iuety~~e(olHl Ctmgll together with flll HPplicnlJle ploisions nf -lie LegislntiYe Re(llganiza~ tion -ltd of H)1G us amended nnd the IeglRlu nye neolgllUhfHion Ad of 1f1TO as nmfllderl oe nnd tlley are hereh nllollted as [he Rules of the HOllse of Reple~ seutntiyenes ()f the Nillety-thiltl COllgllS5 1

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1 There shull be elected by the 1Iome at the rOnllllCIHlment of eacli C(lllgle~ 0- 4shy

(1) COlllmittee 011 lute-mal SCClUUrl to cotHlst tiC nine lIembCl

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of the United Stutes (v) The COlnlulttee 011 Inte1lWl SeellliIy nctlug ts (l hole CIl llr snucoUlmitmiddot

tgte is authorized to make ilJP~tigiltiOtlll ilOll1 time to time of (1) tl1e estent dmrneter objectins tmd ilctivities within the ruHet1 SJuh-s of olgnnizatiolf or gwups whether of foreign or domestic origil tlle]r llwmlw18 agents and utIi1ishyHleH wilich serl to r~8tablish 01 nSBist in the eshlolishment of a totnlitnriHIl diefatOlJuip within the rntted Sbltes or to ()eltbtuw or fltt~l or ussist in tlH (wcrthrow or nIelfltlou of the fOlm of gOfrmueut of he enited 5iltnts or of Olly State thereof by force rlnlenee tlerlchery espionnge snbutage imllllleetion 01 un unluwful TIleUIltgtt (2) the extent ChfllUetel ohjHctin-s ulld netiyWcs within tIle rnited States of olgnnizntions ()1 A1OtTPS tlwir melllllf~Imiddots lHtCllt nud uffl1ishy11tN4 Which incite 01 employ acts of force inJellt~e terrorism 01 fillY- unlnwfnl lUean to obstruct 01 Or)lOSe the lawful Ilnthortty Df thp GOYe1llment of tIlt Ulliterl States in the execution of anT law 01 policy uftecting tlle internal seellshylitF or fllP United States nnd (3) ull otllel questious including the udmini5trl1shytlOll amI euroteentl()n of nny 1ft of the United Stntes or nns portiou of Inw Jelntshylug trl the f(llcgoing thnt would aid the- OongleSM or nnx cOllllllittee of the Houge in un) necessary remedial legiltlnt1on

The Committee on Internnl Security shall report to tlle Rompound (oJ to the Olerllt of the Honse it the Rouse is not in session) the results of nul suelL imcamptigntion togetlur with such recommendntions us it Ueelllilt mlYisllble

Fm the purpose of nny such invelttigntitln the Oommittee on Interllal Secnrity or nllF snbcommittc-e thereof is nutllOrized to sit nnd act nt sneh times nnd plnces

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within he Lnitctl Stutes vhether tlle rr(m~e is in session bus lccesitl 01 has II(1jolHuL(l to hold suell henlings llud to lcqlltle by sulJrJellll or othel1vise The atlemlullce amI testimony of sneh witnesFes and the Iltodudioll of snell lJolJl 1f-C01laquoS lOllfSp0l111encememornntllllHplusmn1 IJfipel5 HId docmnellti as it deems neuroce~ amptlr SulJl)el1ns IDay he iSl5uc( mulcr tlu si1TIn1Ure of Ule ehtthmun of the e0111w

mittee or ully slllJtommittee 01 by Imy memher del3tgnatctllJv finY sneh elmiJllHHl and Ulny ve served by any Ilerson uesibIlatepound1lJy filly suell clluilrunn or llH~mbel

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tion Untt exeeution 01 the 111Wpound enacled lJ the Congress unli (2) its fOrHmllltion consideration tlnd enoctment of such llOflHierrti0118 of

01 changes in tllOse InwH and of snell uuliitional legislation llS muy lJe HeelampshySlH) 01 flllDlOIllinte

c~Ch slanding conllilittee $hnU lCY[ew finu stnds on fl ltontinuillg bu~is the nvvHshyentioll fHlmiuistlalion awl execution ot tbose Inws or IIIllts of laws the mJject mattpound1 of which is Witlllll tim jurisdiction of tlJat committee

FOREWORD

III the HOUEC Committee Oil Inielllul Security publication entitled Politica] liiduapnlgs issued ill August 1973 I noted (]Ut the United Stnics lmd beeu fortunute to cscnpe the msh of political kidnapings which huye occlllred iucrcasinglr since 1008 and I forewarned thut 311tholities in tJte United States should 1101er tuke the position thut it cannot happen hem

It has happcned here in the shodanl kirllulpill of Patricia Heart Hili the kidnapers obiollsly enmlMulg the Robin Hood tuctics of the Argentinian terrorists have lImde demnnds that hundreds or 111n~ 1l01lsof rlollars worth of fce food be distributed to the neer]y in CnJiiornia

Several veeks ago I instrllcted the Committee on InterllHI Secllrity staif to prepare a study all the subject of terlOrislll to supplement the Political llidnupings study mentioned ahove Ilnd this will he proshyduced shortly frhe cOlmnittee hus~ 1IOYCVer recchred so muny requests for information concerllinl-f the Symbionese IJibcratiOll 1Xll1Y whirll daims credit for the Putncia Hearst kidllnpiu tllnt I have ordercl the staff t) prepare the following document 1-lnch sets rOtth amilublc facts concelningthis O1guuizrrtion and the lcirlnnpillg

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

(NOTpound-The wowl Symbionese is nely coined amI is plobnbly hased 011 the nOll] symbiosis~n as u8pd in biology lueuuing the partnershyship or close nssocilitioll of dissimilar glOUlJS -or organisms for the-1l mutual benefit)

OIl Febmury 4 1974 Putricia I-leurs In dutlqhter of the president and (ditol of the Sun l~lallcisco EXfllUi1Hr jlS ldc1ullpccl hy 11 heavily ~1lmed team Iyhieh JuteI identified themshe~ as mClubels of the Symshybionese LiiJPlution Army (SLA) As of Felllllar 12 the SLA madmiddot biza1lc demand as ft 1l1ecolHlitioll to 1H~gotiatjons for her releuse-thtgt ilee rlisttmiddotjbution of ~70 worth of jool to elerv disable1 vetemn and welfare recipient in Cnli-foll1ia

Two members of t]1 SLLL Russell tTltk Litfle~ 24 aka Rohert oJ Stalise fiud George Devoto and J-osel1h ~Iiehocl emlro 27 ~ nre now ju Sun Qmmtin prison awaiting trill1 for the Jnnlc1er lust KOH1l1ber or Dr MorcnE A Foste the superintendent of Onklal1lls pnblk sc11001sbull

thjlc1 mcmheT of the SLA Xnllcy Ling Pe1ly~ 26 nka 1uuey Deshyvoto and L~Jln Led worth is u fugitive She is wunted 011 arson charges stemming IIom n fire lustmonth 11ieh was set to dest1oy evjdl~n(e in it house used by the tcrl011St b~OltP nplusmn u Iwndquul[ctS

On FeLnulllY 9 the 8[m Itluue1SCO ]iEI office l(~lensed eompositc sketches of tlll~e sllspeds in the kidw]ping one white feulule lInd two nllJle Negl()(~s There is no description of It -white fenlUle nnd a -whhn lllalc who Hre believed to btl-ve berm n part of thf abduction team

Since tlw SLA hlasted its wn) infO the headlines aDl0ntha flgo with the siasing of DrFoster and the attltlllpted lllurde) of 11i5 dPll1lty Robert Blnekbnln speculation hus nm rife ](~gnldillg the SLA En~il no with the addeu i1l111ctns of a Jnajo1 ongoing hlV(lstigation~ too little is known about the SLA its fOllllution membersbip llUlllfTicnl strength Ol opmutiollHl extent I-Iowever it is evident that this new Holutiollft1Y terror group is Hnlmd with revolutionary faoist COl1l~ rnuuiEt organizations operating Loth overtly anel coYeltly in 0t1ishyfOluia

This 10101[ Olttltmpts to detail llUel consolidate avnilable puLlic inshyiolumtion on the SYHlbionese Liberatiou J1lny

THE FInST NlTACK

all ~Toyember G 107a firing 380 culiher IHlllets packed with cyunide and tl shotgun an 1111kllWll Jllimber of assaiJants probably thl(~c in number ki lied OklamlE school snJltril1tendcnt DrMarclls Foster utl severdy ouudetl his c1epnty Unbolt BluckblH~l 011 Novmnhcl 10 the Oakland l)ibulle San Francisco Chlonicle and mclio statiml KPFA purt of the Pucificn netyork neh leecivecl an identical letter claiming tlmt the uttack lm1 LecllllIudc by the Symbioneso Libelation ~rmJ (bLA

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

bull bull bull bull bull bull

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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The HOllse Committee on Intet~llll Security is l stuniling cOlmnittee of the House of Representatives constituted liS such by tIm rules of tbe House ftdapted pursuant to article I Bediml 5 of the Constitushytion of the United States which autllOlizes the House to determine the rules of its proceedings

RULES ADOPTED TIY TilE D3D COXGRESS

Hnue Resolution 6 Jallllnl~~ 3 1073

RESOL1JTIOX

IICiJOIIJtd lJlHtt the Rules of the IImue of Rel1tcscntlltiYls of the iuety~~e(olHl Ctmgll together with flll HPplicnlJle ploisions nf -lie LegislntiYe Re(llganiza~ tion -ltd of H)1G us amended nnd the IeglRlu nye neolgllUhfHion Ad of 1f1TO as nmfllderl oe nnd tlley are hereh nllollted as [he Rules of the HOllse of Reple~ seutntiyenes ()f the Nillety-thiltl COllgllS5 1

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1 There shull be elected by the 1Iome at the rOnllllCIHlment of eacli C(lllgle~ 0- 4shy

