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0' - .& 1 .,. . :,. i..l, :> I @ - 1 ,'# # ... I- .'. ,'.& SPECIAL INFORMATION REPORT Anti-Vietnam W a r Protest - November 1969 - II As the demonstration weekend approaches, several signifi- tests being staged under the auspices of the New Mobc. According . - f.2 ' ' cant factors tend to influence the size and impact of anti-war pro- to New Mobc sources who are still counting on 200,000 plus, the logistical problcms continue to be staggering. churches for housing assistance has reportcdly been disappointing and after weeks of soliciting, the umbrella organizations report a continuing dcficiency of sleeping space, toilcts, feeding facilities - Thc call to local m a 5 - c and trans po r tatio n. r: . e ' The previously estimated number bf participants (150,000) - can probably be revised downward. ing in t c r m s o f "tens of thousands.!' Many will bc local protcst perennials and principally of college agc.' Altlrough few Washington (or out town) Negroes plan Lo take direct part, gencral disruption of the city is beinR stimulated by the Washington Black United Front. The BUF, b grind their own anti-D. C. Transit axe, is encouraging t h e local Negro community to force their collective way onto area Protest lcaders arc now talk- 4 . +... -. buses to' promote policing problems for the Washington administration. - Potential for ,violence continues high even though a Pcnnsylvania Avenue paradc route has been approved by the .Justice Department thus partially removing what might have been a violence rallying issue. The Justice Department, Embassy of South Vietnam and Labor Depart- mcnt have all becn identified by "revolutionary brigadc" forces as gonfrontation targets. ject of bomb threats by a NEW York City group and thc subject of an invasion thrcat by SDS Weathcrrnan (on the cvcning of Novcmbcr 13) if thcy fcel after meeting that thcy have sufficicnt strength to do so. Although prominent spokesmen including Dave Dcllingcr, Rcnnic Davis, Spock, and many, many others dismiss thc'violcncc potential as an establishment plot, dcsigncd to minimizc the turn out, and speak of promises extracted from SDS and others to behave themselves in the interest of discrediting the general anti-war movcinent, .it is not The South Vietnam Embassy has been the sub- . -... .. . . . $.-. - . 7 - 1 . . . . . .