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SUBJECT: ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN
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CIVIL RIGHTB DIVISION
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a flat bed truck into requested permission to driveLincoln Park to use tor a rock and roll band. TORNABENE
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the truck to melee 0. "U" turn and proceed to theforagreed upon area,oand there was no incident.
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On Sunday, August 25, 1968, at approximately
9:30 p.m., ABBOTT HOFFMAN np;rorched him in Lincoln
Park and requested t 1 e a loud speaker.
HOFFMAN was told by t the
to use police did not have e _oed speaker for him
and suggested that HOFFMAN borrow one from other
groups in the perk. HOFFMAN said he did not know
the individuals who had the speakers in the other
group.
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park after 11:00 p.m. HOFFMAN was told that he
could not Stay after 11:00 p.m. because of n
city ordinance which nronibitcd anyone from staying
after 11:00 p.m. HOFFMAN answered by stating that
they may not have a legal right but they have a
moral right to stay after 11:00 p.m.
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else, say over the loud speaker,
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a group called the Mobilize tion
Committee. Members of the Chicago Police Department were
on hand at the rally, where they distributed leaflets
announcing that a permit had been granted for this rally
within the pork, but that if participants went outside
the perk limits to conduct a march, they would be subject
to arrest to eonstituting s potential traffic hazard.
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DICK GRIBWB TU! HEWDH3
WILLIAM GOL-D1113 N0?!-IAN MAI!-R
Jib}! GENIT DAVID DE1.LIM§Hl
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said he did not pay much attention to thespeeches because L was listening to the convention broad-
case on his trlnsistor radio, and that he cannot attribute
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me mrch washslted by police immediately after it started.
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parade marshals and the police, it was finally announced
that negotiations had broken down and that there would be
no march. lhe group of marchers then began to disperse.
Q after leaving the park, eventually wasable to cross ign Avenue, and finally found himself
with a group of demnstrstors outside of the Conrad Hilton
Hotel. He said there were no speeches, with one exception,
that being when a man from a mule trio which hsd marched - -
to the ares, and which was a carry-over from the Poor Peoples
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present critical of the Democratic Party and praising Senator
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' _IINlTED STATES "'92IMENT EPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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T0 Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation DATE:
November g'7,1955
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In connection with the investigation currently being
conducted, your attention is directed to the report published
by the Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, captioned,
"Ihe Strategy of Confrontation - Chicago and the Democratic
National Convention - 1968," dated September 6, 1968, a copy
of which is in your possession.
On page 6 of this document it is reported that:
"Private citizens and newspaper reporters
did, as a matter of fact, witness the training
carried on by Hbffnan and others. Snake dancing,
defensive blocking, kicking of adversary in leg
or groin were demonstrated and practiced duringthe Marshals' training. Use of red or green lé;;l / ,
flares as weapons, also oven cleaning spray, hairspray and manufacture of primitive but effective y
missilassuch as nails stuck into golf balls,
razors concealed in canes and darts made from
sharpened coat hangers was also rt of theinstruction. [Enphasis added. |"/7
The last sentence of this quote indicates that instruction
in the use of offensive weapons was given as part of the marshal
training. Please ascertain whether or not this statement is true
and if so, locate and interview the sources of this information.
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matter.
Cemyiete the requetted investigation and surep
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intervieued that this investigation is being conducted at the
specific request of the Assistant Attorney General Fred H.
Vinson, Jr., Crisinnl Division, United States Department or
Justice If th* i ~ " . t nvestigation requested by the Department
has been previously conducted, you should submit a letterhead
memorandum suitable for dissemination identifying the previou=
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Fred M. Vinson, Jr.FMV:RBC:bks
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In connection with the investigation currently beingconducted our attention is directed to a Efggrt by SpecialAgent ntit1ed "gbbott H. .. ffman," dated
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called us hardcore anarchists with
plots to overthrow the government, well, that's
not a secret. That's always been the case. 92hat's
the big deal? In Chicago we had t'..'0 aims. One
was to present the reality of America as we saw it
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It is requested that a witness.He located who can testify
that he heard Hoffman make this statement.
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Enclosed are two copies oi a self-explanatory
Departmental letter dated 11-Z9-68.
Complete the requested investigation and
within five days of receipt of this investigation.
nll persons interviewed that this investigation is being
conducted at the specific request oi the Assistant Attorney
Genaral Fred I. Vinson, Jr., Criminal Division, United States
Depnrtmont of Justice.surop
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In connection with the investigation currently being
conducted, your attention is directed to an article entitled "Press,
TV Influenced Both Sides" by William Chapman in the Tkehington Post
of December 2, 1965.
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Abbie Hoffman, the Yippie leader, is quoted
in the report study released on December l, 1968
by the National Commission on the Causes and
Prevention of Violence] explaining how he hoped
to use television as a weapon against the conventv I 5
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"Ne wanted to-up their image on TV. I fight
through the jungle of TV, you see. . .its's all
in terms of disrupting the image, the image of
a democratic society being run very peacefully
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been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. I lPursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
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specifically directed by the Department,
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Article entitled; "MY LIFE TO LIVE" by ABBIE
HOFFMAN appearing in NEW YORK FREE PRESS issue
dated October 3-¢October 9. 1968, attributed to
impromptu discussion recordedci for LIBERATION
NEWS SERVICE LNS! on September 20.
of NEH YORK FREEJPBESS stated that he has no
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in which there appeared an article entitled, "M! LIFE TO LIVE"
by ABBIE HOFFMAN.
The following statement appeared in italics at the
beginning of the article: '
1 "The following impromptu discussion was recorded
for LNS on September 20. Taking part in the yipping-out
of Chicago, Abbie was arrested during the Democratic
Convention uprising of an obscenity charge he had imprinted "
"- - -" obscene! upon his brow to dissuade inquiring -
photographers!. Returning to Chicago to clear up this charge,
he was arrested on two new charges by the Chicago police and
the F51, and then served with a subpoena to appear at the hearings
of the House Un-American Activities Committee on Oct. 1." -
, . _ _ Pstated that use is LIBERATIOR Na-rs S.:.RVIC:..
He decline o give any further information and stated that
he had nc_information as to who heard HOFFMAN make statements
appearing in the article. "
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testify to each of the above points other than informant
testimony. Witnesses capable of furnishing this
information might be neighbors, landlords or singular
individuals who may not know the destination of subject,
but who will nevertheless be able to state that subject
was not at his residence for a stated period prior to,
or during the convention.
Referenced eirtel ccntinues that it such
information is not available, appropriate leads should
be set out and report submitted when all the requested
information has been obtained.
A review of Chicago files fail to reflect date
subject departed his residence, date he arrived in Chicago
and his mode of travel. It is noted that subject has come
to Chicago by air during subsequent court appearances in
Chicago.
New York teletype dated August 15, 1968,
entitled "DEMCON", reflected that subject was then in
Chicago and ANITA HOFFMAN was leaving New York by air
the evening of August 16, 1968.
The surveillance by the Chicago Police Department
did not begin until after August 21, 1968.