(1) COlllmittee 011 lute-mal SCClUUrl to cotHlst tiC nine lIembCl

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11 Committee un Intell1lll SecnrHy (tl) Communist IllHl other sllbvprshTe Hctivitit8 n1Teetlug tILe interlttll sleurHy

of the United Stutes (v) The COlnlulttee 011 Inte1lWl SeellliIy nctlug ts (l hole CIl llr snucoUlmitmiddot

tgte is authorized to make ilJP~tigiltiOtlll ilOll1 time to time of (1) tl1e estent dmrneter objectins tmd ilctivities within the ruHet1 SJuh-s of olgnnizatiolf or gwups whether of foreign or domestic origil tlle]r llwmlw18 agents and utIi1ishyHleH wilich serl to r~8tablish 01 nSBist in the eshlolishment of a totnlitnriHIl diefatOlJuip within the rntted Sbltes or to ()eltbtuw or fltt~l or ussist in tlH (wcrthrow or nIelfltlou of the fOlm of gOfrmueut of he enited 5iltnts or of Olly State thereof by force rlnlenee tlerlchery espionnge snbutage imllllleetion 01 un unluwful TIleUIltgtt (2) the extent ChfllUetel ohjHctin-s ulld netiyWcs within tIle rnited States of olgnnizntions ()1 A1OtTPS tlwir melllllf~Imiddots lHtCllt nud uffl1ishy11tN4 Which incite 01 employ acts of force inJellt~e terrorism 01 fillY- unlnwfnl lUean to obstruct 01 Or)lOSe the lawful Ilnthortty Df thp GOYe1llment of tIlt Ulliterl States in the execution of anT law 01 policy uftecting tlle internal seellshylitF or fllP United States nnd (3) ull otllel questious including the udmini5trl1shytlOll amI euroteentl()n of nny 1ft of the United Stntes or nns portiou of Inw Jelntshylug trl the f(llcgoing thnt would aid the- OongleSM or nnx cOllllllittee of the Houge in un) necessary remedial legiltlnt1on

The Committee on Internnl Security shall report to tlle Rompound (oJ to the Olerllt of the Honse it the Rouse is not in session) the results of nul suelL imcamptigntion togetlur with such recommendntions us it Ueelllilt mlYisllble

Fm the purpose of nny such invelttigntitln the Oommittee on Interllal Secnrity or nllF snbcommittc-e thereof is nutllOrized to sit nnd act nt sneh times nnd plnces

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within he Lnitctl Stutes vhether tlle rr(m~e is in session bus lccesitl 01 has II(1jolHuL(l to hold suell henlings llud to lcqlltle by sulJrJellll or othel1vise The atlemlullce amI testimony of sneh witnesFes and the Iltodudioll of snell lJolJl 1f-C01laquoS lOllfSp0l111encememornntllllHplusmn1 IJfipel5 HId docmnellti as it deems neuroce~ amptlr SulJl)el1ns IDay he iSl5uc( mulcr tlu si1TIn1Ure of Ule ehtthmun of the e0111w

mittee or ully slllJtommittee 01 by Imy memher del3tgnatctllJv finY sneh elmiJllHHl and Ulny ve served by any Ilerson uesibIlatepound1lJy filly suell clluilrunn or llH~mbel

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2Ft (a) Tn onlel to ilgtslfrt the Honse illshy(1) its unalysis uIlpraisnl nIH] evnlllutioH of tbe ftIJplicntton auministrashy

tion Untt exeeution 01 the 111Wpound enacled lJ the Congress unli (2) its fOrHmllltion consideration tlnd enoctment of such llOflHierrti0118 of

01 changes in tllOse InwH and of snell uuliitional legislation llS muy lJe HeelampshySlH) 01 flllDlOIllinte

c~Ch slanding conllilittee $hnU lCY[ew finu stnds on fl ltontinuillg bu~is the nvvHshyentioll fHlmiuistlalion awl execution ot tbose Inws or IIIllts of laws the mJject mattpound1 of which is Witlllll tim jurisdiction of tlJat committee

FOREWORD

III the HOUEC Committee Oil Inielllul Security publication entitled Politica] liiduapnlgs issued ill August 1973 I noted (]Ut the United Stnics lmd beeu fortunute to cscnpe the msh of political kidnapings which huye occlllred iucrcasinglr since 1008 and I forewarned thut 311tholities in tJte United States should 1101er tuke the position thut it cannot happen hem

It has happcned here in the shodanl kirllulpill of Patricia Heart Hili the kidnapers obiollsly enmlMulg the Robin Hood tuctics of the Argentinian terrorists have lImde demnnds that hundreds or 111n~ 1l01lsof rlollars worth of fce food be distributed to the neer]y in CnJiiornia

Several veeks ago I instrllcted the Committee on InterllHI Secllrity staif to prepare a study all the subject of terlOrislll to supplement the Political llidnupings study mentioned ahove Ilnd this will he proshyduced shortly frhe cOlmnittee hus~ 1IOYCVer recchred so muny requests for information concerllinl-f the Symbionese IJibcratiOll 1Xll1Y whirll daims credit for the Putncia Hearst kidllnpiu tllnt I have ordercl the staff t) prepare the following document 1-lnch sets rOtth amilublc facts concelningthis O1guuizrrtion and the lcirlnnpillg

RXCIIum H lOllORD

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

(NOTpound-The wowl Symbionese is nely coined amI is plobnbly hased 011 the nOll] symbiosis~n as u8pd in biology lueuuing the partnershyship or close nssocilitioll of dissimilar glOUlJS -or organisms for the-1l mutual benefit)

OIl Febmury 4 1974 Putricia I-leurs In dutlqhter of the president and (ditol of the Sun l~lallcisco EXfllUi1Hr jlS ldc1ullpccl hy 11 heavily ~1lmed team Iyhieh JuteI identified themshe~ as mClubels of the Symshybionese LiiJPlution Army (SLA) As of Felllllar 12 the SLA madmiddot biza1lc demand as ft 1l1ecolHlitioll to 1H~gotiatjons for her releuse-thtgt ilee rlisttmiddotjbution of ~70 worth of jool to elerv disable1 vetemn and welfare recipient in Cnli-foll1ia

Two members of t]1 SLLL Russell tTltk Litfle~ 24 aka Rohert oJ Stalise fiud George Devoto and J-osel1h ~Iiehocl emlro 27 ~ nre now ju Sun Qmmtin prison awaiting trill1 for the Jnnlc1er lust KOH1l1ber or Dr MorcnE A Foste the superintendent of Onklal1lls pnblk sc11001sbull

thjlc1 mcmheT of the SLA Xnllcy Ling Pe1ly~ 26 nka 1uuey Deshyvoto and L~Jln Led worth is u fugitive She is wunted 011 arson charges stemming IIom n fire lustmonth 11ieh was set to dest1oy evjdl~n(e in it house used by the tcrl011St b~OltP nplusmn u Iwndquul[ctS

On FeLnulllY 9 the 8[m Itluue1SCO ]iEI office l(~lensed eompositc sketches of tlll~e sllspeds in the kidw]ping one white feulule lInd two nllJle Negl()(~s There is no description of It -white fenlUle nnd a -whhn lllalc who Hre believed to btl-ve berm n part of thf abduction team

Since tlw SLA hlasted its wn) infO the headlines aDl0ntha flgo with the siasing of DrFoster and the attltlllpted lllurde) of 11i5 dPll1lty Robert Blnekbnln speculation hus nm rife ](~gnldillg the SLA En~il no with the addeu i1l111ctns of a Jnajo1 ongoing hlV(lstigation~ too little is known about the SLA its fOllllution membersbip llUlllfTicnl strength Ol opmutiollHl extent I-Iowever it is evident that this new Holutiollft1Y terror group is Hnlmd with revolutionary faoist COl1l~ rnuuiEt organizations operating Loth overtly anel coYeltly in 0t1ishyfOluia

This 10101[ Olttltmpts to detail llUel consolidate avnilable puLlic inshyiolumtion on the SYHlbionese Liberatiou J1lny

THE FInST NlTACK

all ~Toyember G 107a firing 380 culiher IHlllets packed with cyunide and tl shotgun an 1111kllWll Jllimber of assaiJants probably thl(~c in number ki lied OklamlE school snJltril1tendcnt DrMarclls Foster utl severdy ouudetl his c1epnty Unbolt BluckblH~l 011 Novmnhcl 10 the Oakland l)ibulle San Francisco Chlonicle and mclio statiml KPFA purt of the Pucificn netyork neh leecivecl an identical letter claiming tlmt the uttack lm1 LecllllIudc by the Symbioneso Libelation ~rmJ (bLA

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

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Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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within he Lnitctl Stutes vhether tlle rr(m~e is in session bus lccesitl 01 has II(1jolHuL(l to hold suell henlings llud to lcqlltle by sulJrJellll or othel1vise The atlemlullce amI testimony of sneh witnesFes and the Iltodudioll of snell lJolJl 1f-C01laquoS lOllfSp0l111encememornntllllHplusmn1 IJfipel5 HId docmnellti as it deems neuroce~ amptlr SulJl)el1ns IDay he iSl5uc( mulcr tlu si1TIn1Ure of Ule ehtthmun of the e0111w

mittee or ully slllJtommittee 01 by Imy memher del3tgnatctllJv finY sneh elmiJllHHl and Ulny ve served by any Ilerson uesibIlatepound1lJy filly suell clluilrunn or llH~mbel

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2Ft (a) Tn onlel to ilgtslfrt the Honse illshy(1) its unalysis uIlpraisnl nIH] evnlllutioH of tbe ftIJplicntton auministrashy

tion Untt exeeution 01 the 111Wpound enacled lJ the Congress unli (2) its fOrHmllltion consideration tlnd enoctment of such llOflHierrti0118 of

01 changes in tllOse InwH and of snell uuliitional legislation llS muy lJe HeelampshySlH) 01 flllDlOIllinte

c~Ch slanding conllilittee $hnU lCY[ew finu stnds on fl ltontinuillg bu~is the nvvHshyentioll fHlmiuistlalion awl execution ot tbose Inws or IIIllts of laws the mJject mattpound1 of which is Witlllll tim jurisdiction of tlJat committee

FOREWORD

III the HOUEC Committee Oil Inielllul Security publication entitled Politica] liiduapnlgs issued ill August 1973 I noted (]Ut the United Stnics lmd beeu fortunute to cscnpe the msh of political kidnapings which huye occlllred iucrcasinglr since 1008 and I forewarned thut 311tholities in tJte United States should 1101er tuke the position thut it cannot happen hem

It has happcned here in the shodanl kirllulpill of Patricia Heart Hili the kidnapers obiollsly enmlMulg the Robin Hood tuctics of the Argentinian terrorists have lImde demnnds that hundreds or 111n~ 1l01lsof rlollars worth of fce food be distributed to the neer]y in CnJiiornia

Several veeks ago I instrllcted the Committee on InterllHI Secllrity staif to prepare a study all the subject of terlOrislll to supplement the Political llidnupings study mentioned ahove Ilnd this will he proshyduced shortly frhe cOlmnittee hus~ 1IOYCVer recchred so muny requests for information concerllinl-f the Symbionese IJibcratiOll 1Xll1Y whirll daims credit for the Putncia Hearst kidllnpiu tllnt I have ordercl the staff t) prepare the following document 1-lnch sets rOtth amilublc facts concelningthis O1guuizrrtion and the lcirlnnpillg

