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    OPTIONAL FORM NO. tOJa)LY rgTitDtrtoNGsA FPMR (4t CFR, tot-rr.6 .a..UNITED STATES GO\'iVMENT

    : DIRECTOR, FBIAG, BATTIMORE (100-326L3) (P)

    Memorandum

    ,TIMORE MARXISTIMERNAL SECTIRITYOO: Baltimore

    DATE: 3/Le/7s

    , L957, and is

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    GROLIP ^ )f*l,L lr,m0R t IAT'IOI\T COlUmnEfi-tlfl({t}7as5) 'Baltimore has initiated an investigaLion regardinLF. captioned organizatrLan based upon inform5tion Lndieaffithat' the members-of capLioaed eroui nuleht be ensased Ln/aetivities which could- involve-a violaEion of title l8itin**iea-si"tli-doaI-iudci;'5;;;i6n'i565-(i,eueuion o"-"' /Insurrection), SecLion 2384 (Seditious Conspiracy), Sect,ioty'_2385 (Advoeating overthrow of the Goverment), oE'iitfe s0rtpqqfpSC, Seetions 781-798 '(Intemal Security Act-of 1950). - ,l-ln

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    oril.ri.,orl {rlio* {-La al-n-'a-rranf-.i n*-^l r'-r.r{l I o,I ladvised that the above-caotioned erorfp ' ;r'9onsiscsffiormermembersofLheYor:neSocia}Ise----_Allianee (vsa; whi, were expelled due to an ideolSgicaldispute oJ/er Lhe internauibnalist tendency of the-Marxistgroup members.The YSA is the youth group of the Socialis'E Workers

    Parfy (swP). IL was form6d in Sctober, L957, and iscuir-enlly headquarLered in Nerv York CiLy. Ii: propagandizesthe belibfs of -the sWP amons the youth -anA is ttre- mlin sourceof recruiLment into the S!ilP; The- Str.ilP is a revolutionary,T_rot,skyist-cofiununist organizatLon, w?rieh has as its purposethe overthrow of the UniLed StaLes Government and theinstifuti.on of a'dictaLorship of the workins gLass and theeventual achievement of a eofnmr-rni.sL-so riebvY . - tt I,trH#demonstrations on LL/L 74B5g:ggling a :pgg-ch bi3/ Ls /_75, - Ehe ebrrimoiL'M"iiaEEtl6iff tnUel ;;: ;F;'s;""a, wiLhthe Youth Against War and Fascism (t'AWg') s & dernbnstratibn atthe Balrimore City Council protesLing fhe laek of jobs forthe uqemployed anil Ehe rrone| being sfent on the wai etfggpryabroad. - ', . '.- -..4l-d$t""- (nncrsrgRpD MArL) 's $ftAH 21 lsls 1'4a --

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    OPTIONAL FORM NO. tOJULY t973 EotTtoNGsA FPMR (4t cFRt tor-tt.6UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT oaMemorand,umDIRECTOR, FBI

    Since March, L975, the Baltimore Marxist Group(BMG) r co-spoosored on 3 /LT /75 with the Youth Against l{arand Fascism (YAWF), a demonstration at the Baltirnore CityCouncil protesting unempLo)rynent. 0n 4/3/75,advised that one BMG member attended a meeting of 0ctoberLeague(0L)and0LFro@1dinBa1timore,Mary1andon4/3/z,s.0n4/15/lsUadvisedthatanotherBMG.b2member attended an 0t Transportation Corunitt@ bTDBaltimore, Maryland on 4/L5/75. 0n 6/6/75, | |advisedthatgMccorrespondedwithRevo].utioffiad-quarters in Chicago, Il-linois on one occasion during the periodMarch , 19 7 5 through NIay, 19 7'5 .on B/s/7s advised that BMG currentLyfollows the same Marxist theory as YAWF and some nernbers hold

    dual membership in BMG and YAIfF. Source further advised thatBMG members fancy thernselves as Marxists scholars and devotethe najority of their time to discussing Marxist theory. Sourceadded that there is no indi cation BMG has a formal- organi zationaLstructure as of no$r inasmuch bs BMG colLects no dues and hasno publications associated with it..LEAD:

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    1. Will attenpt to develop further information regardingcaptioned group to determine its i,ttilosophy and/or 3#F,e&FritI***.for viol-ehce.cLAqsIFTED qy s86s #:u" AUG rB 1e75f; XF ffi ' $SHTBgi' f tFlS#L-i n d d r inTffi

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    UR BALTI I4ORiOnz./ /'/d(J / // ' .ED TO.{SffifJ"-E3cR0{/iD . ALr" Bu r 3s DE r'40 NSTRA T0 Rs LEF T r *tjrt ,PaW* ycITY POI.ICE DEPARTI},ISNT CARS AI.]D o*uftfi$T-I,1,AGC[I RESP oK,

    illG)o 0N iYiARCH 17, 1975r IS !tt',lPr 00 : BALTIi'10RE.A SOURCE 'JJHO HAS.DROVIDED RELiABLE II,iFORI'IATION IN THI PAST

    ADVISED THAT AB0UT vts PERSOr]Se REPRESENTING YA[,,F AND Bt{G, TRIEDTO DISRUPT BALTI MORE CIT.Y COUNCIL iiiEETING, HELD 5Ifrb Pill' I'IAR T7 ,1975 AT 26 S0UTH CALVERT ST,r BALTIT'I0RE. SOME MEMBERS OCTOBERLEAGUE (OL) ALSO PRESET,iT"