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witnesses to above four requests by the Department.
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T0 = Assistant Attorney General
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Director, FBlDATE 12/20/68
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been completed, Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
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ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department.
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will be advised of further developments.
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CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISIGN
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no further action concerning a full investigation will be taken
by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.
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be furnished copies of reports as they are received.
C. [:1 The investigation requested by you has now
been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. [:1 Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
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specifically directed by the Department,
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regarding the subject.
For the information oi IFO, the department has
requested that a witness be located who can testify that he heard
HOFFMAN sake several statements which were set iorth in the
Ialker Study Team Report released on 12/1/68 by the National
Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.
One statement attributed to HOFFIAR which appears in
the request by the department, is on page 50 oi the above repor
and is as tolloes:
"Ie wanted to obscene! up their image on TV.
tight through the Jungle of TV, you see. . .it's all in
disrupting the image, the image oi a democratic society
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Division, titled Democratic National Convention,
Laws. This letter referred to a report released
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention FBI!, from
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on December 1, 1968.
Paragraph 5 oi referenced letter stated as follows:
"Describing the Yippies tactics, the report said:
This theatrical concept was a primary ingredient of their
approach. The audience would be the American public, the means
of communication would be the sass sedia, manipulated to create
distorted images oi themselves. The stage would be the streets
and the message would be a demonstration 0! disrespect,
irreverence and ridicule-*
" °' ""Teas, Hat mm s n n e auses an revention oi
Violence, Chicago, Illinois, advised on December 13, 1968,
that the above paragraph was written by the start and was not
a direct quote from Hoffman.
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by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.
B. IQ] The investigation is continuing and you will
be furnished copies of reports as they are received,
C. [:3 The investigation requested by you has now
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quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. [:1 Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department.
E. [::|P1ease advise whether you desire any further in-
vestigation.
F. [:3 This is submitted for your information and you
will be advised of further developments.
G. [::]This is submitted for your information and no
further investigation will be conducted unless specifically re-
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CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
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C. [:3 The investigation requested by you has now
been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. E:] Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department.
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vestigation.
F. [:1 This is submitted for your information and you
will be advised of further developments.
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further investigation will be conducted unless specifically re-
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not know his mode or travel. He said that he tHOFFMAN was in Chicago during the conyention.
that the people who stayed in HOFFMAN s apartmen we
known to him. He said that it is not uncomon for people
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Memorandum
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Director, FBI FILE gopy
SUMECT: ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN AKA '
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Reference is made to your memorandum dated 11/27 & 11/29C
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furnished copies of reports as they are received.
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quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D, [::]Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department.
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stated that Hoffman, in a speech in Lincoln Park,
the listeners that they should war helmets, bear arms of
any kind which could be used against the police and have rocks,
bottles and sticks in their possession.
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions
of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
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combat the police. He told them to use golf balls and drive
nails and spikes through them. He also said beer bottles are
good weapons and half bucks are better than stones because they
are sharper. He also told them to use oven cleaner to counteract
mace.ge 15 of referenced report reflected thatqis-§ _ stated that Hoffman, in a speech in Lincoln Par ,
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demonstrators hurled such objects as bricks, rocks, bottles,
balls with nails protruding, spears of wood and knives at the
police.
Report of Special Agent ated
November 22, 1968, at Chicago, entit e o e . wenthal,
reflected on page 2 that Departmental Attornies GregoryJones and
Michael Abbell have received numerous rolls of film and that
NBC reel number 25 covers a training session in Lincoln Park
in which Lowenthal is shown leading a group and is demonstrating
defense tactics.
Page B through 20 of this report contained reports
of Chicago Police Officers who conducted surveillances at Lincoln
Park during training sessions, including taking photographs.
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In connection with the investigation involving subject, an
official of the Youth International Party YIP!, growing out of the
violence, the Department has requested interview of Lawrence Lipton
concerning an article he wrote based on his alleged telephone interview
of subject concerning the YIP Festival of Life scheduled for 8/ 25 - 30/ 68
in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. According to the
article, subject indicated that festival plans encompassed a march to the
Amphitheater where Convention was held! and civil disobedience.
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Interview of LAWRENCE L, LIPTON, author of the article
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Lipton'that appeared in the August 16-22, 1968 issue of the
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was interviewed at his residence and furnished the following
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LIPTON related that approximately a week before
the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois,
he had telephonically contacted ABBOTT HOFFMAN, a member of
the Yippies, concerning the plans which the Yippies had
scheduled for occurring at the Democratic National Convention.
d He advised this telephone conversation had been taped by him
and was reported verbatim in his article appearing in the
Los Angeles Free Press captioned, "Yippies to Visit Hog
Capital." LIPTON related, "The Yippies who came to Chicago
came to ridicule, befuddle, and in short, to drive the
authorities nuts. The Yippies consider this to be the
number one element of revolution which is as old as the
holy fools of Christianity." LIPTON added the "ho1y fools"
of Christianity fooled the Roman soldiers by their crazy
actions and antics, as the Yippies are fooling those persons
in positions of authority today. He cited a recent example -
of this by recalling JERRY RUBIN, a member of the Yippies,
when appearing before a recent investigating committee,
dressed himself in a Santa Claus suit. LIPTON commented
that individuals such as JERRY RUBIN, ABBIE HOFFMAN, and
PAUL KRASSNER are all anarchists who dislike authority and
"the establishment." LIPTON added that he was sure that
if HOFFMAN was tried, he would admit to any charges which
might be brought against him plus admitting to other things.
LIPTON was of the opinion that HOFFMAN was open in all his
involvement and would not attempt to hide anything.
LIPTON was asked if the Yippies who came to
Chicago came for the purpose of creating civil disobedience.
He related that some or the individuals intended to create
civil disobedience, but those persons connected with "the
establishment" failed to try to understand that, to the
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Church. LIPTON stated the best way to defeat organizations
such as the Yippies is for persons connected with the
establishment to have a sense of humor and be able to
laugh at the crazy antics of the Yippies rather than
consider the Yippies as a threat, but the "one thing that
the establishment cannot stand is ridicule and laughter."
LIPTON was also asked the question concerning
the reason for the self-defense workshop scheduled by the
Yippies at the Democratic National Convention. He related
that "Right wing organizations had threatened to beat up
persons participating in the demonstrations at the convention
and the reason for the training was to defend themselves from
right wing vigilante groups." He went on to state that the
security of the United States was more in Jeopardy from the
elements in the right wing than it was from the left.
Mr. LIPTON stated that his telephone conversation
with ABBIE HOFFMAN was recorded by himself and the article
which he wrote for the "Los Angeles Free Press" contains
all the conversation between himself and ABBIE HOFFMAN. He
related the tape containing this conversation was retained
by him and he would make it available if anyone so desired.
During the course of interview, it was ascertained
that LIPTON has authored more than 22 mystery and other
novels, in addition to being a free-lance author. He advised
he had written articles for numerous magazines including"Cavalier", "Knight", and the newspaper, "The Los Angeles
Free Press. He related he had recently written an article
concerning the Democratic National Convention for the "Cavalier
magazine.
