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. a -~- ry c ‘Y * - OPTIONAL POEM NO. 16 1010-196 MAY 1962 EDITION a UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AU es al uae Ban NED eae 22 Memorandum bike: "3 GRCUASSD eo DATE t/22/s3- BY seseqctleeo— Fa TO: Mr. WC, Sullivay DATE: January 16, 1969 Siins Tove] \ Trotter — Tele. Room FROM : Cc. D, Brenna : Holmes ean i” SUBJECT: BOOK REVIEW "REVOLUTI FOR THE HELL OF IT" BY ABBIE ‘HOFFMAN (ALIAS "FREE”’) INTERNAL SECURITY - NEW LEFT MATTER af ee ee ee This memorandum presents a review of captioned book, which is being retained in the Communist Infiltrated and New Left { Groups Unit, Internal Security Section, Domestic Intelligence y, Division, ; i 7 “ce SYNOPSIS; Hoffman, head of Youth International Party (YIP) =s | |e elf-admitted anarchist and revolutionary artist, is on Secu : Index of New York Office. Captioned book, a great portion o was written while author under influence of LSD, is filled wi extreme obscenities and referred to by Hoffman as "a book of garbage, “an excellent appraisal, His account of March on Pepytagon, ' 4 et October, 1967, is merely obscene descriptions of actions of démon- \ strators and conflict between them and authorities, He calls Chicago demonstrations at Democratic National Convention (DNC). y in August, 1968, "the Perfect Mess," adding "We had won the Battle { of Chicago, I knew we had smashed the Democrats’ chances and destroyed the two-party system in this country and perhaps with it electoral politics," Hoffman obsessed with idea of developing “a free America," to be brought about by destroying property and abolishing work and is fervent admirer of Castro; he feels since Castro has made such gigantic strides in creating "a free society" in 11 years, it is possible for revolutionaries in America to do likewise, Numerous uncomplimentary references to FBI in book, such as Hoffman's comment on DNC demonstrations: "In a Perfect Mess everyone gets what he wants, In a Perfect Mess only the System suffers, The road into Chicago begins and ends in your own head, Daley and the FBI will enter by finding a conspiracy." He then sets forth other well known names and io op f how they wi 1 relate to the "Perfect Mess » REC li SEAL —_ © 2 te Col oS od eee UWercenrsp COPY FILZD IRQ. ACTION: None, . For eA 100-449923 1 - Mr. DeLoach Ww , 1 - Mr. /8yhlivan oo > rt A7v< ; Mt 1 Brennan 1 - Mis Re A nd - 62-4 Book (Review File) DETAILS - Page Two OC SN eee ee i oe