    A SPOKES}IA II FOR YAIf F A ND BilG DI SRUPTED COUTICIL |YIEETI NG BYASKI iqc FOR FL00R. CITY CoUNCIL REFUSED T0 YIELD FL00R, BUTSPCKTSiIAN PERSISTED BY DEMANDING COUNCiL PASS FULL Ei'iPLOYI4ENT ACTTO I$ISURE JOBS OR MONETARY, COIYIPENSATIOii FOR ALL. BALTlI'IORE CITYCOUIICIL THEN ADJ0URNgD I4EETINC AT 5t45 PM BECAUSE 0F UI,IRULY

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    oF DrsruRBANcE. rHESE 30 IERSoNs srl'.fiE4"yicxEr DEi'lo.NSrRnri'Slft4{hfl}d97&s0UTSIDE BUILDING r,,ITll SIcNS READING :,'U.S. UflFAlR"r-'CITY GlEilfSFlprr#.rq,cic*.G,rNON-NEGOTIABLE'', ''U"S, FAILS iTS OBLIGATiOi.IS". g SECOND YAIIF-fND PAGE ONE6e^rf {*+;^ {)*V 3 '{" ct $ S I.,iFt,A6th*j,r,llc'r (t,s5 r 6 "s) (b*;*f,i f t aTts",rlytt ff\,fiffi

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    PAGE THOBA tgfr - ilEi''BIqG SPOKESMAN DEI{OUNCED -U.S.' II'IPERIALIST{" DURlNG DEtlIONSTRATION.DEI{0NSTRATION BROKE UP 6:30 PM tlIiTH N0 INCIDENTS 0R ARRESTS'

    YOUTH AGAINST I.IAR A ND FACISM (YAWF) IS YOUTH GROUP OF I'IOR-KERS IIORLD PARTY ('W[.IP}.

    I,JI,'P FOUNDE,D I959 GENERALLY SUPPORTS PEOPLES REPUBLIC OFcHI NA lt,l ITS IDEoLOGICAL DIFFERENCES UirH S0VIET UNIoN. ultP D0ESNOT OPENLY ADVO.CATE VIOLENT OVERTHROI'' OF U.S. GOVEBNI'IENT, BUTBELIEVES SUCH VIOLENI OVERTHROI' I NEVi TABLE. OBJECTI VE OF IJIIJIP I STO DIRECT AND SEIZE CSIJTROL OF REVOLUTION I'JHEN IT OCCURS.

    ON DEC I?,,. Ig7 4, A SOURCE WHO HAS PROVIDED RELIABLE I NFOR-MATI0N Iil ltt PAST srA?rD BALTIIT0RE r4AR;{ISI GRoUP IS Sl'lALL GR0UPOF I NDIVIDUALS EXPELLED FROI.l YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIA l.!Cg (YSA) I NhlA.SHI NGTCNe DoC.. EXPULSI0N RESULTED FROf'J IDEOL0GIC4L DISPUTEBETl'IEEI\i YSA AND Bi'lc CONCERi\I]NG INTERNATIONALiST TENDENCY OF BI'lGME F1BE RS .

    YSA IS YOUTH GROUP OF SOCIALIST I'ICRKERS PARTY ( SIJIP) .SI{P IS REVOLUTIOI{ARY TNOTSKYlST*CO I4I'1U NIST ORGA NI ZATIO N HEAD-

    QUARTERSD IN NE'J YORK CITY. ITS PUNPOSE IS OVANTHRO}' OF U.SOc0VERNHENT AltD' 1I\ISTITUTION 0F DIcTATORSHIP 0F l,iORKI NG CLASS' ANDEVENTUAL ACHIEVHENT OF A COMMIJNIST SOCIETY. SI.IP DOES I.IOT OPENLYEt'lD PAGE Tl'J0

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    PAGE THREEBA LgA ! NE}IADVSCATE USE 0F VIoLE NcE T0 0 VERTHRO',d U .S . G0 VERNMENT r BUT FEELSWOLENT REVoLUTTOp IS INEVITABLE. S'rP SEEKS T0 SEIZE CoNTRoL',ANDDIRECT REVOLUTION hIHEN IT OCCURS'

    0gTSBER LEA6UE (0L), F0RtlED 1969, L0s ANGELEST qALIF.r As IN-FoRi'htl-GRoup 0F fiiARXIsr-LENINisT iNDIvIDUALS ITIITH PURPOSE 0F IN"STTLLI NG IN WORKING CLASS T4ARXiST-LENI NSIT PHiLOSOPHY' OBGAN'IZEDNATI0 NALLY LATE t9? I T0 F0RN NEI'I l'lA0IST 0RIENTE'D C0 tYllt'lu NI$T PABTYrN u.s. tjITH puRposE 0F DIREcTING TJoRKINc cLAss AND OPPRESSED'ltll-I{ORITIES IN }IILiTARY INSURRECTION TO ESTABLlSH NE}j PROLETARIANSTATE. OL LEADERS AI'ID }IEMBERS HAVE VISITED PEOPLES REPUBLIC OFcHINA (pRc), AND HAVE REcEIVED FINANcIAL SUPPORT FROt'l PRc.

    '-fADi'll NISTRATI VE: n/b?DSOURCES ARE ANDNO LHIYI TO FOLLOi'J I N VI Et,'l O F ABO VE '

    RESPECTIVELY"

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    fuIemorandumDTRECTOR, FBr Cl05 -280411)sAc, BALTTMORE (100_32513 )f)O4BALTIMORE MARXIST GROUPINTERNAL SECURTTYOQ: BAI,TIMOBE

    @ Bureau CRI4) :s-ss2 - BaltimoreJLM: las(4)

    g.?Il-6lrAL FoRfrr No. roJULY reTs EotrroN -L -GsA F'MR ror Cinr 10r-rr.6 |uNrrED STATES covgRrWfei,rr tDArE: I2/L9/75

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    Re BA Iet to FBIHQ dated B/I3/75.Since August I L975 | the Baltimore MarxistGroup (BMG) has participated in the followingactivities:On 8/23/75 BMG attended a d.emonstration inBaltimore, Maryland to protest crA activities in Angolaand Portugal . This d.emonstration was also attended-bymembers oF Youth $gainst war and Facism (yAwF). on9-/6 /7 5 BMG ' YAWF , ' Socialist Workers (SWP ) and rnternational :Workers Party' (rwp) sponsored a combined demonstration . jin Baltimore to protest crA activj-ties in Ango]a and ,,HPortugal , Qn-9/22175 BMG co-sponsored a mee[,ing in o{*Baltimore with the rwp, yAw:F aira october League (of,) . f 'The purpose of this meeting was to forrn a committee tosupport the Portuguese revolution, on 9/29/75 BMG andrwP met in Baltimore to discuss the formatibn of acommittee to support Lhe portuguese revolution. onLL/6/75 BMG was Ltre main sponsor at a meeting inBaltimore which was also altended by members -of sVfp,fWP and the Communist Party, USA. fhig meeting concerned,support of the portuguese revolution,.

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    AT BALT]MORE MARYLANDrhe acrivi[i::'":TflE?n estabrished sources, follow

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    Report mcrde bySAChqroctar(hNTTN.,IORE MARXIST GROUP

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    FEDERA BUREAU OF IIIVTSTI IrolfIGA'Investlgctlve Pertod3/Ls-s /3/76

    L^.]l.- lV/U Y{INTERNAL SECURITY

    SUMMARYNon- Pro s ecut iveREFERENCES:

    Baltimore letter to the Bureau, L2/L9/75,-P-ADUI.NISTBATIVE:

    This reporL is classified CqHn-Lirf - Category 2order to protect BA T-t through BA T-10 and BA T-LZ throughT-L7 .Information copy furnished Los Angeles inasmuch asthey are national headquart.ers of RMOC.A11 individuals ment,ioned in this report asmembers have been the subjects of invest,igations and com-munications have been sent to Lhe Burealr.

    Off!.ce of OrlglnBALTIMORE

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    Approved ffi \- Speclol Agentln Chcnqe Do not wrlte ln spqces belowCoples mqde:5,)- Bureau ( 105- 280411) (nu)f U.S. Secret Serviee,BalLimore (nu)I - Los Angeles ( inro ) (nu)2 Baltimore ( 100- 326L3)

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    {"-," 'i f,i.. - t.;*(CharaeherLzaLion of YAI{F and VB are containedin the Appendix attached hereto)

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    IBA 100-32613

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    aL a BalLimore area eollege on Noverrrber L7 , L974,. Planstr a JJaI t]-more aTea eol J.ege on NovemDer L I t +Y | 4t E ralluwere discussed for distriEution of Lhe groupts demands via

    0n November 6, L97/+, members of BMG meL inBa.lLimore with the Revoiutionary Student Brigade (nSn) ' \RCP and U. S . China Peoples Friendship As sociatio4 (USCPI'A)to dj-sclfss plans for dbmonsLraLing againg! U: Q..Imperj-alismWere dLSCtlS Sed XOf dIStrLDUE,l-On OI trne group S cLeIIELrrcr:i vleafleL. The planned demonstration.will tt?y" Lhre.e maindemands: 1) VicUory to the Palest,inian Liberation Struggle2) An end i:o U. S . Imperial ism and Zionist Aggres s i.on inthe l"liddte EasL 3) Zionism is the enemy and not the JewishPeople. Jews and Arabs must unit,e t,o defeaL Zionism.

    (ea r- 1(Chara eLerLzations of RSBcontained in the APPendixBMG co- sDonsored with the Int,ernational Wo::kersParuy (fWp) and Woikers World Party. (WWP) a meeLing inBatji-more on Se.'temher 22, T97 5. This meet'ing was leadUy of Lha BI{G and concerned formatj-on ofa' imn to support Ehe revoluLion in PorLugal.

    (sa r-6 on 9/22/75)(Characterizations sf IWP and WI{P are eonLainedin the Appendix attached hereto)On September 29, L975, _members of BMG and IWPmeL in Baltimore to discuss'the fo.rma't,ion of a coalitionLo support Lhe Portuguese Revolu.tion. The meet'ing r^7a'schairbb by of the BMG.

    (se r- 6 on 9 / 29 /l's)on November 6, L975, in Baltimore, .LhP B]{G andmembers of the IWP, SWP and Communist' Sarly (CP) USA met

    bo discuss tt; tett6luLion in Portugal. BMG was the maintpoo"or of this meetin.g which sonsisted of a qPeltionanswer session concernlng ways the groups sarl help t'heanswer session concerning ways - t'he gro-upsPortuguese- left. The maLn r-eply was foi the groups t'o

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    on LL/8/74)and USCPFA areattached hereto )

    a question and

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    BA 100- 326L3demonst,rate against, the U.S. intervention,CIA. especially the

    (na T-1 on LL/7/75)0n Februariy 20, L976, it, was learned thaL BMGis currently sponsoring weekly ldarxist, educat,ionals inBalt,imore.