While LIPTON was being interviewed, he volunteered
the information that he had Just written an article appearing
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the Hell of It," written by Free, which according to LIPTON,
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article which is set forth as follows:
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in a series of self-propounded
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QUESTION: D0 you consider
yourseli politically relevant?
ANS-¥ER: No.
QUESTION: ls that the best
answer you can think oi?
ANSWER: Well, when you ask
a question like that you trigger
offumpteen responses in my head.
i believe in the politics of ecs-
tacy. _-
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that a little more?
ANSWER: No, but I can touch
it, I can smell it.Ican even dance
it. I can even fight it. Politics is
to me the way somebody lives his
life. Not what they vote for or sup-
port or even believe in, I'm more
interested in artthan politics but,
well, see, we are all caught in a
word box. I find it dliiicuit to
make these kinds of divisions.
Northrop, in MEETING OF EAST
AND WEST, said,"i..ife is an un-
differentiated aesthetic I;Qntinu-
um, Let me say that the Viet-
cong attacking the U, S, Embassy
in Saigon is a work ofart. I guess
I like revolutionary art.
QUESTION: This word game,
as you call it. Doesn't that pre-
sent problems in conveying that
you want to say? _
ANSWER: Yes, but not in what
I want to do. Let me say", Did
you hear Andy Warhol talk?
""I:rtT£Srzo:v; Yes, or at least!
think it was him.
IANSWER: Well, I would like to
combine his style and that of
Castro's. Warhol tmderstahds
modern media. Castro hasapas-
slon for social change. It's not
easy. One: a lag and the other
is the epitome oi virility. Iiiwes
forced to make a choice I would
choose Castro, but right now in
this period of change in the coun-
try the styles oi the two can be
blended, It's not guerrilla war-
fare but, well, maybeagoodterm
is monkey warfare. it the coun-
try becomes more repressive we
must become Castros. ii it be-
comes more tolerant we mustbe-
come Warhols.
As I write these lines Abbie
Hoffman is bringing abig damage
suit, with ACLU backing, against
the District oi Columbia fuzz who
busted him Oct. 4 for wearing a
shirt made out oi an American
flag. His complaint is that against
his will the D,-C, police took a
sample oi his blood in jail and
did it with anondisposable needle
which gave him a hepatitis infec-
tion and permanent damage to his
liver, I remember his perpetual
state oi REVOLUTIONARY HIGH
yes, there is no better name for
it, a high, much like a dope high!
when he was doing his thing in
Chicago last August, and it
grieves me to think of Abbie
brought to a terrible LOW like
the hepatitis low, than which
there is no going lower or more
turned oft.
it's the nearest thing l can
think of to a poetic injustice.
Oi all the facets oi the current
multidimensional world revolu-
tion the most strikingly new and
original is the {ippie- what
shall I call it? since words,
names, are irrelevant in this
case and only acts can define or
even name it. Picture Abbie
laughing his holy fool head oi! as
the Cnicago Daley pigs or wg;
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hell is the difference?! were
whaling the hell out ofhim during
an 'interrogation'. Picture Abbie
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speaking openly in Grant Park o
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fuzz are all over the place and
the Secret Service goons detailed
to tail him are snooping around
all over Chicago trying to pick up
his trail. YIP has been called a
blend or psychedelic and guerrilla
revolution, in Abble's case it is
more like an esthetic art high
that results naturally, like a man-
tra-chant high from the ACT OF
REVOLUTION itself.
I felt it every day l was in
Chicago last August. Abbie hadit,
Jerry Rubbin had it, PaulKrass-
ner had it, Ed Sanders had it,
everybody who participated in the
action had it. It was like the non-
verbal high you have on an acid
trip. You don't want to make
speeches or writedescriptionsoi
it, or make reports about it. I
had a hell of a time trying to get
myself to sit down at the type-
writer and bat out the reportoriai
stuff I was committed to sending
back to the L,A, Free Press and
the New York-based Cavalier
magazine. It wasnt till after the
street theater, the live action,
was over that I was able to do
more than drop a tewpagesinthe
mail or report on it by long dis-
_l1nce telephone, orally.
Aldous Huxley once told me that
when he ingested lysergic acid he
dldnt want to verbalize about it
during and had trouble trying to
write about it afterwards-and he
was a wordcraft cat lil ever saw
one. Tim Leary said, when I put
the question to him, you're just
too BUSY experiencing it to ieel
the least bit like describing ii.
Abbie Hoffman is STILL tOO
busy experiencing it to say very
much about the revolutionary high
itself, but he has managed to put
200 Pages on paper about the be-
fore and after effects in REVO-
LUTION FOR THE HELL OF I1,
most descriptive word formula
for the DURING effect of the re-
volutionary high anybody ever has
put on paper, Wasn't that the way
Molly Bloom described her first
ruck Pm still too high just think-
ing about Chicago in August tof"Ihe Old Left says we work for
e CIA, Ex-Marines stomp on us
as Pinkos. Newport police jailus
as smut peddlers. Newark cops
arrest us as riot inciters. These
tour events were all triggered by
passing out tree copies oi the
same poem.! So what the hell are
we doing, you ask? We are dyna
miting brain cells. We are putting
people through changes. 'l"he key
to the puzzle lies in theater. WeIare theater in the streets totaland committed
"Revolution for the hei oil _
Why not? It's ail a bunch oi phon
words anyway. Once one has ex-
perienced LSD, existential revo-
lution, fought the intellectual
game-playing of the individual in
society, oi one's identity, one
realizes that action is the only
reality; notonly reality but mora-
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ctional Mobilization Gomittee to End the war in Vietnam
IS - Miscellaneous: Abbott Howard Hoffman; SM-ANA; Key
Activist: O0: New York: Attos Division 51 Demonstrations
in Connection with the Democratic National Convention: ARLr
Attn: Division 6," indicates that Hoffman appeared in Chicago
for trial on local charges on 1-28-69. It also indicates
that his wife was overheard to say that she and her husband
planned to depart Chicago that date. indicating a possible
disposition of the charges against Hoffman.
Include in your next report current information
regarding disposition of the above charges against Hoffman.
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There is enclosed one copy of the rgggggxgxgggggi
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at 1&5 5ggg]gg .
A. [::] This covers the preliminary investigation and
no further action concerning a full investigation will be taken
by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.
B. Baa The investigation is continuing and you will
be furnished copies of reports as they are received.
C. [:1 The investigation requested by you has nowbeen completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. | |Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department. _
E. IUUD Please advise whether you desire any further in-
vestigation.
F. [::]This is submitted for your information and you
will be advised of further developments.
G. [I] This is submitted for your information and no
further investigation will be conducted unless specifically re-
quested by the Department.
H. EI? This covers the receipt of a complaint and no
further action w ll be taken by this Bureau unless the Department
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letterhead memorandum LHM! concerning an article published
in the January 2h-31, 1969 issue of "The Les Angeles Free
Press," pertaining to the interiiew of LAWRENCE LIPTON by the ;
FBI .
