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C CONFIDENTIAL O : a. KY 100-161445 L ID ee from 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. oh that date, BO held a press conference at the office of "The East Village Other", a New York City weekly newspaper in New York City. During this press conference, ABBOTT HOFFMAN stated that on April 17, 1969, he would announce his support for New York City Mayor JOHN LINDSAY in his re-election campaign. ; ABBOTT HOFFMAN also stated that the FBI has been harassing him and cited an incident in Chicago, Illinois, one week ago, where he claimed that an FBI Agent named HALL monitored a conversation that he, HOFFMAN, had had with his attorney in the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois. fo ABBOTT HOFFMAN also stated that MARY NESNICK, who was with HOFFMAN at the press conference, does not know him and only met him the day before, had been harassed by the FBI to inform on him. ABBOTT HOFFMAN also stated that when the New York City Police Department raided the store which is not owned by him on East 5th Street in New York City recently, he was arrested for illegal possession of weapons although he was not at the store at the time of the raid. &. Nios ABBOTT HOFFMAN stated that the Columbia Broadcasting ). System has censored him off of their programs. The "New York Times", a New York City daily newspaper, in its April 15, 1969 issue on page 39, Column 3, carried an article entitled, "Yippie Leader Says FBI is Watching", which stated as follows: “Abbott H. (Abbie) Hoffman, the 32-year-old militant Yippie leader who says he has been arrested 37 times, said yester- day that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ‘is trying to infiltrate us.' “At a news conference in the newsroom of the East Village Other, 105 Second Avenue, the long-haired leader of the Youth International party said the source of his information was @ woman who was also at the conference. °° CONFIDENTIAL Se RE re YE A ee AE Re ge ee ee pam at