    (na T- 6 on 2/ 20 /7 6)III. DEN{ONSTMTIONS AND MISGELI,ANEOUS AFFAIRSd emon s tr ar?3#;"8" I hl? I t i"uilf "?E3 r't$d i ; ffi:fii: ='u aT-13 onT-L4 on

    0n March L7, T975, BMG and YA\,ilF oo-spollsored ademonst,raLi-on in Balt,imore to prot,esE unemployment. Thegroup marchgd on City Hall and'disrupted a' city councilmeet,ing by demanding the floor. Fbllowing their .march onCity Hall the group picketed ouLsi-de and demanded an endto U. S. Imperialism. (nl r-13 on 3/L7/75)

    BMG and YAI,IF held a combined demons tration inBaltimore on July 9, L975, Lo protegt scheduled evict,ioltsof tenants by th-e Baltimore City Police Department. During,the demonstration a fight, broke out between. demonst,:iat,ors andpolice, vrhereupon 15 inaividuals were arres.t,eci.(aa T- 13 on 7 /L0 /l S1

    On August 23, L975, BMG and YAI,trF co-sponsored ademonsLrat,ion in Baltimore Lo protest U.S. inLervention inAngola and Porfugal. During lhe demonstr.ation individuals_with bull horns denounced the U. S. Government, and sLat,ed that,

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    C'NFMENTIAL/\BA 100- 326L3YAI,ilF and BMG will "work to Lurn theher t,o her knees. tt

    0n september 6, L975, BIVIG part,iclPale$ with theIWp, yAI,,trF, I{!,rp ind sI,rP in a demonstrat,ion in Baltimore to;;;i";i UiS. intervent,ion in Portugal and Angola.(ne r-6 on 9/9/75)A demons tration in oPPo s iLion Fg -!he - U . S . invo lve-ment in angofa *ui held on Feblirary ?!,t 1,979t in_B3ltimore.This demoni1raL,ion was sponsored by BMGr Ytrf,LL and WVIP. Du'ringthe demonJiration ldarxist, Leninist and oLher Comnnrnist Litera-Lure was displayed for sale.

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    (se r- 6(ea r- IDuring May, L975, it was learned thaL t'he BI'IGhas been corresionding with the RCP in Chicago '(sa r-L7 on 6/6/75)

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    around and bringorl 8/23/75)on 8/28/75)

    on 2./2L/l07on 2/23/76)

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    I A PPEFtr D lx $i ffiWlq#f; fff# tRE.VOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PARTY, USA .

    On Octcber l, 1975, the Revolutionary Union (RU)publiclv announced the formation of the Revolutionaryeomrmrnilt, Party of USA (RCP). The RU, a militant seiri-coverl Marxis t- Leninist revo lutionary organizat,ionideologically orient,ed towards the People's Repbulic ofGhina ind th-e teachings of Chairrnan I,lAb Tse-tuirg, hadas one of its main objectives, the founding of the RCP,and rvith Lhe announcemenL of the formation of the RCP, theRU, as an organization, dissolved. Membership in the- RCP iscomposed prtmarily of individuals who had previousJ.y beenmembers of the RU.The RCP has pubLished a bookLet encitled "Programmeand Constitution of the Revolutionary Connnunist Party, USA."Ttris booklet states rrThe progralrirne is both a declaration ofVar on the ruling class aird i battle plan for the workilgclass of this cor:ntry" The cenLral task of the Revol"utionaryCofimunist Party t,oday, as the Party of the U. S. rvorkingclass, is Eo birild Lhe struggle, ciass consciousness andrevolutionary unity of the io6rking class, and develop itsleadership oir a brirad united fronE againit the U. s.-irnperiali-sts..Tlris meani the masses of rvorkers rnus E rise in arrns, for6ibtysmash and dismant,le the armed forces and political apParatusof the bourgeoisie and create in their place Lhe organs ofpower of the armed rvorking class."The ConstituLion of the RCP states "The Revol.utionaryCommrnist Party takes l4arxism-Leninism, l4A0 Tse-tung thoughLas the theoret-ical basis guiding its thinking. The basicDroqrarnme o fuhe Revolut,ionarv Comrmrnist Party is the compleLebveithrow of the boureeoisi6. the estabLishmlnt of thedictatorship of the pioletariau in place of the dictatorshlp'of the bourieoisie aird the triumph bf socialism over capitalism.The ultimatE aim of the ParLy is'the reaLization of cominr:ni sm. "Members of the RU. the predecessor and founder ofthe RCP, have been identifi;d as Lollecting weapons whileengagini in firearms and guerriLla rvarfare craining. The RCPis'hEadduartered in l"Iavwo5d. IlLinois, and utiLizes the samemailing'address as was ueilized by the RU.

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    r APPENDIX trffffiffimff$tVIETNA]'I VETERAI..IS AGAINST THE WAR/w$T.$lr_sgrpryn-..03,g$tu;?.4f Lon_,(w4Eluso)

    itte WAI^I, forined in L967 by Vietnam veterans toprotest lJnited States invo,lvement in the war in SoutheastAsia (changed name to WAWfi{S0 in 1973 to inclutle non-vLeransas members ) , has sponsored numerous anti-govenrrment demonstra-tions, qome resulting in violenee. The WAI^Ifi^ISO Nat,ionalOffici (nO) and some-key ehapt,drs are infilfrated and influencedby Ehe militant, Revolutionary Union (RU) organization, and_WAW/WSO leaders have told members that WAW/WSO is a revolution-ary organizat,ion, not "jusi: another group of war veLerans.tlThe current I'IarxisL-Leninist-MaoisL oriented N0, which promoteseducation of the rnembership in Marxist-Leninist-Maois! doctrineand direcLs the organizaEion int,o political growL,h along thesieme lines, has at,-WAW/WSO National Steerinf Cornrnittee-MeeLi-ngs(lqSCU), in-L97t+, portrayed WAI'i4fS0 as a mass anLi-inperialisLorganization and a vanguard of the revolut,ion evenLr:ally createdby the masses.WAViIWSO leaders voted at the December, L974 NSCM toalign WAWf{SO vrith the RU, which organization follor,rs a strict,l{aoist, f.ine desi$ed Lo being abouL violenL revolution in theUnit.ed SLaLes.