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Les Angeles, California
January 23; 1969
ABBOTT }iOFF1-IAN,
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ABBOTT H. HOFFI-IAN,
ABBEY HOFFIMN,
ABBEY 1'. :1o1*1~ 1-11111
ii i-_f*Ei'l'i_I;'B_lQT LAWS. _
Attached herewith is a xerox copy of an article
captioned "Lawrence Lipton and his Recorder Entertain Two
FBI Agents," which, under the byline of Lawrence Lipton,
appeared on page three of the January 2a-31, 1969 issue of the
"Les Angeles Free Press" an avantgarde underground newspaper
published weekly in Les Angeles, California!.
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI
and is leaned to your agency; it and its contents are not toThis document contains neither recommendations
be distributed outside your agency.
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One 0' tho ylppics it-ho tnid
. ta!'~n :~ rroininent part in the
Battle oi Chicago street then-
t¬1 said to me 92'.'li-2n it was
, over, L&l't'}', ii.-s Fst;1llZisl.m0nt
; is a pusl:ovei',"
i I }Zl6..~.' he DIl!.92"'l Il'H_Flll that
i I--3 1"-u1:iti'.'e l]C"nr:'1' of the Ii.-:tab-
llsiiinorlt l.:I.rl 92-'t'2l};- I100 to the
point win-re it vns a pushover,
br.-cause ha, like |l!].'5r-if, had
suffered from the rniiiiarizcd
i police '].t[ --Pl of the Establish-
inent_ 92-"not I t.iIlC!.l'StODC| him to
l iTt¬'2ll Vi-J3 iii:-t the Fstablishiilent
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ly l-U2f1¬I.'t!|1E to the YIP itirid
OfI'E'92'01ll§iO,".?:T}' acti92'is:n, It M35
easy for me to see 92'.'h!' he
5hU!]t'l ha-"e come to such a con-
clusion. As tar bacl; as Fehuary,
if not earlier, ..la,or Richard
Daley 0. Chicago had panicked
at the rc;.~o;ls his advisers
bro-Jglit t.ir;'--culled almost en-
tirely trcm a few underground
ll new-='s:~¢--:-s--2.-at the viwoies . r. 0 I8
were p':.'i'1ing to "cake our the
city in A1.-gust,d1riiigti|eDem0-
craiic co.-. r.¬ic.1. tie scented an
Lied. :g:c~. .0! to challenge his
10".;-held r. ::'ia-liize ctarorship
fl Pll Cr.i:1-"- and nreseot. him , .- - .-
1 wi.ii such ;aarct...=.-ic deman-is as
tree s_".'=.ch, fie»; assr;:r.'oI}' and
due process of ta :~'!
tie turned Chicsgoiiiioan arm-
ed cary and--the rtst is his-
tori;
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matter, lt is stilt mt the end oi
the matter, tar from it, The FBI
and God and J, Edgar H00-'t.-I only
knows how many sleuths are now
gumslioeing all over the country.
to try and build a case for con-
spiracy, tncitemeiit to riot and
who knows what other horcsios
and til.-sphernies against itie"out-
side agitators who slipped into
Chicao last August and plotted
the 0Jellhl'092V of la-.=: and order,
A tc-am ot FBI operatives
they always travel in pairs, as in
l Spy and Mission lm;"ossi'ole--
came to pay me a visit last
'lhnrsa'ay, Jan. 16, for the re-
cord! in order to inquire what, if
anything, l cc-uid tell them about
one Oi the accused, Abbie Hott-
man, in addition to the long dis-
tance telephone interview l had
with him last Argust and which
was reported in the Los Angeles
Free Press, Since this is the
second time in two months that
my coverage or the Chicago
events has g-urecl in govern-
ments investigations, it would
seem that the Freeb has become
a kind of historical source book
ior the secret rnachinatioais cf
the political, social and cuitural
uridergrouiidt
The slileuthsometwosorzie is as
old as D-on Quixote and Sancho
Panza and Sherlock lloimt-s and
Dr, Watsosi, The FBI variation
on the theme is 2 iricridlg" smil-
trig type who hzs only your rights
and your welfare in n.ind, backed-9
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d:".'t;',olt't;.'1'1c- wltose role it is to
kc-op remitvling you that you'd
better co-operate with your Fill
or else, This was a flldli
visit, notzvttacctisattve one. 'lhet'e
is an r,-iiquelte in handling this
kind of 2+ visitation. Here are a
few pointers for the uninitiated.
It is rot proper etiquette for
FBI invt.=tt,,-"ators to call up and
his!-e an :=;92;=:-tntntc-nt v.-ithyou but
to drop in on you ur-invited at
their own convenience, like door-
to-door salesmen 92=.'ot'l:ing their
way throtgit college. This leaves
you at an initial disadvantage,
but it isni C'CI'1SLCi~;!t~;l. good eti-
quette to just point to the NO
SOLICITING sign or to simply
slam the door in their fnc--s. In
my case the door was wide open
a:1y-way, as it always is weather
perrnilitng, which is an open tn-
vitation from in lrcnt, so l;':st
smilezi lir»:l-: when one of them
ashed an FBI t-adge and said,
Come in, ger.tlr-men, a.".tiL-e seat-
ed, As I was hflving my break-
fast l brought the no--'i otccrn-
akes into the 1ivingrc-on.,con-
tin;~_>d to eat and said, What can
I do for you, gs.'ttt»:nten_" i ad-
vise this rt-:_:or~se, unless, oi
course, yo'."re partaking of
sont-;-thing less ls-gal thin corn-
fiakes at the rr:on.=nt and have to
stall for time to legalize your-
self tn wt-itch case it is inad-
visable to leave the fl'On. door
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got us off to a good start,
A second point of etiquette is,
answer all questions truthfully,
especially if you have already
3tl5t'.t:tetl all their questions in
your books, your articles and
your columns, _on 'lV shows, on
radio and in public speeches
and university t:l:tS5c5 and lec-
tures, in which case you simply
refer titcrn to same, Do not show
too rntlch su:'p::s-e it their in-
formation about you and your
views is a bit sketchy, in spite
of the fact that they had a big
fat secret FBI dossier on you
that they could have ccnsultedbe-
fcre setting out on their visit,
Ilemnmbc-I they're your guests
and the rules of hospitality apply
at all times, even to the unin-
vited fttrz. In fact, it turned out
in my case that my visitors who
were out digging up all the-secret
urtdergr ouncl cto;.e rneta;horicat-
1y, that is! about Abbie liofiman,
were completely t:.i~:<~n by sur-
prise wr92en I carelessly blurted
out the fact that Abbie Hoffman
had published a boo; 3l.'!.l him-
self and all the secret plots 0!
the yippies v-eehs ago, and I de-
tected a loci: of high interest-
that Jack Webb loo!-:-when I
dropped the nante of the booi;!-
REVOLU'IlO.92' FOR 'll~ll-I HELL
OF IT.
