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vce i , aaa esol ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED, 1 1! (CLASSIFIED A { HEREIN IS U DAT .. oo wh cep STATES DEPARTMENT oF bstIcE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer ta San Francisco, California File No, September 27, 1968 ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN 4? D rbances and activities 1 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, held in August, 1968, provided information “on September 6, 1968 that on or about 2:00 PM, Monday, August 26, 1968, a public meeting was being held at Lincoln Park, Chicago and that a loud speaker announced that groups would be formed near the various leaders. Hoffman's name was menticne?d as a leader, he gorero ycomments over the loud speaker system were encouraging I slp the young people to "... show Chicago for what it is-- disrupt the system--force the pigs to react". a :::: everyone was asked to do his part in e various demonstrations, whatever his part might be, and that the crowd of about 1,000 was told ainly to simply add numbers to the different demonstrations. Ci :::: the crowd was told over and over again e violent and that most of the crowd cheered this omment, however, some of the crowd laughed at it. BY s¢2 fb Qo3 z that on Tuesday morning, August ’ » 4 press contferen was held at the housing office of the National Mobilization Office on Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, and that during the press conference, Hoffman told newspapermen that he had been "making love" to his wife in Lincoln Park the night before when the Chicago police began their "attack". = q cere were no specific statements on the part of Hoffman that he could recg F dpoumed Horfman waS a leadeé pecause MO at We Ooducec and the loud speaker system was made available to him and there were reports from unknown individuals that Hoffman was in fact one of the leaders. wae we ewe em we wm ew ee ee www mm wm ww we ee RE Be ee Ke ew ww wm Mw MO BP mM eB ee HO eR ee ee This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be “TS outside your agency. 5 < aan aoe awe She