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~~ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Bir to april’18, 1960" | | nec NED _ File No. 176 . i. _) ¥ po 7 . aunsgun’ Sy 3 ABBOTT H, HOFFMAN gnc b7C | | In March, 1969, CBS Tele- vision Stations, 630 North McClung Court, icago, furnished an audio tape recording of the’ “At Random" | | Show of May 11-12, 1968, hosted by John Niadigan. Excerpts from this tape are as follows: John Madigan: Abbie, you have heard from time to time members of what you would probably call the establishment charge ~ some senators, some mayors, some businessmen « charge that these movenents are being used or influenced by subversive elements. pasa Abbie Hoffman: That's great Madigan: I know ....- Hoffman: Seo what ... I mean... so what? Madigen: Expand on that a little bit ... yeu don't care if the Communists use the ... any trouble on the campus or on the Vietnan issue whatsoever? Hoffman: Well... I... I... you know... you have to run down to me wnat exactly a Communist is ... that’s all... like an American or a Yippie. Madigan: Well, I°11 use the real old expression ... somebody who advocates the violent over- throw of the United States Government, This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is the property of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. EXCLOM ig (76-24 - - 7 _ i “tesa oy MK