Sine» I ha-1! air:-art; let the cat
out of cite bag I thought [might
as well set! out completely andconfess that I had W1itti:iiz1_,Ti'-
view ol Abbics hool:'7.l'ub-
lishc-cl it in the Frecp the week
before. Naturally they could not
pass up a chance to nab such a
prize of-criminal in92'esiig:.tive
evidence, so I went to the sec-
rct files where I keep the Freep
hidden away and gave them a
copy of the review. They could
have gotten a free copy of the
book itself if the! h:tci lho'.:=__~,t92t to
ask Abbie tloifntmi, since he ts
giving it away free to everybody,
even cops. But. since I had al-
ready given away all my copies
to reviewers I advised ilul they
pick up a copy at any bcol-tstorc
for $1.95 and list it on the
swinctle-sheet, .-lnything with the
word revolution on it will be con-
sidered well worth $1.95 by the
FBI accountant. 1
Now, about search and seizure.
It is perfectly correct etiquette
for your guests to get up and go
browsing among your books, If
one oi them finds so rm-thing ofin-
tercst, say, a cop; of an a1:-
thology in which there is an ar-
ticle called "I Ching, by Lav-
rence Lipton, do not hasten to
reassure him that I Citing ts not
the name of a Jev-.'ish-Chtne=se
communist named Isidore Citing,
a fellow conspirator of Chair-
n-an .92lao_ That may con»: as so
shocking a dl52_Il;lOintiT|F-ht to hi"n
he may 5USp£Ct}0ti't'9l".0H'.n,'0';l
on him. And if he picks up 5Lo_c-R
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busc: in New Yml: City," :titTA92}F;t_,92-s begin by remintlitls 3'0-II
poiniinf; to the title page nshs
J-'0" "W110 is Pantheon, don't
let on that he mii,-,ht l-e tliinlziftg it
has sorn-_-thing to dowith the Pan-
thers. Just tell him itls the name
?{_'tlLfl_]'ltll.llSl1t'l and if he looks a
little liigher up on thep:';;jeiTt-'92i'tti
find the autIiors name, Paul
l..'RS'l5t2}''.'. Inch should be
fun-ign-sotinfling enough to
satisy his fontlest suspicions,
Whethet you should Offer your
guests liquid refresllm-_-nts is
optional, but in my case it would
have been III-advised in vie-:: oi
the fact that I was being ques-
UOZH.- '1 as 2. friend, perhaps even
a partisan, of .-92bt1IeIIoifme..".,:=.nd
my gtiests had already alluded to
the yippic-s plot to spikethe Chi-
cago 9292E!lt_'t rest rvoirs v.-ithl.S1l_
So I confined myselftosomr-brief
l!ibll05l£tphiC3l references to
published writings lnwhich I have
discloseri such top secret docu-
ments oi the revolution as ess;-.ys
ms articles on the Holy Fool,
black I1t.:;.".or, the revolutionary
use of lehgliter, ridicule,nioe!-;-
ery, satire and sex, street thea-
ter, the politics oi ecstecy and
the psychedelic revolution, the
sub-.'e:'si92.-e incantationsofth-1 P-_n
and the ritual oi the rai1;i.ig o1'
ls it rising?! of the P9:lt_l§Oll,
ending, an h0'1.'* later, with the
reassuring to them, I hoped!
recollection that the hippies had
not atternp'iad to raise the Chl-
cago City Hall by exorcism but
o-ily cuitentej ttiernselves with
nominating a pig for President-
which night well have been ac-
cepted by .92!a;,'or D:-.ley as 2 tri-
bute to Chicago as, in the :2-0:-ds
of Chicago's late poet laureate
Carl 'S:=-.nc.I:urg, the hog butcher
of the F-oi'Id," and not, as Daley
might have thought, a veiled re-
fere_rlc_=;__.lo himself an! to the
Chicago police. ' " "' *"visitors of their civil rights and
cautioning them that cnything they
say might be used against them.
AnI.l0 yes--be sure to keep
your guns, ammo, brtzooizas,
plastic bombs and self-destruct
tapes, microfilms and code books
concealed tinder the family Bible,
in order not to arouse their sus-
picions, and her-p the conversa-
tlon on :1 friendly basis. In my own
case, not having a family Bible I
ilitroriu-':ed them to DUIIAB, my
patron robot and Detector of
Uncleslrable liabitues, who en-
tertqlncd them witi1Qt1t_g_1}1l3E'
aviay the fact that in his secret
electronic innards l keep my
hash stashed away and my
firearms concealed, as well as
the tepe recorder on which I re-
corded the tape on which this ac-
count of their visit is based,
As DUNIIAB always says: "Be
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
Assistant Attorney General DAT& 2/10/69
CRIMINAL D!?IS!Q
Director, FBITo :
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Reference is made
your file !.
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at .__£hicagn________________
A. [::]This covers the preliminary investigation and
further action concerning a full investigation will be taken
this Bureau unless the Department so directs.ii?
B. [Q The investigation is continuing and you will
be furnished cop es of reports as they are received.
C. [::] The investigation requested by you has now
been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D, [:1 Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department. _
E. [::]Please advise whether
vestigation.you desire any further in
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F. [:1 This is submitted for your information and you
will be advised of further developments.
G. [:3 This is submitted for
further investigation will be conducted
quested by the Department.your information and no
unless specifically re-
H. EI? This covers the receipt of a complaint and no
further action w ll be taken by this Bureau unless the Department
so directs.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
T0 = Assistant Attorney General one 3/1°/69
CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
fR°M = Director, FBI "»92",_ F ' I
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Reference is made to H! memorandum dated 1/33/39
your file ____ !.
ed one copy of the r r of SpecialAgent ' dated £93/B9
at Ch ca ;_ Z B _*
A. [::]This covers the preliminary investigation and
no further action concerning a full investigation will be taken
by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.
F1 __ . .. .. - .. . _ 0-92'|B. L_§PThe investigation is continuing and you will
be furnished copies of reports as they are received.
C. [:1 The investigation requested by you has now
been completed, Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
D. [:1 Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department.
E. EIJ Please advise whether you desire any further in-
vestigation.
F. [:} This is submitted for
will be advised of further developments.your information and you
G, [:3 This is submitted for
investigation will be conducted
by the Department.your information and no
nhlnsa nnenificallv re illld-92-II-Ii v-rt-1-qr:-1wjq i -0.iurther
quested
H. [I] This covers the receipt of a complaint and no
further action will be taken by this Bureau unless the Departmen
K.
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SFWFF On 1/28/60, HOFFHBN was convicted on local charges
or resisting arrest and sentenced to one year
probation, with first 15 days to be served. HOFFMAN
released on $1000 appeal bond. HOFFMAN also found
guilty or carrying a ssitchblade knife aboard air=
crait and fined $100. HOFFMAN released on $250
appeal bond on this charge. Charge of disorderly
conduct tor having obscene word on forehead dismissed-
University of Chicago student stated HOFFMAN claimed
YIP has no leadership and he believes HOFFMAN has
"given up on our society." He said leadership is alien
to HOFFMAN's philosophy. THOMAS F.