RXCIIum H lOllORD

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

(NOTpound-The wowl Symbionese is nely coined amI is plobnbly hased 011 the nOll] symbiosis~n as u8pd in biology lueuuing the partnershyship or close nssocilitioll of dissimilar glOUlJS -or organisms for the-1l mutual benefit)

OIl Febmury 4 1974 Putricia I-leurs In dutlqhter of the president and (ditol of the Sun l~lallcisco EXfllUi1Hr jlS ldc1ullpccl hy 11 heavily ~1lmed team Iyhieh JuteI identified themshe~ as mClubels of the Symshybionese LiiJPlution Army (SLA) As of Felllllar 12 the SLA madmiddot biza1lc demand as ft 1l1ecolHlitioll to 1H~gotiatjons for her releuse-thtgt ilee rlisttmiddotjbution of ~70 worth of jool to elerv disable1 vetemn and welfare recipient in Cnli-foll1ia

Two members of t]1 SLLL Russell tTltk Litfle~ 24 aka Rohert oJ Stalise fiud George Devoto and J-osel1h ~Iiehocl emlro 27 ~ nre now ju Sun Qmmtin prison awaiting trill1 for the Jnnlc1er lust KOH1l1ber or Dr MorcnE A Foste the superintendent of Onklal1lls pnblk sc11001sbull

thjlc1 mcmheT of the SLA Xnllcy Ling Pe1ly~ 26 nka 1uuey Deshyvoto and L~Jln Led worth is u fugitive She is wunted 011 arson charges stemming IIom n fire lustmonth 11ieh was set to dest1oy evjdl~n(e in it house used by the tcrl011St b~OltP nplusmn u Iwndquul[ctS

On FeLnulllY 9 the 8[m Itluue1SCO ]iEI office l(~lensed eompositc sketches of tlll~e sllspeds in the kidw]ping one white feulule lInd two nllJle Negl()(~s There is no description of It -white fenlUle nnd a -whhn lllalc who Hre believed to btl-ve berm n part of thf abduction team

Since tlw SLA hlasted its wn) infO the headlines aDl0ntha flgo with the siasing of DrFoster and the attltlllpted lllurde) of 11i5 dPll1lty Robert Blnekbnln speculation hus nm rife ](~gnldillg the SLA En~il no with the addeu i1l111ctns of a Jnajo1 ongoing hlV(lstigation~ too little is known about the SLA its fOllllution membersbip llUlllfTicnl strength Ol opmutiollHl extent I-Iowever it is evident that this new Holutiollft1Y terror group is Hnlmd with revolutionary faoist COl1l~ rnuuiEt organizations operating Loth overtly anel coYeltly in 0t1ishyfOluia

This 10101[ Olttltmpts to detail llUel consolidate avnilable puLlic inshyiolumtion on the SYHlbionese Liberatiou J1lny

THE FInST NlTACK

all ~Toyember G 107a firing 380 culiher IHlllets packed with cyunide and tl shotgun an 1111kllWll Jllimber of assaiJants probably thl(~c in number ki lied OklamlE school snJltril1tendcnt DrMarclls Foster utl severdy ouudetl his c1epnty Unbolt BluckblH~l 011 Novmnhcl 10 the Oakland l)ibulle San Francisco Chlonicle and mclio statiml KPFA purt of the Pucificn netyork neh leecivecl an identical letter claiming tlmt the uttack lm1 LecllllIudc by the Symbioneso Libelation ~rmJ (bLA

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

111

Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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FOREWORD

III the HOUEC Committee Oil Inielllul Security publication entitled Politica] liiduapnlgs issued ill August 1973 I noted (]Ut the United Stnics lmd beeu fortunute to cscnpe the msh of political kidnapings which huye occlllred iucrcasinglr since 1008 and I forewarned thut 311tholities in tJte United States should 1101er tuke the position thut it cannot happen hem

It has happcned here in the shodanl kirllulpill of Patricia Heart Hili the kidnapers obiollsly enmlMulg the Robin Hood tuctics of the Argentinian terrorists have lImde demnnds that hundreds or 111n~ 1l01lsof rlollars worth of fce food be distributed to the neer]y in CnJiiornia

Several veeks ago I instrllcted the Committee on InterllHI Secllrity staif to prepare a study all the subject of terlOrislll to supplement the Political llidnupings study mentioned ahove Ilnd this will he proshyduced shortly frhe cOlmnittee hus~ 1IOYCVer recchred so muny requests for information concerllinl-f the Symbionese IJibcratiOll 1Xll1Y whirll daims credit for the Putncia Hearst kidllnpiu tllnt I have ordercl the staff t) prepare the following document 1-lnch sets rOtth amilublc facts concelningthis O1guuizrrtion and the lcirlnnpillg

RXCIIum H lOllORD

Ohai

THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

(NOTpound-The wowl Symbionese is nely coined amI is plobnbly hased 011 the nOll] symbiosis~n as u8pd in biology lueuuing the partnershyship or close nssocilitioll of dissimilar glOUlJS -or organisms for the-1l mutual benefit)

OIl Febmury 4 1974 Putricia I-leurs In dutlqhter of the president and (ditol of the Sun l~lallcisco EXfllUi1Hr jlS ldc1ullpccl hy 11 heavily ~1lmed team Iyhieh JuteI identified themshe~ as mClubels of the Symshybionese LiiJPlution Army (SLA) As of Felllllar 12 the SLA madmiddot biza1lc demand as ft 1l1ecolHlitioll to 1H~gotiatjons for her releuse-thtgt ilee rlisttmiddotjbution of ~70 worth of jool to elerv disable1 vetemn and welfare recipient in Cnli-foll1ia

Two members of t]1 SLLL Russell tTltk Litfle~ 24 aka Rohert oJ Stalise fiud George Devoto and J-osel1h ~Iiehocl emlro 27 ~ nre now ju Sun Qmmtin prison awaiting trill1 for the Jnnlc1er lust KOH1l1ber or Dr MorcnE A Foste the superintendent of Onklal1lls pnblk sc11001sbull

thjlc1 mcmheT of the SLA Xnllcy Ling Pe1ly~ 26 nka 1uuey Deshyvoto and L~Jln Led worth is u fugitive She is wunted 011 arson charges stemming IIom n fire lustmonth 11ieh was set to dest1oy evjdl~n(e in it house used by the tcrl011St b~OltP nplusmn u Iwndquul[ctS

On FeLnulllY 9 the 8[m Itluue1SCO ]iEI office l(~lensed eompositc sketches of tlll~e sllspeds in the kidw]ping one white feulule lInd two nllJle Negl()(~s There is no description of It -white fenlUle nnd a -whhn lllalc who Hre believed to btl-ve berm n part of thf abduction team

Since tlw SLA hlasted its wn) infO the headlines aDl0ntha flgo with the siasing of DrFoster and the attltlllpted lllurde) of 11i5 dPll1lty Robert Blnekbnln speculation hus nm rife ](~gnldillg the SLA En~il no with the addeu i1l111ctns of a Jnajo1 ongoing hlV(lstigation~ too little is known about the SLA its fOllllution membersbip llUlllfTicnl strength Ol opmutiollHl extent I-Iowever it is evident that this new Holutiollft1Y terror group is Hnlmd with revolutionary faoist COl1l~ rnuuiEt organizations operating Loth overtly anel coYeltly in 0t1ishyfOluia

This 10101[ Olttltmpts to detail llUel consolidate avnilable puLlic inshyiolumtion on the SYHlbionese Liberatiou J1lny

THE FInST NlTACK

all ~Toyember G 107a firing 380 culiher IHlllets packed with cyunide and tl shotgun an 1111kllWll Jllimber of assaiJants probably thl(~c in number ki lied OklamlE school snJltril1tendcnt DrMarclls Foster utl severdy ouudetl his c1epnty Unbolt BluckblH~l 011 Novmnhcl 10 the Oakland l)ibulle San Francisco Chlonicle and mclio statiml KPFA purt of the Pucificn netyork neh leecivecl an identical letter claiming tlmt the uttack lm1 LecllllIudc by the Symbioneso Libelation ~rmJ (bLA

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

b

lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY

(NOTpound-The wowl Symbionese is nely coined amI is plobnbly hased 011 the nOll] symbiosis~n as u8pd in biology lueuuing the partnershyship or close nssocilitioll of dissimilar glOUlJS -or organisms for the-1l mutual benefit)

OIl Febmury 4 1974 Putricia I-leurs In dutlqhter of the president and (ditol of the Sun l~lallcisco EXfllUi1Hr jlS ldc1ullpccl hy 11 heavily ~1lmed team Iyhieh JuteI identified themshe~ as mClubels of the Symshybionese LiiJPlution Army (SLA) As of Felllllar 12 the SLA madmiddot biza1lc demand as ft 1l1ecolHlitioll to 1H~gotiatjons for her releuse-thtgt ilee rlisttmiddotjbution of ~70 worth of jool to elerv disable1 vetemn and welfare recipient in Cnli-foll1ia

Two members of t]1 SLLL Russell tTltk Litfle~ 24 aka Rohert oJ Stalise fiud George Devoto and J-osel1h ~Iiehocl emlro 27 ~ nre now ju Sun Qmmtin prison awaiting trill1 for the Jnnlc1er lust KOH1l1ber or Dr MorcnE A Foste the superintendent of Onklal1lls pnblk sc11001sbull

thjlc1 mcmheT of the SLA Xnllcy Ling Pe1ly~ 26 nka 1uuey Deshyvoto and L~Jln Led worth is u fugitive She is wunted 011 arson charges stemming IIom n fire lustmonth 11ieh was set to dest1oy evjdl~n(e in it house used by the tcrl011St b~OltP nplusmn u Iwndquul[ctS

On FeLnulllY 9 the 8[m Itluue1SCO ]iEI office l(~lensed eompositc sketches of tlll~e sllspeds in the kidw]ping one white feulule lInd two nllJle Negl()(~s There is no description of It -white fenlUle nnd a -whhn lllalc who Hre believed to btl-ve berm n part of thf abduction team

Since tlw SLA hlasted its wn) infO the headlines aDl0ntha flgo with the siasing of DrFoster and the attltlllpted lllurde) of 11i5 dPll1lty Robert Blnekbnln speculation hus nm rife ](~gnldillg the SLA En~il no with the addeu i1l111ctns of a Jnajo1 ongoing hlV(lstigation~ too little is known about the SLA its fOllllution membersbip llUlllfTicnl strength Ol opmutiollHl extent I-Iowever it is evident that this new Holutiollft1Y terror group is Hnlmd with revolutionary faoist COl1l~ rnuuiEt organizations operating Loth overtly anel coYeltly in 0t1ishyfOluia

