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eee ate te ek emer ‘@ a a a @ tee . SUMBIONSSE LIBERATION ARMY TATED COMMUNIQUE NO. 9 Subject: Freeing of the Prisoner of “War Issued By: The Court of the Feorle Date: April 4, 1974 I would like to begin this statement by informing the rublic that I wrote what I am about to say, It's what I feel, I have never been forced to say anything on any tape. wor have I been brainwashed, drugged, tortured, hyponotised or in any way conrused., As George Jackson wrote, "It's me, the way I want it, the wey T see it, ° Mom, Dad, I would like to comment on your efforts to suyocsea.. ' - ly secure ny safety, The FIN Riveaway was a snam. You attempted- to deceive the people, You were playing games ---stalling for time -- time which the FSI wes using in their attennots to assassi. nate me and the SLA elements which Ruaréed me, You canttrued te report that you did everything in your power to nave the way for negotiations for my release -- I hate to believe that vou could have been so unimaginative as to not even have considered getting Little anc Remiro released on bail. While it was repeatedly stated that my conditions would at all times correspond with those of the captured soldiers, when vour own lawyer went to inspect the “hole" at San Quentin, he approved the deplorable conditions there -- another move which potentially jeopardized my safety, ily mother's acceptance of the appointment to a second term as a UC regent, as you well knew, would have caused my immediate execution had the SLA been less than together about their nglitical goals. Your actions have taught me a great lesson, and in a strange kins of way, I'm grateful to YOu. Steven, I know that you are beginning to realize that thare ig no such thing as neutrality in time of war. There can be no compromise as-your exnerience with the FBI must have shown vou, You have been harrassed by the FBI because of your suprosed connec- tions with so-cailed radicals, ane some people have even gone so far as te suggest that I arranged my own arrest. We both know what reall: came dorn that Monday night, but you don't know what's hapnened since then, I have changed ~~ grown, ‘I've becore conscios and can never go back to the life we led before, “hat I'm saying may seem cold te you and to my old friends, but love coesn't mean the: same thing to me anymore, My love has exrande:. as a result of my exreriences, to embrace all pecple, It's