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esd pea ean hheclttied DAcink ate tee 1 as cece alee ca tne toma ntti Atal nen et ahr aiaemtniicn Ate Shee aie we cae Be REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MOVEMENT (RAM) me On November 3, 1964, a source made availablé a... aoe document entitled "The Revolutionary Action Movement Manifesto,” =": the document having been obtained by the source from an | os cee te individual known to be a member of .the Revolutionary Action — - Movement. (RAM).. Co me This document stated, in part, that: RAM was officially organized in the Winter of 1963 by Afro-Americans who support the revolutionary objectives of ROBERT -F. WILLIAMS ;-~—— now residing in Cuba, and his concept of organized violence a to achieve the liberation of the Afro-American people in the -: United States. This Manifesto disclosed that RAM had oriented -.-. its program to one of education and political revolution and mon 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 nationalism, that is, one involving the struggles of the nonwhite races of the world against exploitation and enslavement by the white capitalist and imperialist nations. = Regarding WILLIAMS, it should be noted that on 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 ne issuance of this warrant, WILLIAMS fled the United States to Cuba, where he now publishes a monthly newsletter entitled ; The Crusader" from Havana ee ; This source in September, 1964, advised RAM is dedicated to the overthrow of the capitalist system in the wees United States, by violence if necessary, and to its replacement ~ by a socialistic system oriented toward the Chinese Communist interpretation of Marxism-Leninism. -RAM is-entirely nonwhite in membership , clandestine in nature, and owes its primary allegiance to the "Bandung World," that is, the nonwhite races of the world rather than to any national entity, as such. | On November 16, 1964, a second source advised he learned recently from an RAM member that the organization began in Detroit, Michigan , largely under the impetus of DON FREEMAN, described as the "Father" of RAM and referred to as