This 10101[ Olttltmpts to detail llUel consolidate avnilable puLlic inshyiolumtion on the SYHlbionese Liberatiou J1lny

THE FInST NlTACK

all ~Toyember G 107a firing 380 culiher IHlllets packed with cyunide and tl shotgun an 1111kllWll Jllimber of assaiJants probably thl(~c in number ki lied OklamlE school snJltril1tendcnt DrMarclls Foster utl severdy ouudetl his c1epnty Unbolt BluckblH~l 011 Novmnhcl 10 the Oakland l)ibulle San Francisco Chlonicle and mclio statiml KPFA purt of the Pucificn netyork neh leecivecl an identical letter claiming tlmt the uttack lm1 LecllllIudc by the Symbioneso Libelation ~rmJ (bLA

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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Dnted November _6 ln~ t1lC~ ]ettc~ purported to enmr from the 1Vlste111 llelonnl lonth lmt of tIe ~LA It statd thnt Foster nne Blnekhuln ClC markerl as tt1Luets by f1 Conrt or the Peoph~ whieh harl lound them guilty of supporting and taking purt in crimes COlllshy

milted against the children and the life of tho people Specifically the letter complained of It schoo identity card system

(1-pound COopclution- amoncr police probation olficcls and school offieiaJs find or l1Lcnming the clehon of tt school systenl police llnit-Tlwse issues haye leell fomlly yocalized by II radical Oaklund group the Cltmlitioll tn Saye Om Schools (CSOS) whicb includes fOll11e1 mellllJers of tbe teoIui~iol1firy ~lt1oist VCllceremos Ol(Tftuizntion (VO)

The Vcl1cc[emos Organization (10) was a splinter gJonp of the HlVolutiolltLry Union (UU) It was the most violent of the Muoist qoml1uuust groups opeluting in the ITS from 1071 until it bcgllll to disi1~teglatc in the sl~ling of IH73 it plOCeES that ltppeared comp~ete by September The 0 opclIly culled for the overthrow 0middot1 the DS Gmelnmellt and advocuted the use or weapons for se1f-defmue~ ngtLinst repression

-Several members 01 former members of VO have been indicted or convicted of participation in the esrape of conviet Uonaid Beaty t[Om Chino Prison in 1D721 guuld wus killed ill that nmbllsll-escullc It is (ollsidcled of some signHiflllce that SLA npI1Pll1S to lurn~ emerged in August 1973 lld that auothetmiddot Sltlf-styied Ba Area te[rorist group tim L11gust Seyenth Guclrill Movement (ASGM) also developed at lhe time that Bay Area members of VO CellBell tlleil ovelt operations A Ueport by tIle lionse Committee on Internal Secnrity Amel1CUS

~1fnoists The Revolutionary Unioll-The VeneeTolTIos Organization (June 1)72) ptovides detailed information collected bv tbe committee Sbtff on these groups -

The SLA letter of Nonlllhr 6 1973 was mailed in Ull envelop tll~alin~ flll Scent Renl~ltiollal~ y~r Bicentennial COlnl(IllOlatiYe stal~lp WIth tlle slogan Ihse the Plllt of Illcleptmdcllce As a covel to Its three pages of text was rr photolopied dlflving of a coiled Revell-headed cobra similar to tbe pftTt-Selpent part-hUlllftll uugrr of Hilldu fmcl Buddhist mythology A similar design UIJpCftled oil the 10Gr rc(old ulbllln by Jim HcmlrixAxis Bold llS Love

SLA explained the cobm in a leaflet us one frf the first symbols lIser) by people to signify God find life tcablc to Egyptian temshyples and tl1Cir seven pillars to tIle seven cun(Ucs of th~ pre~Ziolliit Nolth ~poundrican religiolls~ to the Buddhist and Hindu religions and to Nmth nnd South Amerieull Indian Ic1igions~H

Th( lllurder team wos described by 11 witness who saw them fleeing the nmlder seene as hetwceu 1ll to 2middot0 years of age all dth dark shoulder length hah or wigs und aJl of Jncdium heirrht find stender bllild Ac(oluing to this yihwss (Heh -worc a llHifo1n~ 0[ dnrk pnntsl knit hnt and 11 dc-ninr jacket with a white patch on jhe light blenst Theil complexion wumiddots d(sclibetl as olive 01 tan nuc1 it was indicated that one nt mOTe of the team (onld be fcmlllc~ Flom iniOlll1tltioll deyc]O1ed during the investigation it is helieved

that the murder team estahlished a base in a thitd floor tWO~lOOal apartment t1621 Seventh ~yenne Oakland in Octobe 1073 lhis Seventh Avenue tlddl5S is fin bloelis from the Oakland School Disshy

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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hict offices outside hidl Dr Foster was shot TitneEses say that ill October a WOIDllll leBemhlillg Nallcy Perry renteel the apart shynH~nt ill the llume of LJllll Leuwolth pllyiJ)g the rent hy TIlOllCY order Resideuts of the II paltmellt house 1m [llso telltatiYe1y identified loe Renllro as havino- been seen in the building

~nalysis sHogeststhat the 811 Inaintuined Smne ioem of surveil shyJallce 0)1 its Yi~tims prior to the uttadi mounted their assault from the reuted apartment lind rehlllled there on ioot after the lllllrder to hide out Theee as littJeeviclellcc that the apaltment us oecll]Jiecl Oll a middotmiddotJiyed-in basis

On November li the Oaldulld school Syst]lll said thnt the ID canl PYEtenl vould be discontinued until the feelings of students ltud 1111 1Cllts elm be lenssCssed1 1111 sume dny the SLA-SCllt out a second letter sayinO the SellOol Boards action indicated an attempt to heed (ind respect the wishes of the people lmr11md nsultcd ill a SymbioneHf decision to middotwithdrllw the shoot-on~sight order But the li~ltel warned that nttempts to leinstitllte plograms of politicnl poliee fOlCes ill 0111 sehools~ -would result in t]le deltth YHllllnt olclPl being lluetivated without wil111illg

THE LETlERS

All llln]Ysis of the language of the filst SLA lettf waS maue by Dl S I Hnyaknwu lUltionuJly rccDgnizctl semunt-ieist and lctircrl president of SUll FlUllr1SCO Sttte University who vhnlurter1zeo it os the york ot n ~higb grade h~jmiddotelle(t deroted to revolutionary ideologyt ill fill Oakland Tribuue tlltlde on Xoyemlwl 12

Dr I-lurnkawas re)olt continned HIt is tl11 lllti-lJlnh~ ](itltl TIl( gTU1UlllHl find spelling are fmtlUcss and thC lise of gt]egol hnhit~ is also

-lntelcstiuo 4 Tl1is type of expression is H dil(ct eontillllution or01gt

the smne propugunt1n from the late 19GOs~ 11111 Oakland flilmne continlUt Dr l[ayaknYti eutcQodz(d the

letter nlH1 the slndng of Dr Fostt~] as the ]dlld of destlll~itioll ainIPtl toward society hy the SDS rStldents for 11 DelllOellltie Sodet] and the Ylnthel11Icumiddot In the lettCl Wtll 1t~f(l(gtnc(s to detnils about th~ pasts of both lllello ~ The llse or thCse detui1A said Ifnvnktt1Yti wonlil SCflll to indicate fl lletell11ined eftolt nt l)lmiddot(l1lcditnti~n TIll 1(gtt1~1 also refers fletlllClltly lo the tHlllek Chilu1O lsiun and enn~ scions IDite yollth Ill lIayukawa poundlaid thtJ repented pl1lnso lH~]ps explain the nse of the worc Svmbioncse all the lltterJwact They ttppPiU to ha TQ lIsld symhiosis as tIlL root won1 Svmhiosis menns tJlc purt~1Clshil) of dissi1llilill g1OUpS for their llllltmd benefit~

rITE CAPrGuE

Despite ll1flSS1e illvestiHtiYe eftorts Hie kil1hp of Dr Fostel and the shooting of nfr llneklnull rPllHllned 11l1solvnd llllti1 Tttlllmry 10 lH74 whe11 the ens hroke sHdd(nh~ nIHI1JY (hallef At nuont 1 20 lLm on thrlt date Sgt David I)llgt~ (If the (~olleonl Police Depnrtment [Collcord is n snbulhun town 20 miles 1l0l-theflSt of Oakland] patrolshyling ill tllt Clayton Ynlley Ula of Contra Cost Connty 0118(100 It ll~d lnG5 Chevrolet van licensc lIlnUb01 BOG GUD~ lOtllnIli the sh-eets aimlessly -

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

bull bull bull bull bull bull

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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lftcl maintaining a ~ntch on the nm Sgt Dnge 1ll11cd it on in the vicinity of Ayers Hom1 awl SutllCtland Dr1ve and nppt()llthed jt 011 foot l-Ill SlHV that thelC were two men hl thp eab nnLl obtnh1ld the idCnt1HenJiollof tlll- dliy(I Russell ~ Littlll~ who ~as lIsing the nlias Rohert SCHlisLI und returned to his clllisCl tocompJete the heekshyiug process As hB did 80 Hllel Iittle 01 the ]JUSSCHgOl Toseph L He-Illhn~ 01 hoth~ opened fin~ on lUIll

The SllOtS missed Dl1~l Imt shaittlltd i1l wi1Hlshlehl of tlw patlol car Sot DlIg(~ iBhH11Cd the lill Little athmpted t-o rllln a way in

t w the vin tHtt mlS IHe~]lted h~ n ~hot pmwhllmg his tiltgts aw1 n S11pelshylicial shoulder lr01l1li1 The rl111 lilIl oil tlw rond and S~t DI1e YUH

able to tHlQst IJitUe who yas HlHWd with n as Colt ttmiddotolvp RfInilo run HYly hen the Y1111 CllSliec1 FOlll hOlIlH later hidiug 11111(1 a

purked eill in it yard neHl Ayers Road and Sllthellal1d DIi~(~ TIcmllo was lHresled hy ofliclt Tim_AlcoIll TTt WItS Hll1ltfl witll it aso YlIther semi-mtomllth llistol unt offered 110 further lPsishlllCe

A Eenlch or the all~ wlLi(~h WUi legistlrt~d to It Sanev Ihrotn jHt)fi Vhittle ~yem1( Ollldand~ lPmltld hi tht disoeY of S(Hlle 0(10 SL~ lenfhds in English Spun ish Chinesel nnd Swahi1L tI U-Hl1ll ritlC lUll il

(~nrtnlI or tools Tatel UraL d~y both TJittle and liemilo H1e dwrglf(l wlth nsstlnu

middotjth intent to nnnder SeqreaHt Duge lJnil WlIS set nt 2)n~OOO CiHmiddoth

and It a seeulitv meOSnJe they Yfre (lllicItly trnnsftlled from Cnntrl1 Costa County Jail to Stin qncntin bhltH Prison

