Cointelpro New Left New York Part 02 Final

This page contains typed text from a declassified FBI document, likely a report or memorandum. There are no photographs, forms, wiretap logs, or operational charts visible. However, there are several handwritten and stamped annotations. Notably, a large "C" is stamped in the upper right corner, and a routing code "N 100-163303" is present in the upper left. Redactions appear as blacked-out rectangular areas within the text, obscuring specific names or details related to individuals and organizations. A handwritten checkmark is visible next to the list of activists, and "-3-" is centered at the bottom, indicating a page number. NY N 100-163303 C It is believed that any counterintelligence program against the NL to be initiated in the New York area, should be directed at the SDS as the primary target, with The Resistance, Student Mobilization Committee (SMC) and the Youth International Party (YIP) as secondary points of aim. In brief, SDS operates a Regional Office at 50 East 11th Street, NYC, although this office will probably move on or about 6/1/68. SDS also publishes a weekly newspaper called "Rat," with offices at 201 East 4th Street, NYC. In addition, SDS has a weekly radio broadcast over Radio Station WBAI-FM, NYC at 7:00 PM, every Wednesday. Air time for this broadcast is being donated to SDS as part of a "Commentary Series" sponsored by the station. SDS maintains chapters in ten or more colleges and universities in the New York area which engage in varying degrees of student activity. The chapter at Columbia, of course, has been extremely active in the recent past. Activists in SDS and logical targets for counter- intelligence operations are: [REDACTED] (SDS-PLP at Brooklyn College) [REDACTED] (SDS Funds Raiser) [REDACTED] SDS Office Manager, NY Region) MARK RUDD (SDS Chapter Chairman at Columbia University) The Resistance is located at 5 Beekman Street, NYC (Room 1025), and is engaged in "anti-draft" activities as well as the NL. Activists in The Resistance are: -3- NY 100-163303. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The SMC is located at 17 East 17th Street, NYC and publishes a paper entitled "Student Mobilizer" at varying intervals. SMC activists are: [REDACTED] (SMC Secretary) [REDACTED] (SMC Treasurer) [REDACTED] (SMC Coordinator) YIP (Also known as "Yippies") is located at present at 32 Union Square, NYC, and is considered to be one of the strongest anti-establishment organizations in the New York area. YIP activists are: JERRY RUBIN (Co-chairman) ABBIE HOFFMAN (Co-chairman) [REDACTED] (Secretary) [REDACTED] (Treasurer) The following specific recommendations for counter- intelligence actions against SDS are being made at this time: 1. The 5/11/68, issue of the "Guardian", page 5, contained an article entitled "Activist Answers Columbia Prexy", which sets forth the contents of a letter written by MARK RUDD, SDS leader at Columbia University, to GRAYSON - 4 - N 100-163303 C KIRK, President of Columbia, following a speech by KIRK on 4/12/68; during which he, KIRK, complained about youthful antiauthoritarianism. The letter which condemns KIRK from every point of view, ends with a harsh obscenity. It is This page contains typed text from an FBI document detailing information on the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and related organizations. Large black redactions obscure the names of individuals and their roles within the Students Mobilization Committee (SMC) and the Youth International Party (YIP). There are no photographs, stamps, or explicit evidence of surveillance methods visible. A handwritten note at the bottom indicates "4 -", suggesting it is page 4 of a larger document. The overall impression is a heavily redacted report listing organizational details and activist names. RUDD, SDS leader at Columbia University, to GRAYSON - 4 - N 100-163303 C KIRK, President of Columbia, following a speech by KIRK on 4/12/68; during which he, KIRK, complained about youthful antiauthoritarianism. The letter which condemns KIRK from every point of view, ends with a harsh obscenity. It is recommended that copies of the above-letter) be sent anonymously to selected college and university officials in the New York area, with particular reference to those institutions having SDS chapters on campus. The photostatic or Xerox copies of the article would be accom- panied by a note reading: "We wonder - after you read this if you will consider the Students For A Democratic Society to be a legitimate campus organization in the American university tradition?" Signed "Concerned Alumni." It is believed the last paragraph of the letter (containing the obscenity) should be circled in red. It is also recommended that copies of the above letter be mailed to a representative number of parents of students arrested by the New York City Police Department during the student "revolts" at Columbia and to the parents of activists in SDS and other NL organizations. The accompanying note to the letter directed to parents will read: "So your son or daughter got 'busted!' during the so-called 'student revolt' at Columbia? The attached letter will introduce you to Mark Rudd, student leader of SDS and the instigator of the whole disgraceful mess. It's your child and your money. Help throw SDS off the campus. Action for a healthy change is up to you..." Signed: "Father of a 'busted' ex-student." Two Xerox copies of the RUDD letter are enclosed together with the notes mentioned as above. 5 NY 100-163303 2. It is recommended that a postcard mailing be made to parents of a representative number of Columbia students arrested during recent student-riots, The card will advertise the following event (dates and other details subject to change): "Attend The Cultural Bag of The Year.. 1968 SDS Crap Out • Do your thing • Bring your own grass, pot, whatever Music by 'The Mothers. Columbia Students - Free July 5 - 6 (All nite, baby) 6:00 PM 'till- 4th Floor, 17 East 17th Street, NYC (SMC Office) Auspices: SDS, 50 East 11th St. NY Region Extra: Meet and gas with Mark Rudd!" It is believed the advertisement of fictitious events, as above, could bring positive results in a July 5 - 6 (All nite, baby) 6:00 PM 'till- 4th Floor, 17 East 17th Street, NYC (SMC Office) Auspices: SDS, 50 East 11th St. NY Region Extra: Meet and gas with Mark Rudd!" It is believed the advertisement of fictitious events, as above, could bring positive results in a disruptive program pointed at SDS and related organizations. This card may cause some parents to finally regard their offspring with a jaundiced eye and question on their friends and associates. Secondly, a certain degree of confusion could result should a number of students show up for the "affair" at the SMC Office. 