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ol Pe CaM Ta PTA EA tee GSE. Ke ae Ee OE en ON mee ena SP Ne ae a ee ae Sew aes) Sa. “ Ck F--B55 PPovar aaa. On January 16, 1974, the “Contra Costa Times", a Bosspaper of Walnut Creek, California, reported that RAY iTV BTTER was questioned and identified by the Oakland Tolice Department as he attempted to remove contents from a -4si¢ence at 1560 Sutherland Court, the alleged headquarters ef the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). HOFSTETTER /’ claimed to be an investigator for the office of ROBIN. YEAMAN, dcfense attorney for JOSEPH REMIRO_who has been charged with the murder of Dr. MARCUS FOSTER, Oakland Superintendent of = Schools, November 6;7°1973. The article further identifies WOCSTETTER as a member of the now defunct Venceremos Organization (VO). Formed in recenpel. 1970, the Venceremos Organization, also known as Venceremos, is a Militant Marxist-Leninist-Maoist organi- — zation composed of third world and white : revolutionaries operating in the San Francisco Peninsula area. The publicly stated goal of the VO is to build a united front against the imperialist United States leading to the overthrow of the United - States Government by force and violence, armed struggle, and urban guerrilla warfare. The VO has publicly stated that all members must know how to operate and service weapons and have weapons available. San Francisco Bay Area media on September 28, 1973, quoted Venceremos leaders that the organization had disbanded and was no longer in existence. Further, sources have reported HOFSTETTER-is in a iCadership position of the United Prisoners Union (UPU), San Francisce. 77