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The Symbionesy Liberation Army is unlike muny existing politica? organizations in thts country which support the armed liberation struzgics of poovles throughout the viarld, but wher 1t comes to the strurgie hore in Amerikkka, thoy consistently donounce militensy ard revolutionary violence, aud in go doing donounce one of the fev means loft to tho peopic to achiovo their Liberation. 4 bolievo thet whoen- evar people are confronted with oppression, starvation and the death of their frecdom that tuey want to fighte Itt has basen the history of many political leaders to suppress this will of the peosle and to pretend tret tho neopie Whibohotistow achieve their liboration without revolutionary violoncscee But the truth ls that there has nevor been “ precedent for a non-violont revolution; the defenseless and unarmed peonle of chile can testify to trate Atl members of the SLA recognize that wo, right here in Amorikkke, ore ina state of war, and that 4n a stata of war, alt mist be armed and understand the true meaning of self-defensc.e Waen any member of the people's army strikes out at tho | mrderer of our pepbheaaidchhiddasam we are doing 30 in soelr- defense; we are doing so becouse va ara loft no alterrative, and Porsa of crms ia nov our only logal maans ts offeat - revolutiouary justicse However, the natural tnstinets 32 mony psonla in our country heve beoome pervertod by tho’ condittonings ta which they. have been subjected. They hive been conditioned to ba afraid of revolutionary violoncd...’ I no longer have these fears because as a comrade of nna. named Caceola has taught me, "fhe only way to deatroy tsar is to destroy the makers of @ear, thse murderer ond the oporessore® Everyone in the SLA combat forees if offensivoly armed with cyanide bullets in all weapons that thoy carrye Up until today this had not been the caso for SLA informeation/ intelligence units or for any support units. At that time a12 units other then combat unlts were only. defansively armed with hand guys and carried no cyanide bullets. Regirming January llth, bovever, a directive was issued by the SLA and the Court of the People atating that as of that date, All units of the Symbionese Liberation Aruy aro to be heavily and offensively armed with cyanide bullets tn all their weaponse I wovld 1ike to convey the word to my two captured cpmpaneros -- you havo not been forgotten, and you will be defended because there has been no sot ok and all combat forces are intacte There really are no words availiable to me to express ‘hat I feel about the capture of my two companeros. Thoy are in a concentration camp now bocause none of us more offensive’y armed, and because 2 was not @varo that thoy