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Arrest
A On January 28, 1969, HOFFMAN appeared before Judge
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HOFFMAN was convicted of resisting arrest and
sentenced to one year probation, with first 15 days to
be served in House of Correction, Chicago, Illinois.
HOFFMAN was released on $1000 appeal bond.
HOFFMAN was also found guilty on charge of carrying
a switchblade knife aboard an aircraft and was fined $100.
He was released on $250 appeal head ca this charge. The
charge of disorderly conduct for having obscene word on
forehead against HOFFMAN during the Democratic National
Convention was dismissed.
HOFFMAN was given until March 18, 1969, to file
Notice of Appeal.
HOFFHAN's wife was overheard to say they had
arrived via American Air Lines oh that date and they would
depart Chicago, Illinois, via American Air Lines for New
York City on that same date. .
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of HUMPHR&Y advised in addition to several caucu s
prior to the n on, he was in the Convention Hall
during the evenino session; on Au at 27th and 28th, 1968,
conducting spot interview! of var oua delegptes.
dvised that he has
sntes taken ur g the period he served
with the Chica4o American," inasmuch
oral rcporta to the City nook of the "Chico 0 American,"
ann he did not write stories under his own y line.
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7 l_atated he feels ..u.v1u Ln-.L1.I1IC;.*-It 1: a Lthrowback to the "old Le " who iu aincere in his public C Dinfaée as a "pacifier." _ stated his_on1_y rovollection
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was roll mo ch at Grant Park on the at ternmn of
~92u5;u~t /B aivised he considered ULLL1 9292G....i92 to be
a '¬l92.-11 spea er, and therefore recalls little of what
oitiizwdm ail-92l other than Ba.LLIHGz1<'- attempt to organize a
march to the Amphitheatre, site of the democratic Party-2
:4.-nional Convention. »Ji.1.LINGi.I< repeated several times
that his would be a "peaceful, non-violent march."
auviaeo that u:21.1.Ir~|G.-1: stated that. as an alternative
to, those not want
remain by the hand
crowd had cleared.
indicate this al
chi ldren.pate in thia march could
Grant Park and depart when the
stated :J:.l.LINGiR seemed to
d be taken by women and
As 0!-.'1.L1NGdl wee givillg these alternatives,another indivik the microphone and gave a thirdalternative, stated he d d not recognize this
individual and did not understand the alternative o1 tlined
by him other than believing it had something to do
marching, to or through the Loop area of Chicago.
stated that, at this time, people were "mi1lin§ am
and some peola were leaving the aria giving mi theimpression the crowd was leaderlesn
P stated the people intending to join inthe "peace u , non-violent march organized y ur.1LIHGn=R,gthfld by a statue in Grant Park. M state-1 he feelsthe vast majority of people participa this march
believed they would not provoke vio once, but very few
felt that violence would not ensue. Approximately fifty
people among these iarohira were running around givng out
dampened Ilgl to use in the event tear gas was used a- ainatthem so he feels these mrche!-'1 must have felt that it wasa rekaonable assumption that the Police "ouid use tear gas
aéainst then.
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Patented that he believes .»iLLIH£h.-.Ik's B
goal was to orce a massive peaceful sit-in to "clog
the political machine."
' gatated he departed Grant Park prior to
the outbre o violence on the 28th to "cover" events on
the convent ion floor. -
Wstated that he listened ininterview o J..=' HAYDLN sometime Kgior to
week at which time H;92YiJ.;2i stated he ped to
front of various Chicago hotels to see if we
National Guard to éiefgé from their arruoriéson an
Gonvention
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can 58$ the
and get themto take Uptg:$1tlOI'Ll outside these hotels thereby showingthe world t Democracy is dead ago and that we
are living in a Police state." a vised this is
not a direct quote, but merely ho e remembers H1-.Y'outlining his 5081 for Convention week in Chicago. b
added that the cover on'Newsweek" magazine following, re
Convention picturing Vice-President i~lUM1-'HRr.Y behind a
wall of bayonets would be exactly what HAYULN hoped toachieve. - L" U
stated llAY1Ji.N had lanned severaldisru tivegot violent, activitlea for the Oonventionweek. including the following:
A huge demonstration hopefully 15,00! by Illinois
Institute of Technology, Chicago, which does research work.
in biological warfare, to protest this research work.
A sizable demonstration hogefully several thousand!at the Chiczo office of the Central ntelligence Agency Cm!,
to protest e activities of that organization.
A group of several hundred or more picket carrying,
chanting individuals marching through downtown Chicago
department stores on a general "peace" theme.
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materinliz s led him to believe the events of
Convention week in Chicago were largely spontaneous.
M stated he never interviewed iu.NNIt-. .JAVI.s,
but did ob im on several occasions and listened to
him uplain his ideas and on the basis of this feels L»-1'»-I1;
wants to achieve change within the existing social order
and particularly pence in Viet Nam-
Esdvised he did speak, during the weekof the Con n on, to QIRINNA FAl.n.S, who described her.-self
as Communications uirector of the NHC. FALA.-.:$ stated the
M-1C, and she as a representative of it, was "here to convince
all the disillusioned I'D C1-R'1'll:f kids that the exioting 7
politicelhstlzi-ueture in 1; gr:ud.11tA1.i.:> istatnéd the udc wouldexpose e cr c o ca s rue ore, sshow that mew . xno choicgobetveen Vice-Preaident
EiUo|.J<1' H.! llU:1PIi1i.-.'Y and ublican Presidential Nominee
lil.Cl'l:"92|'£J :1! MIA.-N." tated he does not recall that
i"'A1..t...» gave any alter ve to the existing political
structure.
stated ABBY HJFL-HAN in s discussion
fOll0wiIlg wee of the Convention, in the office of
JACK M.>;$L=.Y, associate editor of the "Chico o American" termed the demonstrations durin the week oi the Convention
in Chlago e "gignti drama," role playing" and claimed
the Youth Independence Party Y1?! has no leadership and
that the d e just choose him to quote as s YIP
leader. stated leadership is alien to lbFFHM~I'sphilosop
tsted he believes 1laFFI'3.t~I end J=.RRY RULHN
are individua s who have "given up on our society, people
who don't care about money," and who "want to form a new
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violence in connection with his "C0V2I'¢!1-56" of the NHC
either on the part of the police or on the part of theat--nuastratora. Padded that he also did not
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and immediately recontact Lipton for the purpose of obtaining 92;»_
. A9 92Re Chicago airtel to the Director dated 2/1/69
with copies to Los Angcles.
Los Angeles comply with the Department request
a copy of the tape of his conversation with subject
you were instructed in connection with the prior contact
with Lipton, he should be contacted by two mature, experienced
Agents thoroughly familiar with his background and he should
be advised he is being recontacted at the specific request
or the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal
Division. If Lipton furnishes a copy of the tape as
requested, it should be submitted to the Bureau immediately
for forwarding to Department. If Lipton should for some
reason now refuse to furnish n copy of the tape, that fact
should he reported
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At Department request, after Bureau approval,
Lawrence Lipton, a beatnik poet of questionable background,
was interviewed by Los Angeles concerning his alleged inter-
view of subject regarding activities in Chicago during the
Democratic National Convention.
