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'Wy 'y^- ing of i)eee;aber 6tli two gronpe of persons ware forn»d soaowhere within the

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^ '. . and ti50 otlicr one on tho hospital located at opposite sides of the relocation eenter» At tho police station were Caucasiaia t!>-1 bad had ©Kpprieacewith orowda reviooaly, and teould serve to give a reliable estir^ite of the

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nan3>er in the group tl3s,t o^pehe-d on that point* 2hoy are Wop 2er,4enQt Heed,'Vhf ■ 322&d iieoort Ciuard Cori;an7, a fortaor Sew Jersey State i:rodpor, who has bad

" exTcrieno© with footb'..ll cradds* oto». Acting AsaiGtiint Chief of InternalSecurity < • b* biilieuai, whe also hc^s had exacrieaee with groups asad crowds.

'.:5 ■ fisd. Can|E;bell, iiaslstnnb Project diractor sind several otheie* ' STheso jpersom' estiTBted to ae that between 500 and 800 persona were in the group la front

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gi'^rea an between 3000 and 4000 persona (the reason for tbis gi'oup was tosearch the hoapita.1 and Mil rayane, who had boon provicasly beaten up,

|, . allegedly Ueno). 5?his inforjsation I do not fool is as roli. ulo as givaa^ statlran groETO* Hmvever, as a Esininaa let's assaoo that 5Q0 porsonawere in the hoepital groi:^ and 500 were in the pollw giposq)* Another eati-

f.-r'- Hnte civwB pnd aore or less agreed upon was that the age of tho partlcii^intsen 3D avei^ge wos betcoen 19 and 30* ITe wnaea participated* m will arrive

yyyyt th«i at an awran5>tloa ear apiaroxia tioa that in tl» two fjpoups, 1000 joale■ persons were present T^eiFore epnToxiar tels' between the ages of 19 stud 30*

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In loddii,': te«ic at tlic JiVAlsiocm of tho pspulatleaa ve find aptorexlmtdlj ,16^1 pcrso!^ in all, la th« eantttr. 9f this ygo gro^, Thia ^ould Indl-eata that over oa* half of that groc^ were proeeat# we can furtherassaae tlu t a mcdMr of those persojas partioipated in only a "seeiog" Jvi'^expdditioa* In other words, th<qf were curious about tho eromd and ^ ^

* followed along enly tc eeo what was going on* yiatt as farther assooeiplr^'V. ' ^ S*oo$> participated in such a Banner; leaving 500» ."'ivi h7?e could fartiaer assiaao that om half of tho roBaining 500 were net within

the inrasr elrele or salicioos group but ths-t thoy w©3Pe in accord with thefoeliBg* Tble would leave aboat 250 persozuir perhape is a verycenaorvative estiaate of the group of trouble aKslcers that had eonethlag - ^p to do With the planning of the treubles, participating in previoua

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^ I so infmnasd, and from onestioaing people, it is reasombly probable^at the noea grotqj was planned nisi real riet taetlea were «!^leyed« Theyeuflgor of the group tritb tho exeeptlMt of the ooznaittGe were plaei^ infront; Caooasicn adudnistrstlve personnel had at least sOnrra J&panont

^ persons with a grot^ leader that were assigned (Sipeeifically, Zir# JSerritt,: 'J--; vi. ,

ijS r r Projeot Oiroetor, Hod Oacpbell, Assistant fro^eet director, end John" ; Qllltqy, -acting Chief of Internal SeourityJ to them and who were followed

}>j that group riierevwr tbejr v.eat throuGh the raob#

'VCv..#., (2) Tihos the six p* n# groups started, all of tho dinner songs in ttwrolocation center TOre sounded for eoiae tine, Ihia would indle^ te at

■ '.V-;<-P least 36 nore persons were a part of the rdaaning group or else hOaf could ,4 f Ai tfesy have i ll been sounded at oape and with the sa-ne sir^nifieance# ?t.3

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iZ) Slacac ars bunds were worn by u great nusder of peswons in the oenter*SSiis ijroap w-aa eatisanted at about 4000# Zroza ajr observation end throughthe oimerv$utlon of others, one of whOB was Ir, C2iana»erlaia, In oh rgo ofBcnufdottariag and a cloth expert, stated th t all the <S. oth wj?s of theease natorial# Phree daj'S primr to tho Inoidont John Sd-aougblln, Caucasian or^lo'^eo, )iad larobfi^sed for sa evaoaee roaident, two .'.M one h-nifyards of black ana b£tnd arterial in Lone Pine {a naarby tovcn) bec.vusemono oould be puroiuised or v;aa to be had within tho relocation certer,

/ Hoeover, after the incident tho estimtod mmmor of if.ra b^ads worn '.y i ^

I 1 nseessitated ,bpproxiri.tQly 4000 feet of svitoriol# Sie question is, was itf ^ -■ ordered before harai by the plsnaizig ^;rottp, or, why hod it not bocn sold

to the rcrcons who bisd wanted to bfi(sr two and om half ysrds for a. ssnllc b]|f- regular ooritl oor«K>cy#

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' • " wffect about 3000 of the persone in the center# 2ho cuMti^ is, if they*; | l<v*" ■ ^-4 a teheed up previous to tlie incident, rhy were they mtified to do e«r and bjr tihoia#

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(fi) An olootrloiil as^pl^ building -waa bursarised soon sftor the inoident^«M fufiaa, vrire iind ground loops takoa* ifor l;v;o nights the ahutting off-Of olootpie ourroat in perta of ooct©* ms due to the uss of ground M

AJ- loops* I infonasd tfir.t Only two peraoae Tmam hoc to ue© a ground loop* gsOno being a Caueasiaa and the other ea evaoooo-* Iho Is in this

CTGOuo© "plaatod" to gst this iaforaatloa sod/or latorial,^ planBlng groap imew *^ro TOrtain things were stored and whoathey soold latlEsidat© for their useful pri?ctioe« A further indiostioa of

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(6) 5Hie Stoward Pirisloot* i^n sy questlcmiag* Inforasd ae that for aboutI jj;?;. ' a reck imd a half prior to the lacideat a rery masmil and large request '

list for foods was seat to th© dirisioa for doiirery to the rto-iouskitohens* Thile these foodn wore not <ai delivered* this iadlciptosthe placaiag tooards outaiaiag «r Uying sway <rf supplies for the ineldoiit.

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4'>-(7) m ehecScing eith the-postal authorities, I fjsecrtainod tk t theiGreeet d£^ la 0* 0* I)*8 and aoa^ orders thr^t the liaaaanay ieet ChTf ioe fhas oier had was on Soreaber ^th, 1942* 2ho da^-*s business inrolred 44Tlaoaoy orders and 0* 0* |}*8* of $4,707*44 tetdl* Ihls nausual businessres toe soon after Sbsricsc'iTine atsd too far fron Christaos to hare anysl^dflosnt attaohzasBt to thera* Bten thou{;;h the lost Oifioo t?&s closedfor cpproxiEtitely four days after the Ineidont, the ̂ stoaaster colleoted . .y"^'

boxes within the oonter sad dispatohed thara to their outsidedestination* ISiis perhaps xse^ be the r^seo for the after opening rush I '^ the c* 0* D* peelers* ^£;_^

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Cenaorship of erac'uee nnll by the jS^pancMAb S3olsi<aii3 CoaBittoe In: Blocks 11 ai^ 22 indlw^'tee good jdatmii^? by thO'^^o* i.e-Tv-v?

S'":.-- - il^) Cossxini^ £ntorprises sdrisoc s» that only ccversi ds^'S before thei■'^ '.i/.y, noidcnt & iacrciUBo in buying at tbo C^oitoea and Dry Qeods Jtore,

^4:;^ depleted stooka and stores of aaterlsl* It was laoro or less oorcxm talkthf t tho ct43ree were going to bo closedi but this w-s irested by sotae

[;jae-dbore of tJio ataff as suaother ^ruaer monger*' etvsym .

i. nudber of persons bars ashnd -^tut do the Jepaaese or rz«**Aris grsv|>(if any) hope to ^n Iqr huTing those treublM within reXoci^tioa oeaters***

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