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FO-302 (Rev. &-49-64) De ON, ; _ - ‘) . Le 1 i " . . - oy . . . ~ . . + 7 ; - ’ FEDERAL CUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ° Dote 9/12/68 "ABBOTT HOFFMAN, also known as Abbie Hoffman, 30 St. Marks Place, New York, New York,” was interviewed in the hallway of his apartment at 30 3t. Marks Place q} between 11:05 AM and Jj emb by 4 « (343) rahe’ _ . ° ‘ Cees < *“S = . i HOFFMAN, who advised that he was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was graduated fron Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, identified himself as a member of the YIP (Youth International Party) and stated that he was in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic Convention held in August, 1968. HOFFMAN, to whom the interviewing S5A5 identified themselves as representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was advised that the interviewing 4 H 2 agents desired to ‘ask him certain questions regarding ) his participation in the Chicago disorders; that he was ke not obligated to speak to the agents and that he did not have to answer any questions which might passibly incriminate - hin. - HOFFViAN stated that his life is an open book; that he had no objection to the interview: that he under- | ; stood his rights, and that he had received a letter from —_— a the American Civil Liberties Union; that is, the ACLU, only yesterday (September 5. 1968), indicating that the 3 ws; ; FBI would probably question him concerning his presence in Chicago during the Democratic Convention. i HUFFMAN stated that the Chicago disorders were the result of a set policy onthe part of Chicago authorities; that as a representative of the YIP, he visited Chicago on March 25, 1968, and filed an application for a permit, a . with others, with the Chicago Farks Commission to allow demonstrators to utilize Lincoln Park, later changed to Grant: Park, for their "thing" during the convention period: that he then met with Deputy Mayor STAHL, a Mr. BARRY the Park Commission, certain Chicago police officials and others, and that the application was not then acted upon. On__0/6,/68 et New York. New York | a 176-6 | _ 4 2 a a ere by 8A9 and ate dictated C/E/68 — << CCC This document containi neither recommendaiions nor conctusio fe property of the FB) and fa looned to your agency: fond its conlants ore nolio be distribuled outside your agency. . . ee