DOC RELATES TO PROJECT MERRIMAC (MERRIMACK) - SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT - CALENDAR OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES

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• Document Creation Date: September 12, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2021-01028
• Publication Date: January 30, 1970

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SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT
CALENDAR OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES
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1970
A confidential source of a Government agency has advidsed
that the Black Panther Party is planning some form of unspecified
action early in 1970 on a national level to show the Government that
the Panthers mean business. No details regarding the nature of the
action or the form it will take are currently available. r A I- m (No
*January 26-February 6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Resistance will attempt to close five draft
boards in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area January 26 to Feb- _
ruary 6.
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Vietnam peace movement leaders in the United States and
Canada are being invited to "an unofficial summit meeting" in
Canada to plan action for peace on a worldwide scale. A site in
the Laurentian Mountains, a 30-minute drive from Montreal', has
been selected for the meeting of January 30-February 1. Follow-
ing meetings are planned in Toronto February 4-5 and in Vancou-
ver February 7-8. Invitations are being extended in the name of
the Vietnam Moratorium Committee of Montreal. The occasion
is the visit to Canada of a delirgation under the auspices of the
World Council of Peace. Foreign delegates include Martin
Niernoeller, Protestant cl.wrch leader in West Germany; Krishna
Menon, leftist former defense miniiter of India; and a delegate'
from the PRG of the Re-public of South Vietnam. United States
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Peace activists invited are leaders of the VMC, the NMC, and
individuals such as Rev. Ralph Abernathy of SCLC, Dr. Benja-
min Spock, Dick Gregory, and selected members of the United
States Congress. 0.,.11- I 1 2, Oct -70
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*January 31 to February 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan
A conference on repression will be held at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 31 to February 1.
. SDS at the University is planning a series of demonstrations in
connection with the conference. rill IN 0/4/1 3 .1
February 1970, Washington, D. C.
A second Freedom Rally supporting the U. S. position in
the Vietnam War will be held at Constitution Hall. The February
rally, to be held indoors because of unpredictable winter weather,
will hopefully, according to organizers, have a number of "big
name entertainers" as well as Senators and Congressmen at the
events. ' i'.5h � t :.',1 11'
*February 2, New York City
The trial of 21 Black Panthers charged with conspiring to
murder police and to dynamite department stores anti public build-
ings is scheduled to begin. This trial will undoubtedly generate
considerable press and media coverage and be the scene of much
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*February 2-14, Canada
The Deputy Minister of Information of the Illinois chapter
of the extremist Black Panther Party and another unidentified BPP
member have agreed to appear as speakers in the Black communi-
ties of Halifax and New Brunswick, Canada, for twc? or three days
between February 2 and 14, 1970. These speakers are to discuss
the recent killing of Fred Hampton, Chicago BPP leader, and the
"police oppression of the BPP." This invitation to speak was
made by a member of a revolutionary socialist group in Canada
and it was indicated that b4tween five hundred and one thousand
dollars plug transportation would 1)4. given to the BPP. The BRP
member told the member of the Canadian group that if the BPP
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representatives should be denied entry into Canada, the Canadian
group should take some action against the American Embassy.
*February 3-5, Sacramento, Cello-I-ilia
West Coast National Conference of SDS to be held in
Douglas Hall, Sacramento State College. Members to meet from
0900-1100 hours daily. There has been some indication that Stkte
College authorities were banning use by SDS of any of California's
19 state college campuses for their conv-ention but perhaps they have
withdrawn the order.
*February 3-i, Kansas City, Missouri
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An Afro-American Week will be held at the University of
Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, February 3-R.. Speakers Jill
include Dick Gregory; the Reverend James E. 'Gropoi, who has
been active in the protest movement; the former National Director
for the Congress of Racial Equality; and the Reverend Phillip Lawson,
who is closely associated with the Black Panther. Party.
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February 4, Nationwide � .
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The Committee of Returned Volunteers, which has been
active in protesting the war in Vietnam, plans to sponsor nationwide
demonstrations against the Gulf Oil Corporation on 4 February. A
spokesman for the Committee said that the Gulf Oil Corporation was
selected because of its holdings in Africa which are "exploiting the
African People." The Committee is also considering a "National
action" in Washington, D. C., during the summer of 1970;.the type
of action has not been, decided upon. i;T ix I r: 6.e"
*February 4, Alexandria, Virginia
It was announced that a town meeting on the Vietnam War
will be held on 4 February at T. C. Williams High School, Alexandria,
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*February 4-5, Los Angeles, California
The' Student Mobilization Committee (SMC) which is controlled
by the Young Socialist Alliance, held a conference at Los Angeles,
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California ;� on 24 January. It was decided that a demonstration will
be held at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, on 5 February when
the Vice-President appears at the hotel to address the California
Publishers' Association. Other protest groups will be invited to
participate. The SMC also decided to demonstrate at California State
College, Los Angeles, on 4 February to protest recruiting by the
General Electric Corporation.