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    srou' of ,f,3"rl3Ht'3 ?"*3li::'ollla;.?u'[Iii) n'":l: tol'nEo"*[a in-Octobrs J-957, and is curi:enLfy headquarferedin New york CiLy.' It piopagapdlBeg the be liefs of theSlfP among the y6uth, airO is-the main source of*tsotlu,i.,trn6nt, ,i.ni:o .the S[^I]". . The .SI'JP.. ls 'e .revo.trrrbionax7,Tro Lskyis L-cornfrrirnis t, organiza.tion rvhiclr, has as igs. purposbe the .overthfosv of lhe Un.iLed SUates Governmentboa'Lhe'insti.tution' of a dictatorship qf tile working cla-ssana Lhe *rtune.iai achievemenL of a comnnunisL Society"'

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    a \/CONFryENTIALAPPENDIX

    The fnternationaList Tenclency, (IT), supports the -{najority position of the Fourth Interniiidnai, (fij, a{ rvorlclwide Trotskyist-comnunist movement, which advocates $-l u-se of curTent guerrilla warfare in Latin Arnerica and else - , liwhere. The IT was_a ninority_ group.within the Socialist - t. Itlorkcrs Party, (SI,iP) , until the sunmer of 1974 when thdSWPexpe11edsonte.fo11owersoftheIT1inec1.aimingthatthpy were attenpting to advance their views in secrecyvrj,thin the SWP and had breeched SIttP cliscipline. The SI{.Pallegecl that the IT had becpne a party within a party.Many of those affiLiatetl with the IT have beeu reintegrated -into .the SrtIP uncler pressure frorn thb'FI conditionall.y onterms agreeabl"e to respective SitrP brancb nerrrbershipsThos6 reintegratecl are on a probationary status in the'SlWwhere they are under the burdens of SfiiP discipline anclpayr.ent of S1VP clues but they Co not have the right to voteor actively participate in SI{P nreetings. Those not ,"i';ireintggrated have either joined other established Trotskyist.groups ox are attenpting to forn a successor to the IT.Those indi.viduals r.rho would forn a successor to the ITcal-L thenselves the Revo lutionary. i'{arxi s t Organizing Coi:nmittee,(Ri'{0C), or the Revol-utionary l,larxist Organizing Group, (R1'{0G).Sesides IT fol-lorvers, they include individuals affiLiatedwith'the Socialist Uiiot in Los Angeles and the tsaltituore Il.{arist Collective in Bal.tirirore. They are affiliated j 1with IT rnenbers ilr other cities bui currently have no central. r Ioffice. They disagree r.rith t5e SltPts enphasis on the Iflrecruitnrent of rrrol'kers and they continue to support thel$ajority position of the FI for the advocacy of currentjguerriJ.la narfare in Latin Arnerica.

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    o APPEIVDIX mtisruWrreLSOCIATIST WORKERS PARTY

    The Socialist.trrlorkers Party (Sl.lp) is a revolutipnary,Trofskyist-communist organization, whieh is headquartered inNew Yolk City. ILs purpose! as stated in its Declaration ofPrinciplesr, is the overthrotv of ttre U. S. Government and theinst,itution of a dictatorship of the workirrg class and theeventual achievement of a communist society. It, was for:nded in1938 and mainLains close association wiLh internationalTrotskyist organizations as a ttsympathtziogt' group, buL itdenies formal membership in any foreign group Eo escapeapplication of Ehe Voorhis Act,, which regulates certain !y!esoi- orgartLzations subject to foieign contiol. trrlhile the SI^IPdoes not openly advocate the use of violence at the presenttime to ovbrthi:ow the U. S. Government, it believes Lhateventual violent revolut,ion in the U. S. is inevitable. Ifs'object,ion to the currenL use of violence is based on tbp 81_oundUhat it believes violence is premaLure at Lhj-s time. The SI{Pseeks to precipitat,e a revolulion r.rhen condj.Lions.are- rlpg andto seize Lontrbl of the revoluLion and Lo direct it rvhen it occurs

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    The i{orkers League (FIL; vras founcled in Lg64 byexpe lled mernbers of another Trobsl;yis tr*cofiiiflrrnis t,organizat,ion. Orisinal].y called. flre America.n CommitLeefoi the Fourl:h lnt6rna.tibnalo it, cllariged its name Lo theWL durin.g Novcrnber r L966 " I Es pbj ectir,'e is LheesLablislfonent, of ,an Ame;cica.n lai:oi pa.rbv based onMar:tis E-Leninis t 'doci:rin.: c"ncl the tbachi'rlg$ of LEONTROTSiry" The. national headquarters ls located inNeirr Yclrk Citl'. I"ihile Lhe [,It does noE openl3' advocatethe violent, bver:th.rovr of the Unibed States Government abEhis Eime or violations of other FederaL or staLe lals,. the XdL does. believe thaL evenLu.al ,rziolent, revolution EooverLhro'.v Lhe presenE eapitalis u sys tern of lTovernmenb inthe United S tates is inevitable " ttre obj ecilive of iheWt is Lo o::ganize & rrrembership Lo ta.ke act,iorr Loprecipitate"such a revolut,ion" vihen corrditions are ripebncl cb direet, ariA seize control of the revolution whbnig occlt'f$ o

