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5 co 176-31 CONFIDERTIAL He himself was not hit by the police and he saw no one seriousyinjured. AS police moved into the crowd, some of them were screaming, "Kill them," and a few police were yelling such things as, "You f------ (obscene) comnies." He recalls that earlier, the crowd had been asked by tre police to clear the street, although not immediately before they moved in swinging their night sticks. He said that it was his observation also that most of the poeple hit by the police were not"hippies" or "“yippies" but were well-dressed people who appeared bewildered by police actions. He also does not remember seeing any missiles thrown at police in the vicinity of Michigan and Balbo, After the street was cleared he walked north and saw one individual being beaten by policemen who was hanging onto a railing Somewhere in the vicinity of the Illinois Central Railroad Station. The police did not arrest this individual and after beating him, left him there. Later that evening at about 1] p.m., or midnight, he went back to Grant Park across from the Conrad Hilton Hotel, whee he heard speeches made by a number of convention delegates. He remembers hearing JULIAN BOND, a delepate from Georgia, and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH. These delegates spoke of continuing theirefforts throughthe established political system. ‘Senator MC CARTHY's daughter alsospoke to the group, along the same Jines. NORMAN MAILER spoke again and said that if 300 convention delegates would march later that day to the Amphitheatre, he would march also. ge GP <:: home about 5 a.m., August 29, and returned at 12 noo at day to the park across from the Conrad Hilton. A number of speeches were being made there. A delegate from Wisconsin spoke and said that the Wisconsin delegates were meeting in the hotel with MAILER about a march, The crowd at this time appeared to be mostly MC CARTHY supporters and was rather subdued. Two speakers, unknown to 7 Spoke and complained that “liberals” had taken over from e "radicals." These 47: | coNFiAENTAL