PROFILES

UnsEel Tack LitHt 2~~ wai3 lJOIll iu Oakland l~lJd(l thnt 11tlll1i ]1( had most lecently bef111 living at fif)lH ChaboL Rnud OnklnmL ITnshyeyer 1111dc aliaSES he had cetnblislud llsidences ill tlt JPflst one othm area When booked at the Concord jail Little gllc [Joliee the alias of HoheTI Tul1es Scalise 27 of 1(i~l Smcull Stleet Oakland It was luter determined that the nHas Yitg a 1llUl1C tlHlt lJl]olHtd to all Oal~shyland ehild who IHld died at the age 01 six il 11)11 ollenkPl1lin The SevclItli Street nddn~fs tUlued ~lIt to bt~ n parkin lor Tlrlw(yel il wn at the SHme st1el~t numbe1 all StwcgtHlh AnulIP thnt the S1u- had esshytnblishod its ~eonllmnul POfltH for tIllgt Foster slnylng

USill1 tho 1Ulnw Geoigc Dvoto~ Title lultl siiee AlIguRI bplH 1[ shyinA nt 1[(-o Snthcrlnud ~Comt Concord a lwusD it w~s Intel fonnil thiit had been llscd IJY the SLA us a hcadiJnalh~s Hnd armory This honse hna jiC1l11 nmtet by Xill1tY Liu p(ll)~ alias Xultrv Deyoto

LiUle hud beclluinUlin 11is high Bchool ClUSH of GOO IT gTHII1af(~d wjth a deoTec in llhiloopl1Y flom the rnil~rsitv of Florida ~l1Hl in the spring of

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lU73 took CGlllSeS ut Kodh PClnltn COntgpo ghiug the Chashyhot Uc)ad ftcltlress on his 11J1stJl1tion forms

F01 an undetermined lleriod 0-1 time) Little hus heen l1SS0cJlltc11 with the United PIisollels Union (rPF) )077 2+th SItpL Sall Franshy(lisco Calif cPt Eccks to Olgl11l1Z( co1tricts for the nuoUtioH tr[ lrisolls tlnd is heft ~T ilv infilt lated~ i [ not clHl[lol1Ctlby 0 fO11IC11lH--lHshy

b01S of YmHClenlOS OlgiHtizzltloll Little WIlS udive 1rith thl~ Hluek Cultural Associntiou on ad hoe group h1lh includes membCls of rerolntirmalY inllHlte organizations

Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

bull bull bull bull bull bull

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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Joseph NIichael ReJnilo 27 was ft mend)cr of the IOlst -1irbolll( Division and served two voluntary hitches ill Victnnm ltelensed Trom the Army in 1)68 Iw rot1l111od to Sn Flllncdsco hele Inl ms bom uncI trhejt his fanli]y still livfs Remho galpound his [nmilrs uddleSSHnd the Olll1pntion lnachhlisF wIlen IHllelUtSlig fi 380 Vo]thcl ill tTuly ID73~ from the TrudelS Gn11 Shop in San Leantho

Hemilo Wa3 arrested 111 Sun FlunciRCo ill uno on a churge of deseshycrating the iLl11Cricllll flag bYwearing it sewn on the scat of ~lis pnllt~ The charge was leduced to chsoldclIy cOllilnct llnd he as glell n 30shyday suspended sCllifncc Reports state he vms chlLrged Ylth sllmgghng Jnflrijnmlll ill ID67 he11 he WilS in tJlto --1111) Imt 110 disposition 1S lGlOnl of flHlt Ctlsc -

1~ fonnding l11elubcr of the East l~ay chapter of VietuflJn Veterans Against the IYurWillter Soldier Orgaluzltion (VYAWWSO) in IfJT2 lerniro took nn tlctin~ role in thnt olganization unti1 Mtlrch 1973 He worked in the IvAWWSO office at middot1919 Telegruph A111le Berkeley where the telephone was installed and listed ill his name

While living at 4G144G1G Bond Street Oakland Remo who had lived with known VeneBrrlnos orgaldzation members was 0]60 inshyvolved with Hm Okllllltl electoral Cilmpaign of former Black lallther Party leaders Bobby Seale amI Eluine Brown -jtb boycott acthties of the United FarJll Yorke15 amI other COllllJlllllity activities He stndieel auto mechanics and made the deans list tt tll College of Alashy11lcc1n a I1mt of the Peralta DishiCt ciLnipns in the spring or 1073

Nancy Ling Perry 26 whose address is reportee as 381iG lYhiotle Avenue Oakland was born in Sunta Rosa CaJipound She attended lThitshytier College iu lOnG and tnlllsjCrllld to the UnNsity of Califom at Berkeley and obtained an AB in English literature Aceording to one report She then comIDellcNl gradnate stndies hl ehmnistlY ns palt of n pIG-med cOllrse _ III 1967 Nancy Ling marlicc Gilbert Scott Perry u Negro TIllsi~

Clan from whom she sepulateclm February 1973 Smce then she had worked as it to)lcss_ blackjack denler in n SU-l1 Fltlnci~eo lljghtclllb and as cOl11lter-haud at II Fmity Rudy juice stand ill Berkeley The owner of tl](l juice staml has staled that N aIlcy Perry worked there until Angnst 1D73 thut she earned $140 a week and that sle gavo $130 of it to VcVille prison inmates visiting them every week

N[mcy Ling PelTY has heen associated willi tho TIP] inSan Fll1n- cisco and has made regular Visits to conVicts in Vacaville and Folsdm stnte prisons In Vacaville she is believed to haye visited with the Elack Cnltural Association altd with two inmates Albert Taylor and Raymond Sparks both serving long tell11s

the prisoner groups with which the SLA has been inyolved are deshyscribed 18 101108 ill House Repolt No 03~7a8 entitled Hcyol11tiollshyury Target The Americun Peual System which WtiS puhlished in Deshycemher 1973 by the House COJlllllttee on Intemul Security

The Black Guerrilla FnmiJy 11 revolutionulY lUnrxist-Leninist organizntion was formed in lute 1971 poundrom elements of the Blnck Panther Palty The Biack Guerrilla Family follows the teoclling antI leailexsbip of former Panther lendtH Eldridge Cleaver and to ntl intents find purposes the Black Guerrilla Frunily und the lllackLibelution Army aie one and the sflllieolganlzation~ llt tr

1 Till Bluek LiberutIon Arm [a composed of Illtpporiers DC Ehlrldge C1envp fornlerDlnc[ PIHlUWl Party mfnLiter of illJOlffintion wuo yleWf till) lllneit Pnnther Part helF~ed by Hue XewtH ItS not mlUtunt enough Cleave Ortr1II1ze( tlJl RcVlnflollllrsPeop1(iCO[Blnnnicuilon Network 1ml liilH Ilcsgnntcu titl IlTllei-LihrrllUOtl ArlOy liS the gllerrllluWllrfare nrm or 1118 organlZfltilll

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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The Black Guerrillu Fnmlly maintnins outside eontncts through pubUcntions visitations and correspondence It engaged in l continuous recruitment program am] frequently holds political dIscussions relating to Marxist tl1eory In addl~ HOD members of this glOUP urc l1lOWn to have engaged in physical truining UIHl to have partiCipated in ltarate drillS

bull ~ ~ It Is cstimutcfI thut tlle Black GnerrHln Family hU)i fiO memhels at StiU QUentin

Prison fadErS and II total or some 200 Imnote meIHbels wUhin the entire Cln~ toruiil llrisou srsteID Recently the mne1~ Gl1c1liIhl IrumH~ lus formed an ulli shy111lCe wUh tnesltn litlluHin It Mexican-Americun inmute gronp which Is ill WHI with tilt lfcxicnu )lutill annUler llIexicnn-Anwlicnn t1nnl1 ~rbe Blnck Gllelrilln luHll1y leadership 1ms imlieutetl that when a fnll-settle Pli~on (litolueuro-l tul(~s place Its members will not only consider Uw fexicllIl ]1It110 to be enemiltmiddotj bnt intends to kIll correctionnl officers us well

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The Polar Bern Pnl1y sturted ont as ll predominnntly white group Which folshyJowOif the rucht philosuplry of the Aryan Dlotbeluood It lUlS descrihed itself -s a puliticully oriented glotw with the fiim or fltisillg the ctm~elmwe of out brothers llele insIde in order to promote priBOu refo1m finti fight for the tlbllndon~ ment of IrisOllS entIrely ~

~ v bull 1jI a It recently joined ill un lIllinnce with tbe Velleeremns organIzation and bus

established contact jUt the Vellce-remos members hoth inl5lcle aud uutsiue the [lriSOtls AH a result the Polnr BetH Party IJmllJcgun to espouse the nlaoist rDYOllt~ IiQnnlY line- of the Yencererum - ~

The United PrIsoners Dnlon is Ht organization composed of ex~conviets purolees IUlti inmRtes It bas ns its iurnOse the formation of tt llflSOnDl class union ~ 111

tJhiH organizatiun Yhien hns more thun 150 rnmnbcls ltblll the prison fflll1itic8 in CallfolIlia [lS ehuractelizecl dnring the committee heurIngs us -cry rndlcal Itud levOlutiOfHlry in nature It is pRlttculurly hotHe tmvllrd eorrlctiollnl officerli It is reportedly Yer) tlose to if not duminated by Ule Yencereruos OlgWiMtiuu The Veneeremos hHve llsed lIe lJnited 111iSOllcrs Uniou us n mail d)op nnd it is oue of the gronllS utilized uy the Yeneel(Ulus in it eontnct with tbe Poliu Benr Party

lbe PliHon I nw Collective ~ nn nUilinte of the National LuwycrR Guild in San Fttltlcisco also bus close tiu with the United Prisoners l1nion primarily in contncts between the gnlld fwd the Venceremos orgmization

Willium Willie Volfe in his mid-208 WfiS scen leaving the Conshycord house with N aucy Ling PelTY at the time of the arson Few details are yet available on ~rolfe except that he also was involved in prison activities that he went to the Same juniomiddot college us Little and lived in the same Oukland rooming house Hnel that he shaled 11 hOllse with Remiro froUl October of 19f3 until December

SLA HEADQUARTERS

Investigations lutve established that in Angust 1973 Nancy Ling Perry using the name of Naney Devoto rented 15GQ Sutherland Court Clayton and thut siuce that elate the home was uscel as all al11lOry homb fnctory and headquarters or the Symbionese Liberation Army According to the propclty OW1l0r secllrity deposit of $100 and mouths rent of $500 was pnid by N aney Devoto m August by money Qldels The money orders were reportedly from un Eastern US probably a New York City buk SnhsCIlllcnt rental payments have beAlIl made up to Tannamiddoty 21914 by money orders 01 cash

