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MORI DocID: 1451843

24 APR 1972

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Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt DO-2d
or Harass the Republican National Convention

SUMMARY:

There is little new evidence of foreign plans or efforts
to inspire, support, or take advantage of actions designed to
disrupt or harass the Republican National Convention in San
Diego, 21 to 23 August 1972. The Students for a Democratic
Society, in joining the ranks of domestic groups planning
actions at the Republican Convention, has adopted a proposal
to cooperate with Mexican workers and students in a demonstration in Tijuana, Mexico, during the Convention.
The San Diego
Coalition (SDCC), another domestic group targeting
the Convention, has received a letter of solidarity from
the North Vietnamese. The letter is of interest as an indication
will be required for the SDCC to implement its plans for broadcasts over public address systems during the
Convention of live telephone calls from the Vietnamese in
Paris.

DEVELOPMENTS:

At its recent convention in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
held 30 March to 2 April 1972, the Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS) adopted a proposal to hold demonstrations at
the San Diego-Tijuana border during the Republican National
Convention. The proposal included a call for SDS to cooperate
with Mexican workers and students in an action to occur during
a fiesta in Tijuana, where Convention delegates will be
entertained.

The North Vietnamese have given their endorsement to
the San Diego Convention Coalition (SDCC) in the form of a
letter from the Vietnam Committee for Solidarity with the
American People (VCSWAP), a quasi-official organ of the
North Vietnamese Government. The letter, which has been
circulated by the SDCC and is dated 27 January 1972,
expresses "great delight with the formation of the SDCC,
and conveys the Committee's "best wishes of militant soli-
darity and friendship." The VCSWAP requests that the SDCC
write often and "send us materials you have."

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