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    FOURTH INTERNATIONAL

    The FourLh lnternational. (nf; was fo'.mded in1938 At, Paris, France, embodying the ideological posit,ionof Leon Trot,sky of "continuing revolution" in Lbuapplication of- l,{arxism. The F I is the largest Trotskylstgioup with worLdwide represenLaLion' The SoeialisLI'Iorkers ParLy (SWp), a U.S. based TrotskyiqL Bloupr -parLicipat,es- in FI acLivities and leads a faction of theitl, ellL,hough it does not maintain formal membership^i+ theFI: The d5ninanf fact,ion of the FI, in February, L97Lvctook fhe posieion of favoring the current usg of guerrillar.larfare anC arrned struggle to aehieve a revolution inLatin Ameri-ca if local-condit,ions indicate Lhat, suehviolence would enhance the revolution.

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    rus-ffi,4s9-JaggJ$gThe Yauth Al:airrsg l,.lar and lraseisin (yil't''lF) is f;ireysrrth grouip CIf the l.ia'ilcers llcrl,J Pa:rtp'{tn^lp)" 'It 1\Ii1$f ctrrneO.''io i;hc Sur,:ner cf i962 erncl :i,s cir::::ei:t 1,1'hceclquai:Lered j.n Ll'er,,' Yorlt Cit:y".. ].ir Frlp?.9ancli.z.es - Lhel>e i i,.e f s cf tl:e i'ii.,Til tril{trt& Ltie }'cr-li:h e !n{ i-s tfte main s surceqf, t:o.crrjii:r:it*:r-1; {.11:g !-,1::-"i.1-1,?u - "i]l1e ljiiP i..: tt 'frtli:.sJc",.ig{:-

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    I APpHr\rmn)( frwffi{Ifl,[VENCBRBMOS BITIGADEEel#

    The venceremos- Brigade (vn; was formed in June o1959e in eooperation r,rirh L,h; Cubin Government to,show rsupport for a successfu.l communis L revolution arv,goyer?meqt and to encourage Anrericdn youth to tlavel. uocuba in defiance of a ben-on trb-vel to cuba bv-theunited s tates DeparLment of s tate . The vB sei,Lspart.i-cipat,ion of subvers_ive peopLe in the United Statesobased on their supporL for the bomniu.nist regj-me and 'desire to aid in hb,rvesr:ing agriculeural prdducts andconsLruct,ion of housing in"Cu6a. TEe Vn iras, si"ieA itrvill seelc to educate pdopLe about imperialism and fosiura revolut,ion against LL.- Individual^members of the VBhave made statdment, to the effeeL thaL the qost,significant, effecL of the Brigade rvould be io build arevolutionary movernent, in the-United .States around thosewho_ go to Cuba, The VB ut,ilizes a quest,ionnaire to screengpplieanb-s and reeruifment, for member'srrip in recent,Frigades has favored individuals rvith subversj.vebaekgrounds o ' rE is knor.nn that of ficials 'of the cubanGovernrnent have played a dominant and decisirre role in Lheformulat,ion of Vb pbtiey and in seleetion oe Vg- iJaclersand mentbers for relent Vg contingenl:s " VB members aretcnorrn . to have been conLac L,ed by rlarious hos ti le - - -ipte.lligence services rvhiie iir'Cubr."nd it is lcnown thatEhe VB is being used by bhese inLelligence services foi-spot,ting purposes, as i.iell as recruiting intelligence,?geqts and supporl personnelo The vB i; currentiyheadquartered in New york City.

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    o APPTNDIXREVOLUTIOT\ARY STTIDENT BRIGADE

    In November, L975, the RevoluLionary Student, Brigade(nsn) announced it, wai traniforming itslef fr6m an anti-imferialist,gtqganizatrion int,o a revolufionaTy cornmunist organizat,ion. TheRSB announced it was to be the ybuth organizat,ion of LheRevolut,ionaTy Commr-rnist ParLy (fr,CP) and-as such will help bringpeople int,o the "sLrugglei' aird help build the revolut,ionarymovement. Memberg of - ihe RsB are ro consider Lhernserves asconununisLs. As Lhe official youth group of the RC'P, the RSBadheres t,o the policies and objeetives bf the RCP, wh-ich. i4cludethe overthrorv of the U. S. GovernmenL by f orce and violence andthe ultimat,e establishment, of a dictaLorbhip of the proletariatbased on Marxist,-LeninisL-Maoist principles .As of March I, Lg76, the headquarLers of the RSBwas locaLed in Chicago, Illinois.

