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\ 4 ' FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dore _coptember 28, 1968 aa: <2: Police Departnent, llth and $e Streets, icago, advised that he was | assigned to work on a physical surveillance of . during the Deriocratic National Convention (DC). He stated that the only time he observed HOFPIFMAl incite a crowd was on Sunday, August 25, 1968, at LineciIn Tark. ft about 6:00 pm on that date, HOFMAN and other ; individvals, including JERRY AUBIN and ED SANDERS, wanted . to use a flat-bed truck for a stage for their Yippie Music —— Festival in Lincoln Park. The police wovld not allow then to bring the truck in to the park. HOFFMAN then ran up and urged & huge crowd to help in driving the truck through ae the Police barricade. Tney finally decided not to use the ; truck and this was the only time he heard HOFFMAN attempt wv to incite a crowd, ioe Qn August 26, 1968, HOFFMAN advised a group of Shewen 30 or 40 people at 1800 Stockton Avenue, Chicago, that —- | demonstrators were nesded at the Chicago Transit Authority barn at Diversey Avenue and Clark Street, Chicago. He did not go himself but he got several people to march there. —_—- HOFFMAN told the surveilling Agents that it was Lot all right for ther to be with him and indicated that he —: considered them to be his bodyguards. But he stated to - Zac then "the 28th belongs to us. Je are going to tear up the @ 7 city and march." He made it a point to advise the Polf-e 7 officers that he was "on the outs" with JENRY RUBIN. . Hie advised that HOFIMAI would meet with two, three or four people, get them organized and then go organize anovther group. HOFFM/! appeared to be a coordinator but never appeared before a large groupe | | During the afternoon of August 25, 1968, JnORRY RUBIN got the crowd in Lincoln Park riled up and had them e,; march down Clark Street to a bridce on the north side of FA the “oon in Chicago. RUBIN, as usval, urged the group on —q —. ee egg 9/25/68 gy Chicaso, Illinois File#___CG 176-25 nie dav umen! Cuntong neithes cacommendahonk nar conclusions of the 1 Bl if is the property of the FB! and ts toaned 'o your agency, samt a ertents ure nott be dubltibulgd ouide your agency 23 =