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McQueen Bag Our reference
F4 Division 400/65/97 Lie
Home Office rin
Horseferry House
Dean Ryle Street "no:
SW1 10 August 1970
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Dear Mr McQueen,
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1. Attached herewith is a copy of the Special Branch ?1
report dealing with a demonstration by "Black: Power? 
supporters on Sunday 9 August.
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2. It will be seen that nineteen persons were arrested
as a result of a disturbance which arose at the junction 3

of Marban Road and Portnall Road, W9. The arrested persons
will appear at Marylebone Magistrates' Court at 10 am today.
Only one of these arrested persona has previously come to .
the notice of this Branch. 

Yours sincerely,



  
   

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120 lax-tn and I?burn areas.
brokgo?ut ed Persona took part, considerable violence
These '111?1111fing the larch and 19 persons taro arrested:
103.111. on [all lagictratca a.
constables mg? 101311 August, 1970. Six unturned
admitted to hoap?glfniunes resulting in

2- The dam ant
CRITC Onatration I33 organised 5! 
8, Al?g:in:sw??:d1man, owner of the Iangrove Restaur
Police discriminati ?'11 1" Emu? 38th alleged
various visits and On towards his restaurant, after 
- . Searches by 011cc for W,.and off-3
5971-118 been served wit genius
refre ailments after ham-ah grummomshr 80-8
gig? P??oggely. various peatera had been displayed in 
a? a restaurant advertising the demonstration.
"and cm etc were distributed tithin the variant local
. est lotion .mihjgg, calling for Emport for the
Wtration 'againct discriminatory police act?{85' .
I it: established previously that some support had been .
Ill-unis? h: Abdul Inn, alias iichael x, the ecu-atyled .
lecturer Blue]: Peter in this country, and the Brutal
We 0:15. Black Panthers, headed by 'Eddic' 1mm?- -

Isn?t India sell?90111: 1ca1 groups more also known: to have
attended pro-planning meetings for this demonstration. .

no: 2.30pm. on 9th August, demonstrators

addressed briefly by Althea .
(who was later arrested - see appendix '3
who could not be. identified?
mom-m called for a show of ?Black Pover? again 
the p13 police', who, she claimed, were hart-338mg and
appreoeing black people. They were using force against
the coloured papulation, she said, and ?violence must be 5
not by violence, power must be gained in the streets?.

a. At 3.10p.n., accompanied by manor-ed 901160
the Monstratorc, mainly young coloured persons, chant
slogans and carrying bannerthhich are listed in up

0 latched to letting Dale Police Station, Inch the:

thematic!
woman
and an individual, coloured,

round to protected by a contingent or police, then

ntreeta to letting 3111 Police

  

 

  

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hilt bottles and hlnn? an 'ngann
banner handles I039 reinfuroelclta were ins
Police of?cers. Police 1- hour or sigh} 
and arter.abnut a Q??r?er vins?"?
?Banltad 1n savamll .rrsagaalans to 3'3
01' -the demonstrators 
Road, Ingre :ngg reqtorlodo Th0! gaging/Of inc
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marred, resultins 1n- 'iolom arrest. teal p133
inst police and.ig.1f an during
police

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31531-193 were used a
The situation reusing tense for abou o,
mick: time the ammtora um I b! wand by 
1'3 to leave. The: gradually dispersed.
am as clear 01' demonstrators. . 
that the goo-1351!
be 

6. It vould a noat probabl.
azaleas larch around thpgebank streets of
- Harm Roamua designed to lead the ace
chiral-ea pence aa rar rra- reinforcement: and aid ?3
to tho?
1111? 30101266

.. ins attacked by the 
?dgngal _-a_5eg. 1'11qu can be__111;tu doubt that tells .
daft?. contrived as an excuse to attack polled, uni

Pia-"seen that most or those arrested were 
Moons who have not previously cone to the
tiee-o:r- this Branch, their leaders eat-emu: stains

The organisers n1 n1).

133? 01' mwlvenent 11th police.
'3 1'01- asaistance from local colmro? ?aim, ht

5 was not forthcoming.

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7. Uniformed police arrangements were 01511-011
98830, and reinforcemenca, although not Openly in

. dance. were readily available at all times 

wh- ?llad this not been so, a more serious unau-
have arisen due to the obvious Violent Qt?
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