*February 5, Miami Beach, Florida
The New Party of Florida and Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom are among organizations to sponsor a demon-
stration at Miami Beach convention hail. ' The demonstration is to
coincide with a Democratic Fund Raising Dinner organized by
Democratic National Committee. Participants will protest tho, Viet-
nam War and Democratic Party politics. Former President Lyndon
B. Johnson and former Vice-President Hubert H. Flumphrey are
expected to attend the affair. .7i- 7e reil (.1V 3:4
*February 7, Washington, D. C.
The Washington Area Teachers Committee Against .the War,
the Student Mobilization Committee, the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, and other grottos are sponsoring
a teachers conference on "Vietnam and the myth of teacher neu-
trality" it Washington, D. c., on 7 February. Julius Hobson,
former District of Columbia School Board member�, will make
the keynote speech. Discussions will be held on "Black Liberation
and the Vietnamese Freedom Struggle," "The Suburban School:
Its Racism," and "Repression as it comes down on teachers and
students." Teachers from the Distnict of Columbia and surround-
ing areas are expected to participate.
*February 9, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraskans for Peace is sponsoring a demonstration at
Lincoln, Nebraska, on 9 February during a visit to that city by
the Vice-P;esident. I /;./ jA/7/7/.3.7, it
*February 13-15, C1eveland4 Ohio
The SMC is sponsoring a conference at Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, February 13-15 to discuss, the future
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of the anti=war movement. The meeting is onen to all youth organiza-
tions and individuals opposed to the war in Vietnam. Participants in
the conference will formulate plans. for protest activities during the
coming spring and will discuss methods to force ROTC from campuses
and methods to end University research for the Government. So far,
workshops are being planned on: United national mass actions, anti-
complicity, struggles on the cimpus, high school organizing, anti-war
GI's, workers struggles and the GE strike, women's liberation, third
world liberation, and legal and political ilefense. Registration will
�begin 5 p.m. 13 February and the conference itself will begin at
10 a. in., Saturday, 14 February.
It may be noteworthy that the Steering Committee of the NMC
is also meeting in Cleveland on 14 and 15 February.
*February 14-15, Cleveland, Ohio
The Steering Committee of the New Mobilization Committee to
End the War in Vietnam will meet at Cleveland, Ohio, on February
14 and 15 to formulate plans to coordinate a movement to recruit high
school students, college students, and a representative number of
Negroes into the anti-war movement. � r ( cE fl 7 /- 2 / - 7 e
-*February 14-21, Washington, D. C., and Chicago, Illinois
The New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Virtnam
plans a series of demonstrations 14-21 February to�support "repressed"
people and to support the defendants in the current Chicago, Illinois,
anti-riot law trial. The Committee met at Washington, D. C., on
21 January and it was announced that the trial would probably end in
February. It was decided that the demonstrations should focus in
Washington, D. C., and Chicago. It was also decided that on
18 February; a demonstration will be held at the Denartment of Justice
Building. The demonstration will include guerrilla theater skits and
mock trials designed to embarrass United States District Judge
Hoffman, who is presiding at the trial, and Government officials.
The demonstrations will be held whether or not the defendants are
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*Fi�bruary 15, New York City
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on. the weekend of 15 February to commemorate the birthday of Huey P.
Newton, Minister of Defense of the BPP who is presently in orison.
A National Guard Armory and a local theater in New York City are being
considered as the possible location for the affair.
*February 16-22, New York City
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The week of February 16-22 will be observed in New York City
as Black Liberation Week to make the community aware of the "grave
peril facing us and to organize new common strategies for our protec-
tion," at least so said a group of black leaders at a news conference in
Harlem on 23 lin-uary. The leaders were from many different politi-
cal and ideological backgrounds, including the New York Urban League,
the CPUSA, the New York Urban Coalition and the United Black Women's
Politica4 League. The week has also been designated as Blacls History
Week.
Seven days of activities are being planned for Black Liberation
Week.
On Monday, February 16, blacks will be asked to stay home
from work or to participate in a fifteen minute work stoppage. They
will be urged not to shop "downtown" department stores that day and
a mass rally is intended at I. S. 201 in Harlem at 10 a.m.
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Day-long activities will also be scheduled for a Black Political
Prisoners' Day; a Black Children of the Struggle Ditty; a Tribute to
Black Mothers of the Struggle Day; and on the 21st the anniversary of
Malcolm X's Assassination. On the 22nd black churches will have
readings of the names of blacks who have been imprisoned or killed
for civil rights activities. v � /- 70
February 21, 22, and Z3, San Pedro, California
The Peace .and Freedom Party held their pre-convention at the
YMCA, 1530 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, on November 28, 29,
and 30. Attendance varied from a low of 15 to a high of 40 persons.
Candidates, for. political office were discussed. There was much �
disagreement, shouting, and the use of four letter words; however,
tfley finally set a date anclolace for their stale convention. At ore-
sent the Peace and Freedom Party.is very splintered and at a fow
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