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- rete ee en ne a A ee rer PT Oe i ee ee er ee a | : ae _ ’ id hes 2 Re: Abbott Howard Hoffman “"'If you violate the Laws of this county, are you willing to be arrested?' "No, I'm not ever willing to he arrested’, Knightbyrd replied. "He explained that with campsites and other provisions for demonstrators not forth- coming, the YIP has cancelled plans for protest at the Democratic Convention. "Because movement leaders believe the Republican Party wants chaos at the Democratic convention, Knightbyrd said, they've decided to ‘put pressure on Nixon’ by backing off te first convention and concentrating on the second one. "And what if the war ends before the Republican convention js held in August? a member of the audience asked. "Knightbyrd smiled at the thought. ‘In that case', he said, 'I expect we'll have an incredible celebration and po get suntans.'" About June 15, 1972, Jeff Knirhthbyrd spoke before a political club and indicated that it was the YIPs who have been cool and that they had been thwated hy the delay of the Miami Beach City Council in acting on a request for demon- strator campsites. At this talk, Knightbyrd also indicated that the YIPs had decided to pressure Nixon by concentrating on the second convention and backing off the first. Jeff Knightbyrd js actually Jeff Scherro. Wis name is snelled either Schero, or Scherro, and he uses the name Jeff Knirhtbyrd in “iami, and his name is spelled several ways, such as Nightbyrd, Knightsbird and Knightbird. 39. . ee ee a iden: