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FD-36 (Rev. $-22-64) Date: Transmit the following in { | { ! | FBI | t | { (Type in plaintext or code} ! (Priority) I CE 157-6171 PART If The following is a summary of the BPP activities in |) the Charlotte Division: During the month of February, 1973, public activities of the Winston Salem BPP, except for sale of party newspaper, remained nil. Party members were seen in Burlington, Chapel --Hi11l, Greensboro, Salisbury, and Winston Salem, N. C., selling copies of The Black Panther. No activities are being planned by the party, as members anxiously await the upcoming trial of three of their fellow Panthes scheduled to begin 3/19/73. LARRY LITTLE, Head of the BPP Chapter, and JULIUS WHITE CORNELL, JR., Captain of Defense, are charged with being an Accessory After the Fact of a Felony. This charge stems from the larceny of a meat truck in January, 1971, for which GRADY FULLER, BPP member, has been charged. Various motions and appeals have delayed the trial, which is now scheduled for {) March, 1973. . Three Winston Salem BPP members remain in Oakland, California, aiding with the local BPP Political Campaign in that city. Sources report that these three may possibly return to Winston in April, 1973. U BPP members LARRY MEDLEY and BRADFORD MIZELL LILLEY of High Point, N.C., have joined their fellow Panther member RANDOLPH JENNINGS in jail. MEDLEY and LILLEY have been released on bond pending appeals of a conviction on a charge of Armed ere wre ehe Date, Pr }roase we eS me ee ee a with a Deadly Weapon. JENNINGS remained in jail on this same conviction, unable to raise appeal bond money. These three convictions were upheld by the North Carolina Supreme Court and all three began to serve their seven to ten year sentences during the latter part of January, 1973. These three Panthers, also known as "The High Point Three," had been a “cause™ around which the Winston Salem Panthers were able to rally during the past several years. . x oS “ Re a BI wo mB x ~ fo a . 3 a . Faaed = 7 = : : i + ae ae a. HERB ie Sue “pb ban bat: ho cen es Approved: Sent LM Per Ee Special Agent in Charge U.S.Government Printing Office: 1972 — 455-574