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1 slnhoes eet cae teatameemmnnne been bnen ne temmemmananetiaient Gmaaententie cameeal od ABYott Howard Hoffman Me TT In response to a question by Cavett, “What are you doing these days?",Hoffman replied? Building a hovse with a group of friends, a collective; experimenting with new life styles; writing more - an article is coming out in Harpers re testing limits of free speech; doing research on a book; was bustad on “set up" by the NYCPD - facing mandatory life. Cavett said rules would not allow Hoffman to plead his case on TV but Hoffman stated he had no compulsion to not talk or write about it because they have all been on trial one way or another in the last {2 years. In response to a question by Cavett, "Do they get any credit or do they think they were responsible for the end of the Vietnam War?", Hoffman replied; Thinks they went to Chicago in 1968 to oppose the war in Vietnam and other reasons such as racism in the country, oppose policies of the people who were then in power, Replied that the people who opposed the war were responsible for ending the war, Stated the election of Richard Nixon was in the final analysis a good thing because now we are seeing the United States Government in all its nakedness, corruption and brutality. Stated they were not aware of what was going tolappen in Chicago. They went there to protest the policies of the United States Government. Stated they were not a conspiracy then or now, that they were lucky to physically survive Chicago and lucky to survive all the Government threats to them. In response to a question by Cavett, "How much did you plan what people might call your bizarre actions? Was there a game plan or philosophy of when or when not to break the law?", Hoffman replied No, but there was a kind of spirit you might want to put forth which would encourage spontaneous outrage on the part of the people - we were not a carefully organized conspiracy, we were not the kind of movement that existed in the 30's of tightly organized groups wa: were not based on carefully thought out plans or sterile. Yd@ological commitment; our struggle was a struggle that --#;* i. Pe eae Ae _ EA * -§=