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* OFPTIONA POEM NO. 10 #010- 106 . aay 1897 FOITION ] Ghia Gin. RFG NO. 77 ae i. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ae ) - hE * f Memorandum 1 - Mr. Rosen Ve \ . Casper oo Lv 1 = i ii Conrad ____ TO Mr. ES. Millet DATE:12/3 eh aor 1 - Mr. Miller Ponder Ota 1 - Mr, Shackelford Teel no —~—<1 FROM .W. Gray _ : ALLINFORAT IMA ao C SUBJECT : ABBOTT HOWARL HOFFMAN, ak sandy Abbie Hoffman EREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED \ ANTIRIOT LAWS DATE 2-0-g BY ox cxehel{ Ey This is to advise of developments in the case in which Abbie Hoffman was indicted 5/13/71 by a Federal Grand Jury, ° Washington, D.C., on antiriot charges. The charges were based on his travel from Oklahoma to Washington, D.C., to participate in the disruptions during Mayday Demonstrations in Washington, D.C. during the Spring of 1971, and his interference with a law ) enforcement officer during the disruptions. By pre-trial motion, Hoffman raised the dectronic { re surveillance issue. On 11/23/71 the court ruled that some of . the overhearings of Hoffman were illegal because they were —_— authorized by the Attorney General under Presidential authority and were directed against domestic organizations. At the same time, trial date was set for 12/13/71. Departmental Attorney Joseph Tafe, Internal Security Division, has now advised that a Government motion for continuance, 7 unopposed by defense counsel, was granted by the court on 12/2/71, a The motion specifies that the Hoffman case is to be continued until a decision is handed down in the case U.S, vs. Keith, which case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Keith case, according to Tafe, involves the question regarding legality of electronic survelllance of domestic organizations authorized under Presidential authority. ACTION: For information. You will be advised of eS developments in this ™eere REE “M1IL- 34 - _ EM z 25 cep as . ROY yy . cates e CEC IS i) [SADE Far 3 Y¥ MADE For ra paras B4pE07.0 1971 roLeay] ___ -