The $31000 hense located in the center of u cul-de-sac was lived ill by George nnel N aney Devoto accordilla to neighbors Reports mention no other occupants and there was to tcll~phonu Neigl1bols

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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identified George Deyoto ItS Rnsse)] Little und state(l that the Devotos had HNew York accents~~ and were unemployed

One inexplicnhlc incident is lepOlled hy the 11e1ot08 Concord neiOhshybors On Novmnbel 11) the weekend uner Dr Foster vas ala]n) a boy of aho1lt Hi knocked on the Dm~otost door and confronted Nancy Ling Peny asking to see her hnslwnd George She later told police who Ye[c culled at the illsisteJJCC of l1Cighbols that whell she asked who h~ was the boy pulled out a gUll She said she shoved bim cml kicked lnll1 He fired one wild shot and fled all It motOlcvclc but was subseshyqnently arrested

On JanulY 10 W7-J u fire middotus set i111500 SutllCrland Court Gnsoshylhm from n fiye gullon poundontainer was splashed 011tO floors und walls hlack powder was scattered on the Hoor At (i 21 IJ1n the COIlcord Fire Departmont was allcel hy loenl residents Their prompt response 110shy

ycntcd nn explosion confined damage to the house to UbOllt $10000 find preserved cOllshlclublc eyidcnee of the SLAs occupancy

Accoldjng to neighbors as smoke- was JjrEt seml in the house Nancy 11eyoto with one perlls three otlws left in fi heml1y laden Bnick Riricln Chivcll ut hjrh sPPcc1 l1hc registration of this Cllr vas tlaepd to 1Villinm 1Villie 1Volfe or 4G1G Baud Street Oakland (Remilos Oakland address)_

Following the fire the Slltherlnnd Comt hOllse YfiS searched lIInteshyrials fUIlnel il1clmled sewrnlpollilds of potassium cyanide hunets with the tips drilled nnd packed with eYllllicle pipe hombs explosiYes amshylnlmition cadons for 12-gfl11gc sliot-nms mal 308 cttHbct rifles two boxes of 9 mm mnlTIunition purts of di3l11nntlecl weapons und stocks for carbines

Also ill the llOUSC was evidence thltt tllll SLA had new Lafayetlc wnlkie-tnl1dcs wilderness mnps for adjoining- cOUllties ilnd the G~lnl1d Tatons uclnins or Oakland alld gticinity murked to show possible escape routes in ancl nlollne the city

Paers clisCDvered in the hOllse included nlist of Califo111ia priso11 officials nnd their wives l1larlmd for assflssination togethcr with a lec~ old inaicnting that a fonll of sUlcillmwc was bcig lcpt 011 sOInc 0pound them Grand jury testimony released all Febrnary $tuted that death wurrants llirled at Kaisl Industries Genern] Tin and nllbb~l a cundy corporation find ot1H~lS were found The house also cOlltrdned the origiua] of the SLA communiqne anuollneing the eecution of Dr Foster au SLA eonlll111nique not sent to the media aIlcl press clippiIlgs relating to the claim 11mde by tlJe August Se-el1th Guerrilla Movement that tlIeY had shot down all OoJdnnd Police Department helieoptcr killing two ollicers all October 2 Il)i3

A number of ievolutionary postrs together til books and other JitCllltIlre were also present Literature inrltlded sHeh hools as History of the Communist Purty Soviet lJnionl~ Racism and Class Stlugshy(TIc The Fall of An1t~]icn Crimlnal IllYCstigations--Basie Pelshy~pcrtiYC~-s -llti-Aircraft Dcfense~ Germ Ynrfare The ~rallual of Guerrilla Warfare aml For the Liberation The latter two nrc hy Carlos Marighella the Blzilinn llr)XlIJ gnerrilla ldlled in a shootshyOllt in 19G9

SEARCH WARRANT RESULTS

The arions addresses ltriven by Hcmiro andLittle werc the suhject of intensive searches A ~ealeh WtHT311t 1ol Littlc~s udLllcSS at 5030

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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Chabot wus execnted It produced 1l1lnchwls of rounds of pistol and llf-tc nmnnullholl tIn ll-11lfle to typewr1ters an eledlie hand dllJl and S SCpUTtlte drill bits pnils orboots jtwkcts n box or papers and four posters EXllmination OI the phy~i(ltl cmiddotidll1ee including th81VnUhcl pistol

Imkcc1 both Rl~mlO llIllI Llttle mth Dr Foters murder and provided the bas1s 011 wIueh they have been c1Hlrgedbull

dclitionttl cvidCnee fOlllld Inc1ierltrd I1wt the SLA wns plnnniuu to finance itself hy Ytll-organizcd Imlglnl1es und may hftyc flll~dy stnltec that o11erntlOu Othel physi~fll cYldencc sllggcstcc1 that II prisoll bnmk-m and escape waf under eomndt-ltlholl

SLA LETTERS OF EXPLX~ATIOK

On TanunrY 11) the San Francisco EXHmincr lcc(lnd n llttc1~ heshylieved to br authentic from Fnldzah~ iOllllCI name Xfmuy LinIT Perry in whieh she wlote that shc1 Little~ and Rmnilo nre IT)CmhclS of raquon info1IHntioninteHipente unit Ot the lTnitml Fdelntec1 FolCPS of the SY111bioncsc LihlatioH Army She explaincd thnt fIS member of Hwh a unit their dnties fire to snpport such acts as the ttfassination of Dr Iltoster~ not to CtUTY tmiddothcm out Other l1lBlllhcls she r1aimed 1 take lrcrlit for the SIUYll

The (1vn-pnge single spaced typcwlittcn LettsI to tIl( People~ YowS that Little and Remilo my closest compmlol1st -will he deshyfended Yon have not been Corpottcl1 and yon will he- defeuded beshycuuse there has been 110 set hack nnd nIl combat forces are lutactH The 1Pttcr also cluimcd that there Va 110 eomlcetioll betwcCn SLA UUit the All~llBt Sevcnth Guerrilla nfOVl~H1mt ClHicizing thnt grD11[) Perry sflicf ASGWl was flJ)o1iec plot to difeledit 1(wolntionuliC5 ilnd (onfusc the people

The lettor from Nancy Perry contjllned~ a~s fl member of the SLA infollllutionilltel1iglllCf I fight ngnillst pound111 ollmon ~ppres~n lnd this I do with my gnn ns well as mv lmnd The wTltcr (rlhclzed othcl 1lulirnl olgmliznt-inlls whidt SUppOlt armed revolntion abroad but hen it COllHS to the struggle 1101( in Ameliklm [sic] they C011shy

slRtpntly denonnlC lUilitnncy find l(yullltionury yiolence Othci passages of intcIfst from the lctter ii1(~lud(~ I believe tlmt

whenevc1 peolile ure eon fronted with Opp1(s5ioll~ stnlvntion lUld the death of their freedom that they want to llght there has neyer heen a ]H(cpdrnt for a uon-violent 1eolntion 1 and Jl memshyhers of the SLJ recognizl- thnt 01 right hcre in Amelikko [S1(] arc in n- state of wOr Hllrt that in a statp of war a1l Inllst be )llmec1 and U1l(lclstand the trne lllCuning of scI-f-defcl1se

On February 0 1 lcpolcr for the Pnlo Alto Thues leccivcd it te1t~~ phone cull-from a se1f~clnilllcd mcmber of the SLA giving Hle Daffie middotmiddotSanzingn -who c1ill1ssed the ldduuping of Putticlrt IIcarst During this COHVC1Sittioll tIle roman stated thllt the Nancy Liu~PellY letter of Jummry In should 1uyc been publIshed m fnll Oll l ebrualY 10 the SUll Franciseo Kmmiller published the Tull text of the letter

Tlill ABDUCTION

At abont 920 pm on FelmlUry 4 in Berkeley Clif two men ttud tl lrOlnau fOlCtd their way into the npnrtment of Patrkirf IieurEt

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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19 daughtptmiddot of the presidetl nltl ((litol of t11( 81111 FrHndseo E~amshyincI ho is nhm ehairmHH of nw board of the Il([llst Cmp0lution Some lPTt0lts indi(att~ thnt Own is a possihility that lwl address had been obtrlilltd flOlH an 11tH (nrd 11ldcgtx nL tlH Ulllrelsity (rl1 Cali~ 101nln at BC1kelBT WhCl she is it sophomole

Entry to tilt glOlllld floor tOW1JliOlE0 npUltmQllt ill 2G08 l1icllvenim AFCllue 10Ul blocks Homh of the rIl1llpll~~ was obtained by the -~elI1tt1l SId tellori~~ tnppLllg 011 the glnss pntio Lloot UDd asking to usc the telcph(uw to ll~pOlL un nccidCllt~ - shy

Miss JIet]lsL~s l1an(e~ StpplWll A W(e(t 2i opened the garden door and the W01lltlJI poshed -into the npOlt111fnr ttetompanietl by hyo ~eglo malns one llllllrd with a ljIe~ the othur mwrd wiJh il pistol nlld PCI haps n 180 n rifle shy

Vred WitS U(UtClI Ilhout the lwnd iUul shcmld01S unlil StJJriLOHSciollS nml rietf np Stl1middotCU lC StlCllaga 21 a neighbor 11110 11Cfll1 the noise llllel Ifln into th( lINllst fI pn Ihnent wus a lso l)tmiddota tell

llntlicLa I-Ieurst was ~llkell hIt lWF kit(hen~ tied 111) fmd chlgged out of her hOllle sereanllllg llld fIghtIng to be dmnpecl by her ftssailshyauts into the t1nnk ot U HI(iJ ClwYTolet Impnla Tw fcmnle Incmbe1 of the kidnap sqllad got into a Reconu vehiele~ a white si-iltiol1 wagon noth cars sped tnvny with the kidnupeJs in each tUl lilil1g n iHSillflde HC themiddot Uptlltl1l(1middotnt hOliHe wh(lt~ the noise lwd uletted other OeCUpillltS 1pHl11ty shdl (t~sings fomtr~ at the sClle il1dienrcd tlutt the fire wns fllllll n lO chbel Jl1-1 nr

