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oe Gite tore t™.; Sola ne . Ra Ee a : be: Gre Cee see, wD. OF AN os ro! _ UNITED ‘STATES vy MENT. _, Memorandum: e ia f ih a pede n¢ > pele. oe suecr: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS $ : Peden ta ; Fire Bombing of Army ROTC ‘puildiing ft: >>: Kent State University (KSU) . me ty “- " Kent, Ohio, May 2, 1970. ies SABOTAGE; SEDITION; "CIVIL RIGHTS * .. FEDERALLY PROTECTED ACTIVITY; >: ~ _ DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY | The purpose , of this 3 Kenorsiidud 18° Paty Ate a Cleveland is a wee Se '., Auves${gation which has develo; B hg xs sos 3 oe Sabotage investigation instituted on 74770 “snd , ‘after enlarged to include other possible neoreal Security eS cas Boe : request of Assistant Attorneys General, Interoal, _ and Civil Rights Division. Sea eB > five we ".” violent disturbances by students. erupted on 5/1/70. This developed into an anti-ROTC sted 0 on 5/2/70 during which demonstration the ROTC Building , ately set on fire by participants. The Building was- ‘des! amounting to a $50,000 loss plus the loss_of $35,000 fa | property. Demonstrators interforedwith. police and f |g attempting tO restore order and put_ out, ¢ he sire, ROTC officials, students, local police, iremen,” Sew . ‘wepresentatives covering the incident ‘and other pers “|Jeonducted. Several witnesses observed unidentified “pé ore ignited the fire, One witness. identified. person unknown to him by name ho threw. ignited “gasol: rag into ROTC Building.“ Subse t: at individual is nivenptod suizigs obtained from witnesses Dis. off, Campus at Kent ble he fi