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eee i 7ON OPONaL (ORM HO 10 ‘ MAY 162 EDITION ' Gsa Gln. wc moO. 27 "UNITED STA ' 3010-106 “pps fu fs 2 er Tolson : K Felt Rosen ll i Mohr Yah Millef. FS Callahan Casper $ by VERNMENT Memorandum JA ‘ At, Cleve —_— FROM M. A. Jonés * g mo Soyars — ; Tele. Room SUBJECT: APPEARANCE OF ABB HOFFMAN a Conds AND JACK ANDERSON ON NATIONAL | EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (NET) i 10-21-71 4 Abbie Hoffman appeared as host of the ''Free Time" program on National Educational Television, Channel 13, New York City, on 10-21-71, and, his guest was the columnist Jack Anderson. This program was monitored by the New York Office and we have now received a transcript of the program which is attached. Anderson repeated his timeworn charges against the FBI and the °. Director, and Abbie Hoffman contributed his usual nonsense. These charges _ have been refuted many times in the past and simply as a summary, some lof the charges are set out below: - o All Agents look just like Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and that is - i = why they cannot infiltrate the Mafia. <x & Os The Agent who shot the hijacker in New York was | = ra & reprimanded because he had his coat off. (This charge in | a4 a NE spite of the Director's letter to 'The Washington Post.") fr = a . 5 C77 A . Sq s << Oh The Director will not leave his limousine if a long- 2 — os Zon haired person is in sight, and the Director slumps in one corner ~. og xc => = {4,of his limousine with his hat on the other corner. ae a = — Av y i a cc The Director testified before Congress that he hasless / 3 >. & C et —~ Qf than 50 phone taps and 100 "bugs" but actually has local police do Ps => = &/% bugging or tapping for the FBI. Z —— be Pa. 1 - = = -— An Agent spilled a cup of coffee on the Director's rug while an ao , the Director was out of town and anew rug was installed without the / Director's knowledge. —_' EX- ~e “wos J 70 os encut yhE Security was pretty tight in the FBI two years ago but | \ today it's in shambles, morale is low, Agents are frustrated, and 4 1 everyoxte is talking. CORY tape te NOV 12 Q7t Leow Enclosurp? NOV »7 19/1 [COPY HAD Pot ii, TOLSON | 1 - Mr. Bishop — ao OBSERVATION Gandy _ --—% /¥Q Ji M. A. Jones |... RECOMMENDATION a 1)