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j ot TE MED 1 - ~ ee TEOEL POAT] fee ATH Collis August 26, 1970 seme, oR EDM POTLET Pate 2}rh~ Bie ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN ieee Also known as Abbie Hoffman, Abby Digger, Abbe Hoffman, Abbey Hoffman, Abby Hoffman, Abner Hoffman Hoffman attended Brandeis University, Walthan, F Massachusetts, from September, 1955, to June, 1959, when he received an A. B. degree. He was admitted to Brandeis from Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts. Hoffman is not acceptable for military service due to bronchial asthma and defective vision. An undated throw-away on the letterhead of Liberation News Service, 3 Thomas Circle, N.W., Washington, D. C., was captioned "An Announcement: The Youth International Party aa (Or: YIP) is Born.” This throw-away contained a press release datelined January 16, 1968, at New York stating that Abbe Hoffman 4 was one of the initial founders of the YIP, a political youth ; organization. — In May, 1968, Hoffman appeared on the Chicago CBS tele- vision program "At Random" and stated he had participated in the recent Columbia University uprisings in New York. At one point he was asked, "Does anyone believe that the communist element was in “= any way behind the recent student uprising around the country?" or Hoffman asked what was meant by & communist, and the moderator re- eS plied by using the standard definition, "Anyone who advocates the t. overthrow of the U. 8. Government." Hoffman then state? "In ; that case, I am a communist." He was then asked if he was in favor . of the overthrow of the U.8. Government and replied that he was in favor of its overthrow by any means possible. The “New York Post," a New York City daily newspaper, in its issue of September 5, 1968, sets forth an article entitled "As a Yippie Sees Chicago: A Victory," in which the Yippies are referred to as “the turned-on, psyched-up wing of the peace move- ment.” The article quotes Hoffman as stating, with reference to “a the demonstrations in Chicago during the Democratic Convention in August, 1968: “They called us hard core anarchists with plots to NN overthrow the government. Well, that’s not a secret. That's . 2, Saal been the case. What's the big deal?" x a Mutiny . = His = rata Enclosure to airtel to Legat, Ottawa, dated 8/26/70 cana —— captioned "Abbott Howard Hoffman,aka, SM-ANA." Casper Conrad __ Rete. Gale. 1 = Special Coordinations Unit (Route through for review) Tased — Waleers Sos ars __ - ; THAT CT : Tae Yom ENCLi wees Gandy _.____. MAIL ROOM(__ TELETYPE UNIT(L_) fil fine i} cf fa ~ —s, l / ! /