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eee ee g 7 ST te TT ne ete a eA ee Ba eee a at ES eats re ee . ee - Ves ee BS ” mo, eo - 8) & OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 2 a") Sf JULY 1873 EDITION sts 4 ey . GEA FPMR (41 CFR) 101.11.6 ‘ . - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum a BUSTLE ’ To DIRECTOR, FBI (105-29596} - DATE: 8/20/76 FROM C, SEATTLE (100-33069) (C) a] SUBJECT: GEORGE JACKSON BRIGADE (GJB) -—EIRPSH-GIB. ° 00: SEATTLE . ij ae j Re Seattle letter to Bureau, 6/8/76; Bureau airtel to Seattle, 7/14/76; and Seattle letter to Bureau, 7/30/76 « ej kd bie Recent investigation regarding the George Jackson Brigade fcss) has failed to establish any increase in its ~ membership or complexity in its operation or announcements by the Brigade to suggest in any manner that it is a bonefide group carrying on an organized program of violence for the” purpose of overthrowing the U.S. Government, the government of the State of Washington, or substantially. impairing interstate commerce. een) er ares ee 4 SI 3b Yn Tee 2 i The most prominent and apparently only members of ~v ; the GJB a or were BRUCE RICHARD SEIDEL, EDWARD. ALLEN\ MEAD, “NN MARK EDWIN] COOK and JOHN WILLIAM SHERMAN. WY = -3 +) ly’ a) As earlier reported, the above four subjects, SEIDEL, MEAD, COOK, and SHERMAN, were participants in a bank robbery in Tukwila, Washington, on January 23, 1976, in which SEIDEL ou: was killed at the scene in a shoot out with Tukwila Police Jv. Department officers. MEAD and SHERMAN were arrested at the scene. On March 10, 1976, SHERMAN escaped from custody and was assisted by two male Negroes, one later identified by an officer at the scene of the escape as MARK COOK. COOK aryested May 11, 1976, by Bureau agentgy | “105. 15% 6\— 2 > Bureau St W REC 68 [ 0 5- ats 6 . Y Seattle crm 2 emf * re—AUL A am (3) ‘ sf Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan