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SYMBIONESE LIBERATIGN ARWVY TAPED COMMUNIQUE NO. 9 Subject: Freeing of the Prisoner of War Issued By: The Court of the People Date: April 4, 1974 I would like to begin this statement by informing the pubdlic that I wrote what I am about to say. It's what I feel. I have never beon forsed to say anything on any tape. Nor have I beon brainwashed, drugged, tortured, hyponotiged or in any vay tonfuszd, As George Jackson wrote, "It's mo, the way I want it, the way I see it. Mom, Dad, I would like to comment on your efforts to supposed. ‘ly sceure my safety. The PIN givoaway was a sham. You attompt ed to deveive the people, You were-pleying games ‘-= stalling for time -- time which the FBI was using in their attempts to assaggie nete mo and the SLA elements whish guarded ms. You continued to report that you did everything in your power to pave the way fos negotiations for my release -- I hate to believe that you could have been so unimaginative aa to not evon have considerod gutting Little and Remiro released on bail. While it was repeatedly stated that my conditions would at all times correspon@ with those of the captured soldiers, when your own lawyer went to inspect tho "hele" at San Quentin, he approved the deplorable sonditions tharo << another move which potentially jeopardized my safety. My mother’s acceptance of the appointment to a second term as a UC regent. ag vou woll knev, would have caused my immediate execution had the SLA been less than together about their political goals. Your actions have taught me a great leason, and in a strange kind of way, I'm gratoful to you. Steven, I know that you are beginning to realize that thero ig no such thing as neutrality in time of war. There can bcG no compromise as your experience with the FBI mst have shoun you. You have been harrasaed by the FBI because ofypuur supposed connace tions with se-called radicala, and some people have even gone 25 far as to suggest that I arranged my ow arrest. We both know what realiv cama down that Monday night, but you don't know waat’s happened since then, I have changed -- grown, I've becom cons6ious and can never go bask to the life we led beforo, Whes I'm saying may seem cold to you and to my old friends, but lov: doesn't mean the same thing to me anymore, By love has exparnce:' as @ result of my experiences, to bmbrace all people. It's