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on FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE a ; iJ Denver, Colorado April 17, 1970 Al ' Jenne TiO" CONTAINED poo IL TED Die af foe DY 2.5 tsb/boe. ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN On March 30, 1970, an announcement ap- peared in the "Collegian," a Colorado State ..--—- -. — University (CSU) campus newspaper at Fort Collins, Colorado, indicating that Hoffman is scheduled to appear for a speech at 6:00 P.M., April 7, 1976, in the student center baliroom at CSU. On April 7, 1970, a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation attended the above- mentioned speech which was held as scheduled. This speech was a series of disjointed statements by Hoffman, obviously not well prepared and liberally sprinkled with barnyard obscenities. A major part of his diatribe dealt with critical comments con- cerning the recent Chicago Antiriot Laws trial where he was a defendant. 79 ee: shed cording of this speech made by Hoffman before an audience of approximately 1,500 individuals at the student center on the campus at CSU, Fort Collins, Colorado. This source characterized Hoffman as a member of the "Chicago 7" who was recently convicted in Chicago, Illinois, for conspiracy and participation in a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.