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j : { { E. Membership 1. Size It appears that ANP headquarters recently have had considerable difficulty defining ANP membership. Membership was formerly divided between dues ~paying and associate members, or sympathizers. The latest determination is that regular members are those who live out- side the headquarters area and participate in any ANP activity. Storm troopers are those in residence at the ANP barracks in Arlington, Virginia. It should be noted, however, that Rockwell and Party literature refer to participating members as troopers. ‘The actual total membership of the ANP numbers below 100. On occasion, Rockwell explains the small membership by saying that he is keeping the Party small but well disciplined. "We're not a mass movement yet, "he concedes. "I'm Building up an officer corps of counter-revolutionaries. Every one of our people is required to be ready to die for what he believes in and might just do that, and more. Lots of them go to jail. Almost all of them. Asa result, you don't find too many people who want to dabble in that kind of politics." At other times, he claims a higher figure. During an answer period following a speech at Stanford University in November, 1964, he said ? "We have about 700 hard core...Storm Troopers all over the - 32 -