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BLACKS INC. related that the current Blacks Inc. in composed b7C of Negro high school students who to date have not posed any serious law enforcement problems and to his knowledge are not powerful enough to warrant their forming a coalition with any of the other Negro youth gangs in Gary. related that the groups that-are mentioned in the above letter are all Negro street gangs in Gary with the exception of the Mystics which has been primarily the motor cycle gang which has included Negroes, Latins and whites from Gary, Hammond and East Chicago.. advised that the Black Devils are possibly the b7C East Chicago Negro gang previously known as the Red Devils. related that the Kangaroos of Gary has been the largest street gang and that former members of the Kangaroos have founded the l8th Street Gangsters, the Mafia and have assisted the Kangaroos in their rivalry against the Tarrytown Rangers which is the other major youth gang in Gary. advised that he has received no information from his sources within the gangs which would indicate that a coalition of Negroes and Latins from Gary and East Chicago has been formed. b7C further advised that he has been in receipt of numerous rumors indicating that an unspecified number of automatic weapons are in the Gary area.. stated that he has been unable to substantiate these rumors and was of the opinion that if these weapons do in fact exist, they would have been utilized in several recent in- stances of random firing between various gang membes in Gary. On January 28, ls70, a second confidential source, a representative of another Government agency, advised that was born at East Chicago;. Indiana and on March 27, l969 while residing at b7C East Chicago, Indiana, enlisted in the United States Navy b7D receiving Navy Serial Numter.