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i @ | e I would like to/ begin this statement by informing the publio that I wrote what I am about ‘o may, It’a whit T feel, I have never been forced to say anything on any tape, ‘ior have { been braimwashid, drugged, tortured, hypnotized or in any way confused, As Georzs Jackson ‘mote, °*It’s ma, the way I want it, the way /T sae it.’? Mom, Dad, I would like to comment on your efforts to supposedly secure my safety. The PIN “Ave-away was a sham, You attempted te deceive the people, the SLA and me with statoments tbout your concern for myself and the people, You were playing games — stalling for time — “ime which the FSI was using in their attempts to assassinate me and the SLA elements which arded me. You continued to report that you did everything in your power to pave the way ‘or negotiations for my release -~ I hate to believe that you couldk have been so unimagina- “Ave es to net even have considered getting Little and Remiro released on bell, While it vas repeatedly stated that my conditions would at all times correspond with those of the ~aptured soldiers, when your own lawyer went to inspect the "hole’ et San Quentin, bo apprevwa “he deplorable conditions there -- another move whichp potentially jeopardized my <.fety. fy mother’s acceptance of the appointment to a second term as a U.C. regent, as you wall mew, would have caused my immediate execution had the SLA been less than "together’ about heir political goals. Your actions have taught me a great lesson, and in a strane kind rf way, I’m grateful te you, steven, I know t hat you are beginning to realize that there 16 no such thing as n-w+rality 'n tine of war, There can be no compromise as your expertences with the FBI must have ahowm ‘ou. You have been harrassed by the EBI because of your supposed connections with co-called ‘adisals, and some people have even cone so far as to suggest that I arranged my own arrest. ‘e both know what really came down that Monday night -- but you don’t know what’s h-ppened ‘ince then. I have changed <— grow. T*ve become conscious and sang never go back Wo the ‘ife we led before. What, I’m saying may seem cold to you and to my old friends, but lcve 'sean’t mean the same thing to me anymore. My love has expanded as a result of my ~xperience ‘@ embrace all people, It’s grown into an unselfish love for my comrades here, in »rison nd onthe streets, A love that comes from the knowledge that °'no one is free until we re all free,’* While I wish that you cofld be a comrade, I don’t expect it -- all T ‘xpect is thet you try to understand the changes I’ve gone through. I have been given the choice of 1) being releseed$ in a safe area, or 2) Joining t': forces £ the Symbionese Liberation Army and fighting for my. freedom and the freedoms of 2/3.) ‘ppressed people. I. have chosen to stay and fight. One thing which I learned 1s +7 -% the ~orporate ruling class will do anything in their power FE in order to maintain the!:: cosition .f gontrel over the masseu, oven if this means the sacrifice of one of their om. ‘tf should @ obvious that people who don’t even care about their own children couldn’t possi':.y oare tbout anyone else's children. The things which are precious to thuse people are th ir money nd power == and they will never willingly surrender either. People should not hav to ‘umiliate themselves by standing in lines in order to be fed, nor should they have *> live ‘n fear for their lives and the lives of their children as Tyrone Guyton’s mother 1431 adly attest to. Dad, you said that you were concerned! with my life, and you also said that you wer: concerne % with the life and interests of all pppressed peoples in this country, but you are « lier in beth areas and as 4. member of the ing class, Im know for sure that yours end “cu's interests ore never the interests of ithe people, Dad, you said you would soe about zotting ‘ore fob opportunities for the people, but thy haven’t you warned the people what +- roiling ‘o happen to them -- that ectually the few jobs they still have will be taken away.