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- cue gy tFLe 9 = 1. APPENDIX REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MOVEMENT (RAM é On November 3, 1964, a source made available a document entitled "The Revolutionary Action Movement Manifesto,” the document having been obtained by the source from an individual known to be a member of RAM. uk This document stated, in part, that RAM was ae officially organized in the Winter of 1963, by Afro- ef Americans who support the revolutionary objectives of v8 ROBERT F. WILLIAMS, now residing in Cuba, and his concept rs of organized violence to achieve the liberation of the Afro- 4 American people in the United States. This Manifesto reflected that RAM had oriented its. program to one of education and political revolution and the organization of a "black" political party with revolutionary objectives, having recognized the need for a "black revolution" that could and would seize power. RAM philosophy is described in this document as one of revolutionary nationaltam, that is, rid one involving the struggies of the non-white races or the WOria against exploitation and enslavement by the white capitailat and imperialist nations. ody Regarding WILLIAMS,above, it should be noted that on ae August 28, 1961, a Federal warrant was issued at Charlotte, = North Carolina, charging him with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution for the Crime of Kidnapping. Subsequent to the issuance of this warrant, WILLIAMS Flea the United States to ite - ah awa me wees wee h debe =e wees Dat hea a VUMa, ATL 11S Given pudiisnes a monthly NEWSLECLEr ETititvledg "The Crusader," from Havana. On November 16, 1964, a second source advised that he learned recently from a RAM member that the organization was begun in Detroit, Michigan, largely under the impetus of DON FREEMAN, Cleveland, Ohio, deseribed as the "Father" of RAM and referred to as RAM's "Black Stalin." N now serves as RAM Chairman, with MAXWELL STANFORD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving RAM as Field Chairman. This second source advised that there is no formal headquarters, as such, for RAM at present, but that headquarters are, in effect, with FREEMAN since he plays a dominant role in the leadership and directs the policies and activities of the organization. no x This second source, in September, 1964, advised that RAM. * dedicated to the overthrow of the capitalist system in