When interviewed, Lipton advised his article
reporting the interview was based on a tape made by him,
which tape he retained and which would be made available by
him if necessary.
Departmental Attorney in Chicago requested
recontact of Lipton to obtain a copy of the above tape; request
was discussed with Charles Brookhart, Criminal Division,
on 2/10/69; Brookhart stated review of tape considered
necessary to determine whether or not Lipton is to be
subpoenaed. The request will be confirmed in writing.
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LAWRENCE L. LIPTON, 2311 Oakwood, Venice, California,
telephone number EX 9-82H5, was interviewed at his residence,
at which time he furnished the following information:
Mr. LIPTON was asked if he would provide the tape
recording concerning his telephonic interview of ABBOTT
HOFFMAN immediately preceding the Democratic National Gen=
vcntion which he used to write his article in the Los Angeles
Free Press captioned "Yippies to Visit Hog Capitol". Mr.
LIPTON was agreeable to provide a copy of this tape.
Utilizing a card index, LIPTON located the reel which con-
tained the telephone interview of HOFFMAN along with numerous
other interviews. In the presence of interviewing agents,
LIPTON attempted to locate-that part of the tape recording
reel containing the interview of HOFFMAN. Mr. LIPTON could
not locate that part of the reel containing the interview
and surmised that it had been inadvertently erased by a
subsequent interview.
SAP observed the container from which the
reel had been emoved. The label on this container reflected
a notation,"Intcrview of ABBOTT HOFFMAN, 8/68." As the tape
was reviewed, those interviews immediately preceding and
following the pertinent interview were found to be noted on
the container.U
LIPTON re-iterated that his article in the Les
Angeles Free Press captioned, "Yippies to Visit Hog Capitol",
was complete as the tape recording and contained no additional
information. He apologized for not having the tape as he
had previously advised the interviewing agents.
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UNITED STATES GO. DRNMENT
Memorandum
i HSSlSCaE HUEOTDEY U¬EPal Alb
CRIMINAL DIVISION
1 Director, FBI
; ABBOTT H, HOFFMAN
ANTIRIOT LAWS
Reference is made
or file !,:~_ r4u1:iatj5;¬y%?¬?;
ATT: HR, CHARLES BROOKHART
FILE COPY
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There is enclosed one copy of the ggxgxgggkgi
A§§§§x ]e11e:head memtanqnm " dated ?£]§£§Q
at . ._ Hen Knxk iiiiecc
A. [::]This covers the preliminary investigation and
no further action concerning a full investigation will be taken
by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.
B. Ki] The investigation is continuing and you will
be furnished copies of reports as they are received.
C. [::] The investigation requested by you has now
been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
V65D. [:1 Pursuant to instructions issued by the Depart-
ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless
specifically directed by the Department,
E. [:1 Please advise whether
tigation.
F. [I] This is submitted foryou desire any further in-
your information and you
will be advised of further developments.
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On the evening of May 12, 1968, the "At Random"television program was aired on CBS - TV, Channel 2, Chicago,
Illinois, with Moderator John Hadigan. Among the participantson Part Two of this program was Abbie Hoffman, who identified
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The August 5, 1968, issue of
a Chicago daily newspaper, on page three, column one, con-tained an article ref1ectin§ that Abbie Hoffman "made fools
of the television reporters . Hoffman
Street near Chicago Avenue, at noon on
stated, "we'll have a hundred thousand
' our life festival".
David E. Stahl, epucy I-I-yor
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stood on La Selle
August h, 1958, and.
hinniaa here for
of the City f Chicago,, advised sashwand n ctober 6, 1966, that he*melT*Jn bbie 1 our other individuals on August 7,
1968. These individuals stated they planned to have a
they wanted 2h hour
access to Chicago public parks. They said the festival would
include training classes in defense against the police
August 20-2h, 1968. They stated the Chicago government is
.___ a hostile system"; they "don't like Chicago" and theywould "come prepared to fight and die in Lincoln Park and
tear up the town and the Convention."
festival. tm'11 get out of town."D _
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and four, sets forth an
' sets forth the Yippies'
vention and then states
A of being permitted in Lincoln Park-
@~; Free Press", published in Los Angeles,Abbie Hoffman stated,
"If you were smart, you'd give us $100,000 to not hold the
the "East Village
weekly newspaper, on pages three
article entitled, "Pig Butcher",
schedule for the Democratic Con-
that Abbie Hoffman, who is in
Chicago, believes that the Hippies have the~eest~ehancea_.wh i ch
The August 16-22, 1968, issue of-the "L05 Angelas
California, on page
seven, sets forth an article written by Lawrence Lipton
entitled, "Yippies to Visit Hog Capitol", wherein Lipton
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-$5 Yippie IPestival of Life scheduled for August 25-30, 196
s=a in Chi ago and are acting as coordinators, the plan was t 1- go iorward with the festival as it was first announced, _,_;!___
The article then sets forth a transcript of Lip-:-en's
telephone conversation with Hoffman concerning the schedule
of events for the festival. .. _- 4 Q advised that-<~ and u g n~ National Convention in Chicago,C i D he was assigned to the intelligence Division oi the Chicago
v Police Department.
stated he observed Abbott Hoffman
and anot. .1 n ual make a speech at a Lincoln Park rally
approximately one week prior to the Convention. These speeches
were directed toward the marshals who were apparently in-
doctrinating and training these marshals to handle themselves
during the Convention.
0 Se te:uoe'" 6 1 63 Abbott Hoffman advised SAS40 nd that about five days _b e ore ne ntion, was a v se that his Chicago group
o never received a permit to use Grant Park; that thereafter,
tho application for a permit had been withdrawn. Hoffman
t stated that he then decided to go to Chicago to see what
he could do to get a park permit; that he than flew to
Chicago on a student rate fare and met immediately with
Deouty I-Zeg.-"or Stahl and others in a last ditch stand to try
to get -Grant Park for the demonstrations.
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on September 25, 1968, that It
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discuss pla - ods of disrupting the coming Democratic
National Convention. '
n venue, cage, a vised SA
1968, that during his interviewe 1!, WIN 0 . - 3 n gs -;-- . on October 23,
H__. offman on August 21, i968, the only question he recalled
asking Hoffman was if he, Hoffman, thought any one would be
hurt or xil
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answer given y o man.
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1968, by Abbe Hoffman to
tated the the original tape would be main-
tained at s 0 ice and would be made available without a
subpoena for any possible ovidentiary purposes.
The August 23, 1968 edition dthe "Chicago Tribune",
a Chicago daily newspaper, on page five, column five, section
twelve, contained an article stating that on August 22, 1968.
Judge William J. Lynch of the Federal District Court agreed
to dismiss a suit filed by the YIP which was to force the
Park District to grant a permit for thousands of Yippies to
come to the park during the convention.
