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eo“, OPTIONAL FORM NG. 10 wOr0-)08 MAY 1982 EDITION . ~ GSA GEN. REG. NO. 7 . UNITED STATES © +. RNMENT Memorandum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: September 11, 1968 reo | SUBJE SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-72113) (RUC) ad, O FD-t/ rssopywornan, aka €) _ ALLINFORMATION CONTAINED ~ amor iss CAEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED 77 2 00: CHICAGO DATE 27 B Sig Ht Re Chicago tel to Los Angeles via Washington, dated 9/11/68, captioned v4 as above, referring to LA let to New York, 8/19/68, titled, YOUTH INTERNATIONAL PARTY, aka Yippies; [S=Miscellaneous OO<:NY." Chicago requested that the Los Angeles Division interview "Los Angeles Free Press" reporter LAWRENCE LIPTON, for further details concerning an alleged telephone interview he had with subject ABBOTT HOFFMAN relating to possible civil disorder at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. 4 The Los Angeles Division will not conduct any inierview with LIPTON ee in view of his known antipathy and outspoken aversion to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As the Bureau knows, LIPTON is the "beatnik" poet and former coffeehouse owner who authoréd the inflammatory poem, "I was a Poet for the FBI" in the mid-1950's. He is the subject of Bufile 100=;28153, and LA file 100-3645. Pending Bureau approval of en interview,no interview will be mad The Bureau will recall that LIPTON was interviewed by SAS of this Division , on 3/28/58, following the release of the sbove scurrilous poems Although he was admonished at that time to refrain from publication of such filth, he nevertheless again attacked the FBI by publication of this poemin the September 1958 issue of the left-wing "Frontier" magazine, which has since merged with *Nation® magazinee Previous contacts.with LIPTON resulted in the finding that = he is fantastically incoherent, completely senseless and seemingly a person a . LY considerable mental instabilitye The Los Angeles Division does not have available at this time en original clipping of LIPTON's article in the weekly avant-gard underground newspa@er the "Los Angdes Free Pressg" however, there are enclosed forthe Bureau and the Chicago Division two Xerox copies each of his article which appeared on Page 7, of the 6/16-22/68 edition of that periodiqates 99 pec4ag. / 1 ae -, /~ \ : IF L he without RECOMMENDATION: As stated above, Mo interview with LIPTON will be cc prior Bureau authority; end it is recommend¢d that no such interview be con~ ducted in, v. ew of his untrustorthiness litye It is reasonable 4 3 fi abl w~cA 27. —o ~ Bureau (Registered Arenas} Concls-~h CLOSURE ‘ ~ = Chicago(176~28) ae rb Cends.2) 17 a 1 = Los les (100~72 ABPROTT HOFFMAN Cee eres ee TeRarS CLENRENCE: LEPPON) fle aan