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SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY - DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

NCJ Number
18823
Editor(s)
R B PEARSALL
Date Published
1974
Length
0 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZED COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA TERRORIST GROUP KNOWN AS THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY (SLA).
Abstract
ORGANIZING PAPERS AND MANIFESTOS, TALISMANIC AND SYMBOLIC WRITINGS THE STATEMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY OBJECTIVES, AND THE PLANS FOR TERRORISTIC ALLIANCES WITH OTHER MILITANT GROUPS ARE GIVEN IN FULL. IN ADDITION, ALL THE 'ACTION DOCUMENTS,' INCLUDING THE JUDGEMENTS AND SENTENCES HANDED DOWN BY THE SLA COURT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LETTERS AND TAPED MESSAGES WHICH ORCHESTRATED THE ASSASSINATION OF MARCUS FOSTER AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED KIDNAPPING OF PATRICIA HEARST ARE PRESENTED. INCLUDED ARE REVIEWS OF IMPORTANT OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC RESPONSES BY GOVERNMENT AND FBI AUTHORITIES, BY PEOPLE AND GROUPS WHO CHOSE TO HELP THE SLA IN ITS PROGRAMS, AND BY VICTIMS OF THE SLA DEEDS OF VIOLENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)