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¢ > Can te . wed UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ° New York, New York / in Repiy, Piease Refer io Apri 1 Wi 19869 ; ‘ File No. Buf ile 100-449923 DECLASSIFI pay SPSE MY ieee NYfile 100-161445 on /ogleae nar Abbott Howard Hoffman Security Matter ~ Anarchist 410 pr ’ ’ rom Li: a.m, to : p.m. on that date, Abbott Hoffman held a press conference at the office of "The East Village Other”, s New York City weekly newspaper in New York City. During this press conference, Abbott Hoffman stated that on April 17, 1969, he would announce his support for New York City Mayor John Lindsay in his re- election cempaign. Abbott Foffman also stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been haressirg him and cited an incident in Chicego, Illinois, one week ego, weere he claimed that an FBI Agent named Hall monitored a conversation that he, Hoffman, had had with his attormey in the Federal Building in ee nel Chicago, Illinois, iJ ; Abbott Hoffman also stated that Mary Nesnick, who was Ts ‘as __ 2a — om sean Aman =m lew me. e wie av A ante ee “ae = Pe 7s fe av tne presS COmSorencGe, G0GS NOV AGW tin Bi ils y © t in(V) before, had been harassed by the FBI to inform ATE ACENCIES cES ROUTING afb gaz Yr oo ~ a fa a Abbott Hoffman also stated that when the New York City Police Department raided the store which is not owned by him on East Sth Street in New York City recently, he was a a lh, FIELD OFFI DATE. ADVISED BY SLIP (8) 9 rrested for illegal possession of weapons although he was not t the store at the time of the raid. APPROPRI AND Abbott Hoffman stated that the Columbia Broedcasting System has censored him off of their progrems. 4 On the evenings of May 11 and 12, 1968, the "At Random television program was afred on the Columbia Brondcasting System Television werneut (CBS-TV), Channel Two, Chicago, Illinois, with =oovemch. Moderator John Madigon. Among the participants on part two of these programs was Abbie Hoffman, who identified himself as e representative of This document cone... —_ recommen’atéons nor ect. lasions ) G92 3 Le) cen. J of tho i3I. It is ‘=> property fDO- yy TT Exclud( irpacSutom‘ic of tio Dotcnd is lerncd to your ‘ Cone eee 4 ----+ #6 at ¢te oontentsa are . eur i Acre Cl yes oT