</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 4 oct.68 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 229 SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT ACTIVITIES OF POSSIBLE INTEREST: TENITIVELY SCHEMULED FOR THE FALL OF 1968 ACTIVITY OF POSSIBILITIES: TENTIVELY SCREENED FOR the FALL The "asterisked" items listed are either newly surfaced activi- ties or are changed details on activities listed in previously printed calendars. October 5 This Post in New Jersey - Intended demonstrations at This Post is in New Orleans to the detention of the anti-war loafloats who was accused of handling out anti-terror loaflats who were accused of protecting out will undoubtedly call off off protesters lost their cause" on 1 October when when a dinteres judge ruled that there were "insufficiently" military. judge rules that were "in a trial that lasted less than three hours." October 5-6 Tuscaloosa, Alabama - The United Klans of America plan to hold a National Klowncation - probably to elect officials and a plan future activities. October 5 -6 Minneapolis, Minnesota - A major conference has heen called by the New Democratic Coalition - pur- reportedly by an effort to achieve coordination and common purpose emmng anti-administration Democratin. I am not willing to participate in anti-discrimination of these forces within the Democratic Party of the mapping to strategy for 1969, 1970, and 1972. October 5'-10 October 6 International International Association of Chiefs of Police 75th Annual Conference for Honolulu, Hawaii. *As the HCUA continues its proche into the disorders at the Democratic National Convention (INC), it is is assumed that the seven co-called "hostile" witnesses (Ronnie Davis, David DILLILLER, Jerry RUMIN, Tom HAYDEN), Normaine Loffin, Abbie HOPPAN, and Robert HAYDEY, Normanne LoffIN, Bobbie Hoffman, and Bobbert to attempt disruptive tackler and no continue heartfeltss a form for programmant to discuss the HCAU and to be a member of the police bureau- the HGAU and the behavior of the insin of "police bureau" universitising and alaworra will not be allowed to use any of the nation's toward getting the utmost publicity from the news <loc_337><loc_814>media. One committee member, Rev. Albert WATSON, media. Ono would demand that the demonstration londors

Summary:  
The document is a Situation Information Report dated October 1968, detailing planned activities and events across the United States, including demonstrations, anti-war protests, and political gatherings. It references the trial of James Earle Pay, accused of murdering Martin Luther King Jr., scheduled to begin in Memphis, Tennessee on November 12. The report also mentions various organizations and groups involved in civil rights, anti-war, and labor movements, such as the Black Panther Party, the National Mobilization Committee, and the Communist parties of the Soviet Union and other nations. It includes details about planned demonstrations, student strikes, and political events, including a national draft card return protest organized by The Resistance. The text also notes the trial of SIRIAN for murder in connection to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination and mentions the National Mobilization Committee’s plans for mass demonstrations in November 1968.  

Key People:  
- James Earle Pay (accused of killing Martin Luther King Jr.)  
- Rev. Albert Watson (committee member at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference)  
- David Delilinger (involved in anti-war activities and student protests)  
- Robert F. Kennedy (victim of assassination referenced in SIRIAN’s trial)  
- Eldridge Cleaver (Minister of the Black Panther Party, involved in a 1968 confrontation with Oakland police)  
- Rev. Daniel and Philip Berrick (defendants in a selective service records trial in Baltimore)  
- William Sloane Coffin (invited speaker at an anti-war demonstration in Philadelphia)  

Key Locations:  
- Memphis, Tennessee (trial of James Earle Pay)  
- New Orleans, Louisiana (demonstrations related to anti-war activities)  
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (New Democratic Coalition conference)  
- Honolulu, Hawaii (International Association of Chiefs of Police conference)  
- Baltimore, Maryland (trials and demonstrations related to selective service records)  
- Oakland, California (Black Panther Party confrontation with police)  
- Washington, D.C. (anti-war protests and political gatherings)  

Key Events:  
- Trial of James Earle Pay for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., scheduled for November 12 in Memphis, Tennessee.  
- National Mobilization Committee planning mass demonstrations in November 1968, including events in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta.  
- Anti-war/draft protests organized by The Resistance and other groups, including a national draft card return protest on November 14.  
- Confrontation between the Black Panther Party and Oakland police on December 13, 1968.  
- Trial of SIRIAN for murder in connection to Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, with proceedings scheduled for November 1, 1968.  
- International Communist parties meeting in Budapest and Moscow to discuss global communist strategy, including a postponed World Conference.  

Key Organizations:  
- The Resistance (organized anti-war/draft protests)  
- Black Panther Party (involved in confrontations with law enforcement)  
- National Mobilization Committee (planned mass demonstrations)  
- International Association of Chiefs of Police (mentioned in the context of police bureau activities)  
- Communist parties of the Soviet Union and other nations (discussed global communist strategy)  
- New Democratic Coalition (organized anti-administration Democratic Party coordination efforts)

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