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    ffimffrytril{TtftLUNITED STATES-CHINA PEOPLES'FRIENDSIIIP ASSOCIATION

    Ttre United Stat,es-China Peoples t FriendshipAssociation (USCpf'A), f ormerly known as Ehe l,]niEed SLates-China Friendship Associat,iorr was founded during L97l atSan Francisco, California, piimarily as a front grogP fq,pro-dainese cilmrm:nisL propaganda and a regruitmenL fieldior the Revolut,ionary iinibn-(nU) , a basj-c l"farxist-LeninisL-lfaoist, revo"lut,ionary organizaLionr.which is now knorsn as theRevolut.ion a'ry Comnruiri-sE*ParEy (nCi') . Ih" USCPFA was previously. .cornprised of- loosely knit autonomous c'haptels and was ifrqLrumentalin irrqngipg delegaiions for tra.vel to the PeoPles Republic ofChina (PRC).Ttre emersence of a national USCPFA organizationfollowed a "NationIl f'ounding ConvenLion" held at Lqs AngeleqrCalifomria, during the Fa1l 5e L974. A st,aLement g{_ptincipleswas adopte8 with Efte pubticly stated goal of fhe USCPIIA "to buildactive lnd lasting friendshi! based on muLual understanding.betrveen rhe-t;;pffi oi Lhe unit,ed Stafes and ttt" people of ehina."USCPFA has a- l5-member National SLeering Commit,teq, of whomapproxi-nrately onu-fraif are also RCP mbmbg1g, which- is responsiblefbi' all po1i6y marLers eoneernilg the USCPFA and slt".pub1icaLionof the oigani2arloni u - *.gazine "New China. " The chaiiperson andpublic sp6kurman for USCFTI has been idenfified as a member of LheitCp. A iaLionaL of f ice has been esLablisired in Los Angeles tCalifornia, and has assumed responsibiliLy for mailLaiqing

    relationships with appropriaLe PnC agencies regarding__qgl1Tetravel delelations tb" thl PRC. Some-ehapters .of Lhe-USCPFA havebeen icientiii"a as being completely contiotled or dominaLed bythe RcP.

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    ,l., The Vo lume 5 ,t.ional l{orkqr ntt organ ofreflecLs that, the II^IP islead - th.e working cJ-ass,international s ocialis t,his t,orical period o "

    0n Augus t 29 ,II{P e comprised of f ormerLabor Committees (tqCfC),

    INTERNATIONAL IIIORI(ERS PARTY0c tober 1I , L97 4 is sue of "Interna.-Lhe InceriaLional htorlcers Party ( tUtf ; ,an organi.za.tion tuhose purpose is tttoemployed arrb unemployed, Lorevolution in Lhis immediaLeLg74e a firsL source advised Ehat th.ernembets of the NaLional Caucus ofseparated itself from the group i-n

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    August,o L974, bo become Lhe vanguard parEy of the rvorlcingclas s " Tl'ris s ource ftrrther advised L,haL r,rhile sharing nanyof{:hevj-ervsoftheNCLc,LireII\rPhascriticizedt,haLgIoppfor being idealis uic and paranoidu and eharges itseJ.f , 'tas 'icommunis ts , rvith Lhe imm.eilia{:e necess ity of leading bhe clasto seize po\,rer ilrorn a ea.pitaList c.Lass Lurr:ed fascist b]tseni.litrt.tt The source sl,aeed LhaL Lhe II'IP. headouarl-ered inclasssenility"" The source staUed Chat the II'lPo headquarl-ereNevr. York Citv " has besun es tab lishins eiehL resional cenevr. York Cityo has bqgun es tablishing eighL regional cenbersth::oughouL Lhe Uni Led - S taLes"o

    0n OcLober I, L974s a secondthe Na t.i onal' I{eadqrrar Lers o f Lhe IlfP is17 Lh S i:ree L, Neiv York Ci by c .

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    )otffi,WilffiI^IORIGRS }IORLD PARTY

    The lforlcers World Party (I^JI,IP) rvas foundeci inL9.59 by formeE menrbers of ano.ther Trotslryist-communisborganization vrho disag::eed wibh the policies of thatorganizati-ano The I{l,fP advocaLed uncondit,ional supporiof. fihe Soviet, Union a.nd the building af a revolubionaryparty to overthrow eapitalisrno Tnte l^ll^lP also called forpeaceful soLut,ions Eo Sino-SovieL disputes; hor^'everp theI-lFlP.norr generally supports the People's Republie ofCliina in-its i'de6logilal- differenebs rvith i:tre Soviet,Uni-on" The l,rr{dP nacional headquart,ers is located inNerE York City" i{hile fhe l^lhrP -does not openLy advocaLeLhe violent overthrow of tire Uniced States Goveunmentat, this timer or violaLions of o{:her FederaL or gtateLavrse bhe IWIP does believe thaE eventuaL violentrevolulion to overthro\s the present capitalist sysLem ofgovernment in the United States is.inevitable" Theobj ect,ive of the I^llArP is to organize a membership to takeact,i.on to 'preeipitate suc.h a ievolution wlien ccndiLionsare ripe and Lo direct and seize control of the revoluLionwhen it, occurs

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    SUBJECT: BALTIMOREIS - SWP MARXTST GROUP (sMc)

    During this meeting, Los Angeles was designat,ed as the nationalcenter and it was decided that, a comrade from Los Arrgeleswould handle Ehe finances of RIt{gC.'"," r t #- u,;.-,,.,Irt- {Ex.1t51ri0 ^Ae i'=-j.'LI.h9n /.nzr?.rm*nFn rrr-r \4l\ l-,/y- Bureap (nncrsrgRgD MArL)l/r'r rr - 1 r- J -^- ^

    meeting of the International Tendency (IT) Organizlrlg .Committee r{as held in Balti.more, l"traryland on L0/25-26/75.During this meeting, delegates from IT organizations Lhrough-ouL the U.S. adgpted the name Revolutionaxy MarxisborganizingCommit,Lee (RI40C) and encouraged all chapters to drop theirown names and adopt, the name R}4OC. However, most of the localgroups such as the BI,IG, Socialist, Union and Houston ITdecided to cont,inue to use their orrn names for identificat,ion.

