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COREL OFSLIAL €) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Kansas City, Missouri in Reply, Please Refer to . ,OPRIATE / S File he April 29, 1970 APPR irs OFFICES oo ' AND Pete oy roust: WTA ae —_ ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN On April 8, 1970, at 8:00 pm, Special Agents of the FBI observed Abbott Howard Hoffman, alsc known as Abbie Hoffman, address approximately 7,000 individuals, mostly students, at the Allen Field House at Kansas University (KU), Lawrence, Kansas, Hoffman's speech contained numerous obscene statements and was strongly eritical of his recent trial and conviction in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Illinois. Hoffman was also highly critical of what he termed the establishment in the United States and made critical references to the administration of KU and local authorities in g persone fl Kansas. Hoffman made no statements encouraging persons to incite violence. ra i 4 . or a av] le a htt il alli Fog, " . ™ wine he. to Potter's Lake at approximately 5:30 pm, on April 8, 1970, where he addressed a crowd of several hundred students. a: at Potter's Lake, Hoffman did not make a fo a ess but merely mingled with the students and he is not known to have made any statements which would be construed as inciting to violence. tated that Hoffman reportedly ——- avinapsee - Tennessee Street, in Lawrence, Kansas, which is the resid f David Awbrey, Student Council President. quite... Hoffman cond DEN RAL ft b7D PL ity, Missouri, by air and was driven by automobile to Lawrence, Kansas. He then went E ' . joo- $99 723 ~ 1 227 This document cant. - ALG tece:nmevGctions nor conciusions of the FBI it ls the property of the FEI and is loaned to your agency; it and its content are not to be distributed outside your agancy.