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I COO018119 . z - - SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT 0 Reportcdly leaders of the extremist Black Panther P a r t y i n Los Angctcs, California, are extrembly concerned becausu of the FBI raid on the hcadqnarters of the Black Panthers in Chicago, of the F B I on 4 June 1969, at the Chicago Black Panther Party hcad- quarters in ib efforts to 1ocate.George SAM$; J,. , a Panther who . is a fugitive. hc753bq covered and eight Panthers who we're in thc building were arrcstcad for possession of illegal weapons as well as for harboring. ALfcg- 6-s-67 cclly, the leadcrs of the Black Panther P a r t y in Lo8 Angelcs have Illinois. This pertains fo the search-conducted by special agents : During the search a number of weapons wcre dis-- -. expresied fear that a r r e a t s and raids will be conducted in other sections of the country .and indicated that "plans-have bccn madc" 5. . . &.-. 8 - for Panthers to inmediately engage in acts of viulcnce throughout Southern California in thc cvcnt Los Angelee haadquartcrs of thc Dlack Panther P a r t y is raided. According to an article in thc 6 Junc e'dition of thr! LLOS An~i.,lcs . F r e e Press,' leaders of the Black Panther P a r t y a r c proposing to drop their name in' favor of a new.one. This' seems highl, unlikely as the Black Panthers are' very impressed with the Black Panther symbol.' However,, thc, item states that the new name will be "Amprican Libcra- tion Frant" and the purposc of tlrc change is to draw rcvolutionarics of all ethnic groups into one tight coalition, including southern white - radicals, Chicanos, Indians, blacks, and members of urban street l~angs. . Achievement ol such a coalition.soems most improbable. ?he announcement was made by Prof. Donald-FREED at a rcccnt canfcrcncc &en by the "Friends of the Panthcrs, an organi- naticrn which FREED foundcd. bc official Ly annaunccd at a four-day confcrcncc wliiclr will tnkc placc in Uaklancl . h l y 18-21 at Mcrritt Collcgc. kacp its iclcntity, Iiorir for a national front is% haa&dUso in on llrc planning arc,Totn HAYDEN, Stu ALBERT, a lot.of people from ChicaQo-street'gange, I Hc said that tha chnngc will prolinhly "Altlpugh cach groupwill FREED c?<plainixl, "thc Panlhcrs rcalixc? that the- ' - _- and a few intellcctuals frorrl the Old New Left. However) they are - - - . *. . - . . . . . '. . .