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£ a 3 t ? than 50 cities in the United States, with affiliated -@hupters in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Revolutionary Union (RU) _ Organized in early 1968 in the San Francisco, ~ -@Mlifornia, area, the RU has had a continuing growth in tenns of members and activities. This semicovert organization now has 700-S00 mem: bers organized into collectives in some 30 cities, The RU also operates over 100 fronts or publica- tions within the United Staies. The RU's objective is to ‘‘smash’’ the exist- ing State appuratus through violent revolution and oreanized armed struggle. The RU now considers its most important short-range objective to be the formation of the party of the working class, the Revolutionary Communist Party of the U.S.A. (RCPUSA). Domestic Terrorist Matters Urban guerrillas have continued to plan at- ticks against the ‘‘establishment’’ and to prey upon society. Their targets include the police and prison system, In the past fiscal year S6 incidents of possible urban cuerrilla-type activi- ties were reported. One police officer was killed wid six wounded, lirban guerrilla groups such as the Black Liberation Army (BLA) have over the past several vears netted close to $500,000 in “‘expropria- Hons,” robberies 10 gain funds for revoluiionary “setivilty, During that time, the BLA has been in- valved in armed confrontation with law enforce- ment officials resulting in eight police officers beitie killed ané another 28 wounded or injured, During Fiscal 1975, the BLA has been in- volved in unsnecessful auvempts to free incarcer- ajeit BLA meinbers trom jail. In May, 1975, three REA members being held in Brooklyn, New York, tor bank tebberies and police killings atlemplod it danke escape, Also in May, 1975, un alleged plot wis mHeavered i New York City lo free an inenare _eammertiod BIA inember from Rikers Island Prison. Yhis phin ineluded kidnaping of prominent of- fieinds as hostirces faoisure successful escape, Militant leads of the American Indian Move- meut (AIM) lave, during the past fiseal year, taken over several plants and locations and de- manded their use solely for the Indians..Open threats to damage Mt. Rushmore, Soufh Dakota, and Bicentennial activities have beenfuttributed to AJM leuders. Weather Underground The revolutionary Weather Underground con- tinued its terrorist activities against the Govern- ment and private enterprise during Fiscal 1975. Conlinuing to advocate Marxist-Leninist theory, the Weather Underground has claimed credit in the past vear for the explosions at the Anaconda-American Brass Company, Oakland, Cal- ifornia, on September 10, 1974; the Department of State Building, Washington, D. C., on January 29, 1975; und the Banco de Ponce in New ¥pss City on June 16, 1975, This group also claimed the attempted bombing of the Federal Building in Oakland on January 29, 1975. ' The Weuther Underground issued a book, “Prairie Fire,’’ in the summer of 1974 which states in part: “Our intention is to disrupt the einpire. . .To incapacitate it, 16 pul pressure on the cracks, to make it hard to curry out its bloody functipn- ing against the people of the world, to join the world struggle, to attack from the inside.”’ : Another Weather Underground publication, “Osawatomie,’ issued in February, 1975, claimed credit for 25 Weather Underground bombings and siated Weather Underground would tein ““fie- wotks’' during the Bicentennial peried. _ The Weather Underground, including 23 fugi- lives, continues lo receive support from an above- eround apparatus. Through this support, and utili- zation of numerous tulse identities, these fusi- tives have managed to avoid apprehension, Bombing Matters The uwiawlul use of explosives represents u continuing threat to life and propert%, as well as amounting challenge to law enforcehient. Report- ed bombings and utiempted bombings increased to 2.112 in Fiscal 1975 as compared with 1,912 i5