The Impalll in which Iiss lIellls us nhdllcted was Intel rOllnd aJmntlollod six lilocls nwny It was 1e~lsteled to it Pehu Dentmson 31 t ItllYlTllce Radiation L~iboliltOlY n~-athel11utieitm seulch wfls111shystitmiddotllted 10] Bcnensoll when police be]jcn~d that IJC nJso had becn Iddllllpetl HOSYLVel the ne~t mOlning he rnn~d the police to say that 11(middot h~ld been seized by the SL~- the pl(yimtB night Benenson w-hose il pUltnumt blilldillg~8 galage Was sepurated TlOlll jHiss IIealsfs patio dom by it cOllltyanl snid he hurllleon tied aJHllllimlfolded ill tlle back of his fJWl1 Cftl h110 it wnE llsed pound01 the kidnaping YhenMiss lIeu-rst was tlilllsfelTPtI to tlw station wagon BencnsOll cluimcd he WfiS able to Iolengt( himllf He stnterl thut he was so teIlified Lv the SJJ that he il1lrnedirrtlly went into hi dIng not 10l1taei illg the 11licc towttlcl whom 1m has exhibited ltl hostHn attitnde and who lwyc been nllulJle io Seetlll- his full willing eooprnmiddotrrtlOll

On FfgtlnHllT R the lnllllleascd cOJuposite skcte]H~S of suspects in the kidnaping of llntlieil1 r-fCfllsL trhey WE1O oT n llH1h~ NegIo eorly tWCl1ties r 10ft

1 (iO IllS short hail n maJe N er1O ngp 21 51 11 II to 0 short htlI1 rnllsta~]le who may wpal glHss(~s 11 white female~ Alnelj shy

c-tlJ1 eurly tiVll1ties~ rV ) to W 120 ]bSi long dark 1mi

LETT1poundHS FH0lf THE SLA

On Febmal 7 similnl lettelS heatN1 Yeslcl1l Ugt10nfi1 ecdnlt Al1shythcllity oJ the SV1l1biollCS(~ Ljherat1nJl Armv were lee[iw~d hv radio statim IPF- und the Belk(]cy 13[111) un uwlergrollllu ue11Spapm Ill llllcl to 1tlllio laquo(ion KPYA colltuillcil Mobil Oil Compauy iedit eoId issncd to Uandolph A Heillst which the SLA hUll t111lt11 from his ltIn nghtels lllllse cluring their hritf yiolent stny in her apnltmellt

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

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Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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The SLA letter wus hended ~ubjeet Arrest nnd prutectlvrt custody nnd if necessary execution lulget Pntrlciu Cttmpbell Hearst duughter of Rundolvh HOO1st corporate

ellCtUr (If tlle IJfOple Yannnt issued by the court of the people

The terrorists letter conhllncclllo demand ns the basis pound01 releasing liss Helst It stuted she was uuharmed find llled that should any attempt be mude to rescue the plisoller 0] to alrcst 01 hurBl any Sk~ C1Cllltut l the prisoner is to be executed) JHoleovel IVIiss I-Ienlst wus to On muilltnhwd at uc1cqurrtc physical md Blental condition through protective custody of eombut ilncl mcdiculllnits

This SLA lette also stu ted thnt the weupons cUlried by the United Fedcruted Forces thut eJIcctcd the ubc111etiolJ were cyanide-pucked when they sclFCd un arrest warraut on Pntricifl I~Iearst The letter cnntiuuerl that QJdelS hurl ueell given Hot to harm civiliunsn during the abdnction but thnt if any citizens aHemp to aid the authorities or interfere with the implementation of this ordel they shall be cxeeuted immediately)

The letter ffirtheI stated that all eOlnlllllllieutiolls Elom this court n1115t be 11111gtli811clt1 in full in 11 ncspapers amI all othel forms of the rnprlin FaillllQ to do so win endanger the safety of the plisol1el~

The SLA C0l111Ullll]CrrtJon lttheled Co1Tllnnuiqnc No3 If-eh 1~ 1074 which telmed the kidnaping middota purt of its wfir ngnillst thc fascist state c-ol1cludcd ~flllthl comnlnnlcntiol1s rin follow

ASSOCIA1ES

Press reports halc linked the follodng persons ith the SLA inshyycstigntion To dat(~ tl1cSC il1clude

fean Tl1rsilis Dolly Hoe Ronnel of 461( Bond Street Mrs Dolly a former member of the Palo Alto VCllCCICllHnS chaptcr is now assoshyeinteu with tIm West Oakland vVAWY80 Discharge UpgrJldiul Project In DfCClnhel she was nomillated for the post of llutiollnl coordinator of iVAvViVSO

Doh Rood 28 who shurr~ f01 G Boml St with VYAW WSOs Jemmie Dolly is the VVAy(WSO Haginlln] Coordinator who operates the lmiddotleglnph AYEllHC oUice fOlIlHily used by t-Toe IlClniro

Ilccse 1ltr11ch dlO Ii 9 w~th his wife at 1010 Bond last yeur hus een nssoclttted Slllen lUG WIth gronps 1n the Bny Arca rfi110IllfY from student [llltidraft activists -through the Illtellmtional Lib~lntion Srhool to the Vencclmnos olgmlizution J-Ie rcportedlv took llma jor part ill oqnmizil1g the Novembcr 11 HHW antiwnr iiots in WashshyIngton DC

Drrn ltSiegel 11 former student activist tlCaSlllCl of the Nntiol1ul Lawshyyers Guild (NLG) and loeal Maoist was admitted to the stute bar last Odober after 11 protructcd fight regurding his suitability be(nns~ of bIS student arrest record Slegel~ who now writes for the Guardmn rrs present fit both the 01mbot and Bond Street addresses neting ilS a lcgnl advisor tn the ()CClIPltlltS dUling the p~Tiod of the poFcc seulelieS The Guard inn lcselibes itS plllpose as to nssist in bllllgPlg to bIrth Jt l1c~levolntIo~alY p~htlcal purty Lus~d on the workmg clrtSs firmed WIth the SCIence of lfulxmm-Lclll1llSm COIDshynlitter1 to socialist rovolution

11

Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

12

CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

10

fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

(I)

ii

Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

111

Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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11

Robin 11 TennJans llimllber of the KLG grilcluutedfrom Stunshyford La IT School in lOGD and has traveledto Cuba tl5 i lHmnher of the Yncpremos ]31igtlde She is a member of the lIrenlo Plllk La1 COlmnnne

On Novemhm 15 Wilbert Popee 1ackson 43 chairlllall of the UPU was acquitted of chnrges of possession of helOinllud lllarijnann His attorney was Hobin Teallltllls Acconliugto Libemion Xewe Sen-- ice theacquittul was ttributeel to the defise eq)Q5ure of police infiltmtoI in UPU 1essica Yodlnen

Two wcels uiter reksons oncst Yodlucn allegedly told Ull membeIs thot she 1VilS orkin 10 the police alld detailed her activshyitis At JackBons trial the DIstrict Altomey released a statement in -which Todqucl1 said her eal]iPl statCll1(l1ts had been lllude uuder coshyercion that VBllCelemOS-1l1Cmbcls threatened her with tl shotgun tlud a knife while YmUlluns tolcl herwhatto sov

Yodlnen then said she had 1)ee11 kidllaTJed to n VellcelcmoshirieolLt in Los Altos from which she eseuped UPU witlless~s were called to rchut her stOlV as waH Bill Sehecllllcr of KQl~D-TY who has been a staIfer for PlciJicas KPFA-FvI

l~obin YeUll1allS vas the attolney of rcCoru forJoseph Rmniro at his ltlrnlg1l1ncnt hut Remilo is now represented by n pnhlic clefcnr1(gtr I it shytle is also represented by the Oakland pnhie detentles ofliec

On January 15 Ray HOlstetter 31 who has been iderdified as the titulal head of VO in Slll ral1cislo mul the operational leader of UPF with 11 Robert ]vIcBriarty 25 after identifyin themse]ns ae lnrestigatols irOin Rohin Yemilnlls nilice were pellllltterl to lf3nlOye materials from the rubble at loGO Sutherland Court by the police

LATEST DEYELOp~mNTS

On February 12 radio station KPFA receiyed a CUSBette tn pc reshycording nccmnpaniecl by un S-page coyer letter IlOlll the SLA The tape lccolding eontained a somewlmt disjoilltecl Hi milmte 1lleSB1f1C from Igtabieia Henrh-t and two IneSSflge5 from lllitles who ic1elltifiecl them~ selves us SL members b

Olle of the to male yoiees on the tupe -ho culled ltimccli Field Mursltal Cinqne (pronOll11ced Sin-Q) stuted he was quite willing to carry ont the execution~) of )Iiss Heu1st who wus imlected as thei tmiddot -ictim for Ille crimes th~lt her mother and ratheIll In- their CshytiOllS c01l11uitted against we the xnerican people und the OpplPs5ed l)eople of the world Oin(]lll was the leuder of a sluye ship relJellioll 1I1 tIle 19th century

The four pages of ~he lettel following tlle statement of demand was u pseudo DeclaratlOn of Independence the lnst tlnce page ere mlyped ersions of two SLA documents hich had heen c1iscoYcrc(l hy polic in the Sutherlaml COlIIt headqnarters on TamltllY 10 These were entitled Terms of the TlIilitlllypoliticf11 AUiance [mll The Symbionese lVal Oouncil Dated August 21 1073 these wele filJett with turgid revolutionulY jillgOIl ahont repressionn amI 4exploitashytio11 [mel declared Ievolutionary -a I on tile United Stules

1110 first page contained demands for the free distribution of $f) worth of fom to all of (alifolllis POOl aged disabled veterans mel

12

CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

10

fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

(I)

ii

Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

111

Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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CX M COl1victs as a Acstnrp of good faith~ to be met before negotiutiol1S for IIiss Hearsts freedom could be started The cost of thiE gOOl] faith~~ g-estllle has been estimated at from $250 to $350 minion

TIle SLA COllnmlRiquc- 4 dtl1iJ(~d tlw nnmber of stores 111 vilIi~ om rommll1lities to be luVolnd in this food ltlv(gtl1way and demnnded that Oldy top qunlity goods be distlilmtcd In It Tnes~ag( Uto the people the RLA sHid thut those Hot ~atisfied 01 H1wlllssed ill COllneeshydOll middotitmiddoth this plan should -oicc their discontpnt ill the st1lpJs at hus stops ill ll1ovit hOllses find othel pnblie l)1aces for Symbionese eHrs to heal

The cOHlmuniqne also demalld(ltl that Conmnmity gl01l1)S including XaiT011i College in l~ast Palo Alto mide )Iel11orial Church in SItH Fmncisco the Black Teachers CallCUS Xationnl Welfare Rights Organizution the United Farm Yorkers American Indiun Umc l1i1t the Third VorM ramens Alliunce and the Uuited Prisoners luioH sllpervise the mnssin food distribution PlojPct

