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i FD736 (Rev. $-22-64) fo: FB! Date: Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) | 1 Via (Priority) } } SS cur iv; August, 1972; however, | CE 157-6171 ge - sources report the group.continues to operate on a cash Se basis and through the use of bank money orders. The 5,000 copies of the BPP newspaper represents a significant decrease in the number of BPP newspapers ordered or received by the BPP Chapter. Sources report that this decrease is due to the difficulties the Panthers 7 are having in selling their newspaper throughout the an State of North Carolina. -, During August, 1972, the BPP Chapter continued efforts to raise an appeal bond for two of three BPP members from High Point, N. C., who were convicted on assault charges and who are currently confined in North Carolina State Prison. BRADFORD LILLY, the third member of the “High Point Three” is released from North Carolina State Prison on appeal bond; however, his bond money was raised principally through the efforts of his brother, GARY LILLY, also a BPP member, who operated independently of the BPP Chapter in order to secure his brother's release. During August, 1972, the BPP Chapter's efforts were directed towards soliciting food for a Survival Day Rally which was held on 8/27/72, on the corner of Oak and 104 Streets, Winston-Salem, N. C., one of the poorest neighborhoods in Winston-Salem. Through personal and telephonic contact with local merchants, BPP members assembled 100 bags of groceries which were given away at the 8/27/72, rally. They also gave free sickle-cell anemia tests and encouraged voter registration at the rally. Although this number of bags of groceries is substantially fewer than the approximately 1,000 bags of sroceries and several hundred pairs of children's tennis shoes, which 7” Approved: —. ss Sent LM Per —_— Special Agent in Charge *U.S.Government Printing Office: 197 * i a are Paes . poe a wee . Sena eres vem mg Naeger Sue et r ” yy, oS fr - oy, hoe, woe, ao ° * 4%, re “ " ghia, ~ et, ed oP m vet : a . nd! a! a >,