BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE BORDER CLASHES OF 9 JANUARY, THE ATTITUDE OF COMM

Created: 1/16/1964

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ANO OTHER* INSTITUTE STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE PREMISES AND BEGAN THEIR MARCH: HOWEVER, THE RE1 STUDENTS REMAINED AT THE INSTITUTE, THEY QU-ICKLY CARRIED OUT THEIR INSTALLATION CEREMONIES, THEN HURRIEDLY LEFT THE SCHOOL TO JOIN THE OTHER MARCHERS IN AN EFFORT TO ASSUME THE LEADERSHIP AS THE INCUMBENT DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERATED ASSOCIATION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE. THE MARCH WAS PEACEFUL THROUGHOUT AND FOUR TEACHERS ACCOMPANIED THE MARCHERS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE. AT THE BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL THE RUDE ATTITUDE OF THE CANAL ZONE RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS*AUDI THE SUBSEQUENT HERDING OF THE STUDENTS BACK TO PANAMA AROUSED THE INDIGNATION OF THE ENTIRE GROUP. MANY RETURNED TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE WHERE THE NIGHT SCHOOL KNOWN AS THE MODERN INSTITUTE WAS IN PROGRESS. WHEN NEWS OF THE INCIDENT AT BALBOA AND THE RETURN 'TO'PANAMA WAS REVEALED, ALMOST ALL OF THE STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE SCHOOL TOROTEST DEMONSTRATION. THEY SOUGHT THE SUPPORT OF THE GROUP STRIKING AGAINST THE CANAL ZONE BUS" LINE, WHO AGREED TO JOIN THEM. THE COMBINED GROUPS IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE CANAL ZONE BORDER, BEGAN

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CARS, AND THE SITUATION READILY GOT OUT OF CONTROL AS OTHERS QUICKLY JOI NED THE MOB. -

'FOUR AUTOMOBILESH OF JULY AVENUE ATBORDER HAD BEEN SET 'A'FIRE.- CARLOS NUNEZ,LEADER, WAS EXHORTING THE! CROWD FROM AN IMPfcOVTSHEDINCREASE THEIR ACTS OF VALENCE. HE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE TIME

TO FINISH OFF THE YANKEE IMPERIALISTS, AND THAT THE CROWD SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE LIMITS DESTROYING EVERYTHING ALONG THE WAY THAT EVEN LOOKED AS THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE LINKS WITH. HE WAS FOLLOWEDPEAKER BY FLOYD BR ITTON, POP STUDENT LEADER, WHO SPOKEIMILAR MANNER, URGING EVERY PERSON IN THE CROWD TOANKEE. WITH NUNEZ AND BRITTON IN THE LEAD THE CROWD BEGAN ITS

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DESTRUCTIVE MARCH, WITH NUNEZ AND BRITTON CONTINUALLY URGING THEM TO GREATER EFFORTS.

THE CROWD WAS DISPERSED AT THE LIMITS BY TEAR GAS,THEIR WAY BACK TO THE INSTITUTE WHERE AN IMPROMPTU ASSEMBLYTOOK PLACE. CARRASQUILLA (FNU) SAID THATMUST ORGANIZE IMMEDIATELY AND BEGIN AN OFFENSIVE

RAMIREZ MEN'S INCITED THE PART-ICI PANTS AND LED THEM IN SHOUT ING. SLOGANS. THE LEADERS IMMEDIATELY BEGAN ORGANIZING BRIGADES OF FROM FIVE TO TEN PERSONS, AND INSTRUCTED THEM TO GO OUT INTO THE STREETS AND BREAK

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SET FIRE TO ANYTHING THAT EVEN SMELLED OF YANKEE ISM. IT WAS AFTER THIS ORGANIZATION OF BRIGADES THAT THE MAJOR DAMAGE TOOK PLACE, SUCH AS THE BURNING OF THE PAN AMERICAN BUILDING, THE CANAL ZONE PHARMACY, BRAN IFF OFFICES, ETC.;

NANHE NATIONAL INSTITUTE WAS AGAIN THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZING VIOLENCE.

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