According to this article, Abbie Hoffman of New
York City, a Yippie spokesman, said the group requested the
suit be dropped because "we have lost faith in the Judicial
System and the Perl; District has failed. to give us an answer
on the permit." ;
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Committee to End the Her in Vietnam demonstrators intended
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served the training of persons in anticipation ofpolice" i reaction to demonstrations during the convention ueekl Oi
s saw Abbott Park on August 22, 1958, i_
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October recalled she ctures of
Abbe Hof in front of the Chicago Police Department 1ocatec_1_
at llth Street and State, Chicago, Illinois, on August 23, 1968,
the same Ca}; that a Yippie group released a pig in the Civic
Center in downtox-m Chicago. Hoffman appeared at the Police
Department in order to protest the arrest of various peoplewho had released the pig.Speeia-1 Agent, Region 1, 1131-.n 'Military In e genco r 22 1 west Howard Street, Bvanston,
on Se tcmber 25 1968, Illinois, advised SA _ p ,
that while on duty at frequent1y saw an
individual he identified from a photograph as Abbott Hoffman,
beginning on August 23 or 21;, 1968. During this period,
Hoffman was primarily engaged -in making statements to the
press and organizing with groups of leaders of the demon-
strators. Hoffman was likewise engaged in addressing smaller
groups of demonstrators in Lincoln Park, telling them the plans
'for the day.
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ST TS HOB 5tQBHQCRATIQLSQ§IETY i *_;,_ce * _ .. _i-e. b. _
The Students for a Democratic Society SDS!, as} H is
known today, came into being at a founding convention h
at Port Huron, Michigan, in June, 1962. The SDS is an '
association of young people on the left and has a current
program of protesting the draft, promoting a campaign for
youth to develop a conscientious objector status, denouncing
United States intervention in the war in Vietnam and to
"radically transform" the university community, and provide
for its complete control by students. GUS HALL, General
Secretary, Communist Party, USA, when interviewed by a
representative of United Press International in San
Francisco, California, on May lh, 1965, described the SDS -
as a part of the "responsible left" which the Party has _
"going for us." At the June, 1955, SDS National Convention,_
an anti-Communist proviso was removed from the SDS Constitution.
In the October 7, 1966, issue of "New Left Notes," the
official publication of SDS, an SDS spokesman stated that
there are some Communists in SDS and they are welcome. The
national headquarters of this organization as of April 18,
1967, was located in Room 206, 1608 west Madison Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
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specifically directed by the Department.
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specifically directed by the Department.
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identifiable with CLYDE PITTS, STEPHEN MULLEN, LARRY
JAKUBOSKY or ISAAC LIPKOWITZ.
The files of the NYO reflect that CHARLES ANTHONY
was the suhect of an ITSHV, JDA case, Bufile 26=3888Q5,NYfile 26-h916, in which prosecution was declined This
file also reflects that CHARLES ANTHONY at the age 16 was
arrested along with 23 other youths for possessing and selling
marijuana by the Nassau County, NY Narcotics Bureau, 2 /E8
according to the 2/B/68 issue of "The New York Times
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AntiRiot Laws
A representative of the Bureau of Special Services
BSS! of the New York City Police Department NYCPD! advised
on March 2h, 1969, that at 2:H5 AM on March 23, 1969, a
neighbor complained to the NYCPD that some people were "shooting
up" in an apartment located at 333 East 5th Street, New York
City.
Detectives of the Ninth Squad of the NYCPD
responded and in Apartments A-H and F-3 at that address found
five males and a quantity of suspected heroine and hypodermic
needles. In Apartment A-4 they also uncovered three weapons
and a quantity of ammunition. The five males were placed under
arrest and charged with illegal possession of weapons and/or
narcotics.
Shortly after the above arrests, Abbott Hoffman
appeared at the Ninth Precinct of the NYCPD located on
East 5th Street, New York City, to complain about police
being in his Apartment, A-H, at 333 East 5th Street, New York
City. Hoffman stated that he rents Apartment A-H at 333 East
5th Street, New York City, for use as his office.
Shortly after Hoffman's appearance at the Ninth
Precinct, he was placed under arrest and charged with illegal
possesaon of the weapons found in Apartment A-H at 333 East
5th Street, New York City.
According to the representative of the BS5 or the uxuru,
the following weapons and narcotics were found by the police
in Apartment A-H at 333 East 5th Street, New York City:
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place of birth Gadsden, Alabama, occupation writer, address
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Larry Jakubosky, a white male, date of birth
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New York, who was arrested in Apartment A-4.
Charles Anthony, a white male, date of birth June
1951, place of birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, occupation
unemployed, address 26 Guilford Road, Port Washington,
New York, who was arrested in Apartment F-3.
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1947, place of birth Brooklyn, New York, occupation laborer,
address 200 East Tth Street, New York City, Apartment 15C,
who was arrested in Apartment F-3.
According to the representative of the BSS of the
NYCPD, Abbott Hoffman was released on $100 cash bail for
a hearing on April 7, 1969.
Onuthe evenings of May ll and 12, 1968,
the "At Random" television program was
aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System
Television CBS-TV!, Channel Two,Chioago,
Illinois, with Moderator John Madigon.
Among the participants on part two of these
programs was Abbie Hoffman, who identified
himself as a representative of the Youth
International Party YIP!. During the
ensuing discussion, Hoffman was asked if he
was in favor of the overthrow of the
United States US! Government by the
Moderator and Hoffman replied that he was in
favor of the overthrow of the US H
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been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-
quiries will be made by this Bureau.
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California, in effort to obtain a copy of a tape
recording in his possession which reflected a telephonic
interview with subject HOFFMAN. However,examination
of pertinent reel reflected conversation not available
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By communication dated February 7, 1969, the
Chicago Office advised that DepartmentalFgttorney ROGER
CUBBAGE requested the FBI at Los Angelcs obtain a copy of a
tape in possession of LAWRENCE LIPTON of the "Los Angeles
Free Press" which reflected a conversation between HOFFMAN
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State University of New York at Buffalo,
Buffalo, N.Y., for symposium on drugs
held é/27/69 through 3/1/69, but delivered
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police station, he told newsmen.
Five Others Arrested
Five other men were arrestedin the raid on the combinedoffice-apartment on the ground
floor of a five-story tenement at
333 E. Fifth St.A ll? outside the flit Real orld Hallucinations, Inc.
Peliee no that at 2:30 a.m»»
an unidentied man came into
the police station and tipped
them off about the guns and n_ar-
cotics. Detectives Barry Levine,
Vincent Marcsca and Sam Pulley
th a where they walked to 0 i,found Stephen Mullen, 20,
Jacubosliy, 22, and Cllfilll P1!-l-I,
19. The said Pitts was handlinga loaded, .45-caliber Colt revolver.
Guns Confiscatell '
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anese automatic and two glassine
envelopes allegedly containing
heroin. , -
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on the floor ahove. In his flat,
detectives found Isaac Lipkowira,
21, and Charles Anthony, 17. They
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