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    In referenced Los Angeles conmunieation, LosAngeles advised the Bureau, UACB, that, they felt RMOCdid not reflect exi-sLence of a new organizaLion at. thaLlime and would continue to report activibies of the IT(hence RMOC) under the SI{P capti.on.Since the BMG is in actuality a chapter of theRMOC and since Los Angeles is reporting the RMOC under theSI{P, it is felt that, justificatibn, for-continued inves.t,igat,ionwould hinge on justifi.cation of full investigaLion of theSlfP. Consequently, UACB, Baltimore wiLl noL-prePare a

    slilrunary in LHM folm as just,ificafion for fulI inyesLigaLiorr.Balt,imore will, however, conLi-nue to investigat,e and reportsignificant, activities of the BMG.

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    .t' -sufq1t?)'j['tiFtql rr..1lr, T.J : \\11r; I$tur #rvithin the SIYP and had breeched SIIP discipline.SIlrP alleged that the IT had become a party withinparty. Many of those affiliated with the IT havereintegrated into the SIIIP unde5 pressure from theThek"" c,qYlwconditionaLly on terrns agreeable to respective SltP brancE--------**-*mernberships. Those reintegrated are on a probationarystatus in the SII/P rvhere they are under the burdens of SMdiscipline and payrnent of SYIP dues but they do not have theright to vote or actively participate in SlyP mee$ings, Thosenot reintegrated have either joined other established irotskyistgroups or are attempting to form a successor to the fT,Those individuals who would form a successor to the IT

    caLI themseLves the RevoLutionary ldarxist Organizing Commi,ttee(nmOC) or the Revolutionary lfarxist Organizing Group. (nmOC) ,Besides IT foLlowers, they include individuals affiLiatedwith the Socialist Union in Los Angeles and the BaltimoreMarxJ.st Collective ln Baltimore. They are aff iliated rvithIT members in other cities but curuently have no central office,They disagree with the SIIP I s emphasis on the recruitnent ofontinue to support the maiority positionthe rtA[Edathe a 7-rr..{r't,'Lai.t MUl

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    fuIlsffilERlzArroN oF suBuERsrvE oRGANIzArroNBWl,r*sEe -Fe[.timore Marxist Group (BMG) , also knownas the Baltimore Marxist CoLlective, vas formed in July,L974, by a smalL group of individuals expelled from theYoung Socialiet Alliance (YSA) in lYashlngton, D,C., asa result of an ideo Logical d-i'spute between YSA and gMGconcerning the fnternationalist Tendency (IT) of 'BMGmembers. The BMG is aff lliated rvith the IT.The YSA is the youth group of the SocialistITorkers party (SIf,p) . The Slyp is a revol.uti.onary,Trotskyist-conrmunist organization, headquartered inNew York City, rvhich has as lts. purpose the overthrow'of the U.S. Government and the institution of a distator-ship of the rvorking cLass and the eventual achievement ofa communist society . . . ,'d ^?" gffi Ll I /.iirffie./&g *The IT supports the najority p6sition of theFourth International (FI),, a worldwide Trotskyist-connunlst**lill *ll*;tiii"affi *.f na;;ii;s*;*tl:"ffi';w'";mmgroup withln the SIIP until the sutnmer of 1974 when th6 tZ JUL 22 1976SI{IP expelLed sone followers of the IT line cI g5ffiH

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    G*trMoRE MAruilsr cRouPCHARACTERIZATION OFSI.}BIERS IVE ORGAA]IZATIONINTERNAI SECURITY *"Wltirnore ldarxist Group (BMG), also krown.lvtrarxist Col lective , T{as f ormed in July,oup of individuals expelled fromce (VSe) in Washington, D.i-deoInte d BMGBMGmembers. The HMG is iliat,ed with the W.

    Fourrh r,,r]X1"lTJ;lt?Fl imovement, which advocates ubin Lat,in America and elsewheposition of theTrotskyist-communistof renL guerrilla warfareThe IT was a minorityrtry-(SIdPF until -the

    Lrogroup within thesummer of L97 4 when the SI,ilP led some followers of theIT line claiming that trheyfirer6 \tempting Lo advanee lheirviews in secrecy within trk{e str.IP ail{ had bieeched sWPdiscipline. The SI,ilP all/eeed that19-ciPline. T?re SI,ilP al/eged that 8[e IT ha,d become a partywithin a party. wany t'f Ehose affi\ared with the rT have-been reinlegrbted Ln{o the SI,IP under \ressure from the FIconditionally on rcq4ns agreeable to rllpect,ive SWP branchmgmberships.- Thogd reinEegrated are on\e probationarystaLus in- the swf/where thEy are under tk'burdens of' slnlpL. di-scj.pll.ne and DSyment of SWP dues but thdsr do not have the,,\ right to vote 9L irctivelv participate in SftP meetines. Those.".{" not reintegza,t/ed have either joinid other e}pabllshEd Trotdlqrisr- ^l/\. groups or ar{ attenpting to forrn a succrbssorvo the IT.v wl 311""*:9::*/.0::1:,yhs^::y.11, *n.1:::9::"R:-k- :-b:-rl^*** ** ^ ^

    discipline and gSyment of SIIP dues but,call Ehemsgllves Lhe Revolutionary lrfarxist, 0r call themspllves Lhe Revolutionary l,Iarxist, Orga\zing Comnulttee

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    (nUOC) or the Revolutionary Maixist, Organ\zryg Clqgp^ lnUOq).BesiA6s IT followers, they- include individq.lF affiliaLe dwith the Socialist Uirion in Los Angeles and the BaltimoreMan