LESSON PLANS PREPARED FOR 'THE URBAN GUERRILLA' AND CIRCULATED BY SAN QUENTIN INMATES (FROM TERRORISM HEARINGS BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY, PART 1, 93RD CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, - SEE NCJ-17653)

• NCJ Number: 63453
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: EXHIBIT NUMBER 40, SMITH, PUTMAN AND MULLANY TESTIMONY AUGUST 1, 1974

Annotation

STRATEGIES FOR POLITICAL ASSASSINATION, BOMBINGS, AND KIDNAPPING ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS TRAINING MANUAL FOR URBAN GUERRILLA ACTIVITY BY BLACK AMERICANS.

Abstract

'AGITATION,' VIEWED AS THE PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION, SERVES TWO PURPOSES: (1) INFLICTION OF PAIN, NOT NECESSARILY PHYSICAL, UPON THE OPPRESSOR; AND (2) A PUBLIC MODEL FOR THOSE DISPOSED TO AGITATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IS ONE FORM OF AGITATION; POLICE OFFICERS ARE THE PRIMARY TARGETS SINCE THEY REPRESENT THE FRONT LINE FOR THOSE IN POWER. STEP-BY-STEP PREPARATION FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF A POLICE OFFICER IS DESCRIBED. BOMBING OF PUBLICE FACILITIES IS A SECOND FORM OF AGITATION THAT INFLICTS MATERIAL DAMAGE AND CREATES FEAR IN THE POPULACE. KIDNAPPING, PARTICULARLY OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS IN THE UNITED STATES, IS A THIRD FORM USABLE FOR MANIPULATING VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO MEET CERTAIN DEMANDS, NOTABLY THE RELEASE OF IMPRISONED 'POLITICAL' OFFENDERS. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KIDNAPPING AS A STRATEGY IS NOTED TO DEPEND UPON THE WILLINGNESS TO KILL THE HOSTAGE IF DEMANDS ARE NOT MET. THE MANUAL ADVISES THAT URBAN GUERRILLA WORK SHOULD BE DONE IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER, WITHOUT ANGER OR COMPASSION, SINCE THE WORK IS NECESSARY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FREEDOM FOR AMERICA'S OPPRESSED. (RCB)