The uemuHds included that reports on the progress of the distdbushytion be puhlished by representlltiYes of the peo1es Hews selmiddotiees snch us Gettinp Together the pnbliention oJ the ol1entul TV[nolst I 1Vol KlI(H grollP Triple Tenplllfly a tabloid by the 1child Vorld Womens Allill1](e tlIP Bluck PfiuthCl aud tl FPFs Auvil

It is reportell tIm the typewriter U51lt1 to plOduee Commnniqne +L+ l the same us usea to type the -PUfC ]ptter to the people by NUIl(y Lmg Perry and 15 the SRme us the one lISei to type the Febrnulr -7 letter llllllOlmdng that the SLA hud kitlllllped IIiES IIeulst

It was rported ou Friday Fehruary Hi that oue of the SLA men probably Field Mnrshul Cinque hud heen tentutively identilied as lkmnlt1 David De Freeze y]w (sCt1lled IIom Roledtd in llnreh Init

The serond Ulan has been nalllet us Thero 11 heeler 2D a seHshyidclltifimiddotd mml1hel of the VQlleell11110S olgfluizatioll After eOllsideluble Hlthity with Vt1HCIPl110S 11( SGnt a l(th~I of resignation to thr ftlonp and WllS transferred to a luillinm111 security pris-on facility at vncfishydUe Assig1Wd tn work eutting grass outsid( the wul1l lH~ escnped on AU(lIst 2l)a

- AXALYSIS

~liJ)Pl(iitil unal)1sis sngg(Ets thnt thpse tlltimes ltnve heen conullittefl uy a slllan~ dose~knit gronp of nt least six with tL plolmLle DutX1tllnm HU1HtWl of tell rraetics nsed by the SLA hlllicnte thnt at le-ast two Ilwmbtls Illln~ had combnt tluininpound thnt fit least O1W llwulher is n skill~~d ll1ndrinist~ and that at least oile menlbel has an extel1sin~ kllowl~ (middotd[e of )ungunge

Frolll the associntcs of the SLA it mHst he PlCSUllHd that some me1l1shyh~ls and former memlJeIS of the VelllCremOs ol-gunizutiOll know the STJA and are willing to support their tcrlOLlst nets

If the pattern of emulating vtlllons Latin ~mericall urban tmlorists oontinues it call be preslUued that after the f1llfilllllellt of the propshyn(and clemaud for Ilec food toe the wclfnrc recipients and disabled i(reruns of Californiu or an effort to meet it an attempt riU be nmde in ro((gt the 1elease of Remiro nnd Little J)lIlands for the relense of other prisoners such as the San ltuelltin (1 or leaders or the Binck (hHlTilla Family or Polar Bear Party arc also possible

10

fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

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ii

Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

111

Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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fhe SLAs operations hfln~ shown t1 high degree of premeditation 1t1Hl planning tInd II capability for imjHOyisntioll untler pressure TIn ~LA~s many lental rxpells(s~ flrms cadw etc imply that tlie gro1lp is well fuude(L

The possibility must also he faced that the SLAs C1101tS alJd lJlassiYe media iillpaet mRy result in emulation by other small bands of domestic 1CYo111tiolllllies as the bombinls daimed by the eathershymen inspJled new Ieft flffinity groupE to sjnlilar acts

INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

(I)

ii

Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

rnltt r ncgtll l G 12 PrlHon Law G

llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

111

Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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INDEX IDTYIDUALS

~Alcorll Jitll_______ ______~ ________________________________________

lleatr ROllnld _______________________________________ ~_______________ 2 lipl1el1oll l1-etel__________________________________________________ 0 bull ~_

lliaeklllllll Rohert ____________________________________________________ 1-3 lllOlYll Elainc____________________________________________________-___ n

CIH1Yer n TIe Freeze Donnlel Daitl______________________________________________ lj 12

Deyoto George soc UUle RI1~selLTtlck De~oto~ CauLv (Hrc puY) XimCr Iing) Do1ly Jffl1l Tlllshis (netmiddot B01ll1er ___________________________~__________ 10 l)llge DilYid____ __ ________________________ 34~_~ ~_____________________

Erlich Reese__________________________ ________________________________ 10

Fljzah (Sec P(tlry ~nlHr rAll~) J~jeld InlI3JHll Cinque See De Fpeze DOllnld Duid) __________________ 11

1~3Fo~ter lnrctm A ______ ___________________________________________ 7 8

~l-Ia~nknYIt S 1 _______________________________ ____ __________________ 3

IIelltllt Plltricla CfllllplHltlL_________ ~_______________________________ y 1 R-12 JTenlit Ruudolph 9 j 0I-Icmiddotnrllix Jjml________________________________________________________ l ] Iofstettel Rar__________________________________________ 11~~___________

Hood Bob___________________________________________________________ 10

Taekon Trnbert middotmiddotPolleromiddot--------__________________________________ 11

ILgtflwortJJ Irun (See Perry ~aney ling) LHtle Russell Jack (a180 11I0tl)lI en Robert Jlunes Scalise md George

JJeYoto)middot ____________ yen~_____________________________________ 14 i3---8 1112

Iulighelln Cflllos___________________________________________________ 7 lcBriurty Rollelt _______________________________ ~___ 11~________________

Inll Gilbclt Scott___________________________________________________ li Perry Xuncy Ling (Mrs Gilhert ~~ntt Plrty) (afRo klJOWn as NnllCY

DcYotn Lrnn Ledworth nnd Fll11lzah) __~_~__________________ __ j 3-812

RemllO Joseph lIichaeL_______bull_________________________________ IJ 3-8 10-12

Sullzlpn __ ________________________________________________________ 8

Scalise Roueimiddott (6ce ittle Russell Jack)Schcehner Bill~______________________________________________________ 11

-Reule Bolihy _____________________________________________________-___ a Siegel DIlll_~_____________________________________________________ 10 ~llllll~s RllymonfL_________________________________________________ 5 SUpoundIUlgU Steyell K ________________________________________________ )

Taylor ii

Vnl1(Jl1eu 11

(I)

ii

Pltgcreed Stellhell A__________________________________ )~___________________

~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

Ytllmuns nollin ~I____________________________________________________ It

OUGANTZATIOgtS

_-tmClteau Tmlian MovemenL__________________________________________ 12 A1StlH Ulotherllood__________________________ U~_______________________

Augnst Seventh Guerdlla )o-rement (ASGlI) _________________________ 278

TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

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llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

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Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

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Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

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liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

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~lwe_1el Thero lr___________~________________________________________ 12 WHlre Winltnn Willie_______________________________________________ 07

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TIl cf Cl11htrfll Ailocia ti()l1___________ __________ ____ __ __________________ 4 bullbull ) IHudgt Guerrilla Fllmily__ ____________________________________________ 51 0 12 lllac1 JAb~li1HOll Army__________________ ____________________ _~______ 1 5 Jilaltk Ptltltllel Purty__________________________________________________ 5 BlllCk Tencilels Caucns 12_____________________~________________________

toalition In flwe Our Sclumls (CSO~)________________________________ 2

Glide MemorIal Clmrcli (8aH Emnl~i~u CnUf) _____________________ ~___ 12

Tleltlst ClI1lt1)Orutioll____________________________________________ bull _____ 9

r YIlt I(ueu___________________ ________________________________________ 1] IuteurolUnUHllOI Lilwlatioll S(ilH1L __________ ___________________________~ 10~

Ilmiddot lt-F1iI ______________________________________________________ _____ 1 l11 I(QI~D-T V _________________________________________________________ 11

IlllClH tton News ___ 11SelViCH~ ~_________________________________________

lICllln Pnl1 Ii W ComIlltl n(____________ 11~_______________________________

[eXiCfill lIn I a __ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ 0

airnhi Collfl (Enfot Puln _Ufo C[lUfI ____________ __________~__________ 12 iutinlitll Ln GuUd (XV) ____________________________________ 0 10) 11wrcr~

No tifmnl Wplfllle RIghts OrgllJJlz1tth)lL________________________ -________ 12 ~ulstln FfUnililt_____________________________________________________ 6

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llpynlntimwlY cuinn (RU)____________________________________________ 2 neI~llltinntlly IcHIlles C0TI11lH1Ulc(ltioH )ietwllrk_________________________ pound)

grlltl(~llt-S fol a Democmtie Soelet~T (SnS) ______________________________ 3 S~middotmhlonese lib(lation Army (SLA) ~_________________________________ t 1-13

estern Regiol11l1 Adult Antltority______________ _____________~____ n Yefteln Rogional Youth untt_____________________________________ 2

1Ied~rnterll1orcesVllitt(t ____________________________~_____________ S10

1biltl World Yomeus AlUnm~e (TWWA) ______________________________ 12

Tinited 110 rut Wnrkels____________~__________________---____________ 512 ruited Prisoners Union (UPU) ________________________________ 4-U 11 12 United Stutes Government

Tnstiee Depnrtment of Federal Bureau of Immiddotestigntion (IiBI ________________________ 1t 9

enCClelnOFI _________________________________________________ 24-G 10-12 Palo Alto ehupter__ 10~_____________________________________________

San Frnlltjseo__________________________________________________ 11 Veneeremo Urigntle__________________________________________________ 11 Vietnum Veterans Agnillst the WarYlllter Soldier Orgnnization(YVAVIYSO) ___________________________________________________ 10

ElaRt clluptel _____________________________________ omiddotB~lY ~___________

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

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Plge ~enthelnum ________________________________________________________ 31

We~t Oukland YVAYjWSU Diiilhinge UlJgnltUng Ilojelt______________ 10

IVBLIOA1IU~S

Jllti- ileluft Defense---______________________________ ___ _____________ 7 Allyil ______________________________________________________________ Ayii -Boltl us Love (weoru nUnuli ___________________________________ _

D Blnck 12

Criulilml IuYcstign tiolls-Thtsic Ieli1llltiyeS____________ ___ _____________ 7

IHll of merlen The______ 7~___________________________________________

Fo1 the Lihelutlofl____________________________________________________ 7

Gcrnl ~llrfnl~_______________________________________________________ 7 G-etting Togetber______________________________ 12~______________________

G11 fumiddotlili n ___-----______ - -------------------- - -----------____~________ 10

liiHtory of tIle COlllmunist IartSI tioYiet Lnioll_________________________ I

1TallUlll of Guerrillll Wartllre The___________________________________ 7

OnkIflnd Tribnue________________________________________________ ____ 11 it

~ ~__luln Altn Tines_____________________ ______________ ______________ 8 Uneism und Clllss Stluggle__________________ 7~_____________________

Snu Iillluciseo Chronic1e_____________________________________________ 1 ~ttll Fluueisco Exnminer_____________________________________________ 18)

rrripte JeODl1ldy__ _ _____ _ _ ___________ _______________ _____ ____________ _ 12

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