3. It is believed that the "cuckoo angle" inherent in the NL can be exploited from a counterintelligence point of view. This phase would emphasize the strange collection of hippies, drop-outs, hop-heads and plain nuts that cling to the NL, appear at most of their "functions" and are greatly attracted by the news media. - 6 - NY 100-163303 The creation of_a_montage_on_paper of leaflet size showing photographs and parts of photographs of the worst of the hippy-set- complete with hair and dirt - and containing a very small message in the center (printed in red) would have a caricaturing effect on the SDS on campus or from the mailing technique. The message in the center of the montage would i read: "We are the SDS. If we lead would you follow?" If the above is acceptable, New York will prepare an initial layout of the montage for submission to the Bureau with a request for authority to utilize same in the counterintelligence operation against the NL. At the present time, the New York Division has investigative responsibility for the following individuals who have been designated "Key Activists" by the Bureau: [REDACTED] (SDS) (NYFile 100-159517; Bufile 105-170067) [REDACTED] (SMC) (NYFile 100-157637; Bufile 100-447282) JERRY CLYDE RUBIN (YIP) (NYfile 100-157178; Burile 105-131719) In addition to the foregoing, it is anticipated that MARK RUDD, SDS leader at Columbia University, will be designated as a Key Activist in the near future. In each Key Activist case, with the exception of RUDD, the Bureau has directed that investigative steps be taker to intensify coverage of these individuals and to seek ways of neutralizing their activities in the NL. Additional counterintelligence action against these individuals will be incorporated into the over-all program aimed at the NL. Action along this line will depend on the The page appears to be a declassified FBI document with handwritten notes and official stamps. There are no photographs of individuals, facilities, or events. The document contains several handwritten annotations, including a number "100-163303" in the upper left corner and a large "C" in a rectangle on the right side. There is also some illegible handwriting in the right margin. Some text is redacted, indicated by blacked-out areas, though no specific content is revealed. The document includes what appear to be routing or case numbers, and the overall impression is one of official bureaucratic activity related to surveillance or intelligence gathering. Bureau has directed that investigative steps be taker to intensify coverage of these individuals and to seek ways of neutralizing their activities in the NL. Additional counterintelligence action against these individuals will be incorporated into the over-all program aimed at the NL. Action along this line will depend on the development of additional information which would indicate - 7. - NY 100-163303 suitable moves against the Key Activists. As the Bureau is aware, the NYO has had success in the counterintelligence program against the SDS and MARK RUDD through recent articles by Associated Press. Other similar ideas are being considered utilizing cooperative, confidential news sources including the Associated Press. Bureau will be advised of these ideas in future communications with request for approval before proceeding further. New York will await Bureau authority relative to the recommendations set forth herein. - 8 - Page 5 By now most of the slick com- magazines have published yet anorgy o bourgeois analysis about the "youth youth are nihilistic. Here is an answer to the nihilism charge by Mark Rudd, chairman of the Columbi University Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, an organizer of the Columbi rebellion. Rudd's remarks were made in a letter he wrote to Columbia president Grayson Kirk who, in a speech in Charlottesville, Va., April 12, complained about youthful anti-authoritarianism. Following are Kirk's brief statement and Rudd's letter, which was published April 22, the day before Columbia students initiated their current protest. Said Grayson Kirk: "Our young people, in disturbing num- bers, appear to reject all forms of authority, from whatever source derived, and they have taken refuge in a turbulent and in- choate nihilism whose sole objectives are destruction. I know of no time in our his- tory when the gap between the generations has been wider or more potentially dan- gerous." Said Mark Rudd: Dear Grayson--Your charge of nihilism is indeed ominous; for if it were true, our nihilism would bring the whole civilized world, from Columbia to Rockefeller Cen- ter, crashing down upon all our heads. Though it is not true, your charge does represent something; you call it the genera- tion gap. I see it as a real conflict between those who run things now-you, Grayson Kirk-and those who feel oppressed by, and disgusted with, the society you rulk- we, the young people. You might want to know what is wrong with this society, since, The page is a black and white document with dark smudges and speckles throughout, indicative of aging and the original printing process. The text is primarily typewritten, with some portions appearing to be underlined or circled in ink. There are no photographs, official stamps, or forms with filled-in fields visible. There are no obvious redactions. Hand-drawn elements include two circular shapes at the top and two brackets on the right side of the page, one of which appears to contain a handwritten symbol or letter. A centered number "6" appears at the bottom of the page. you call it the genera- tion gap. I see it as a real conflict between those who run things now-you, Grayson Kirk-and those who feel oppressed by, and disgusted with, the society you rulk- we, the young people. You might want to know what is wrong with this society, since, after all, you live in a very tight self-created dream world. We can point to the war in Vietnam as an example of the unimaginable wars of ag- gression you are prepared to fight to main- tain your control over your empire (now you've been beaten by the Vietnamese, so you call for a tactical retreat). We can point to your using us as cannon fodder to fight your war. We can point out your mansion window to the ghetto below you've helped to create through your ra- cial university expansion policies, through your unfair labor practices, through your city government and your police. We can point to this university, your university, which trains us to be lawyers and engin- eers, and managers for your IBM, your Socony Mobil, your IDA, your Con Edison (or else to be scholars and teachers in more universities like this one). We can point, in -short, to our own meaningless studies; our identity crises, and our revulsion with being cogs in your corporate machines as a pro- duct of and reaction to a basically sick society. Your cry of "nihilism" represents your inability to understand our positive values. If you were ever to go into a freshman C- class you would see that we are seeking a rational basis for society. We do have a vision of the way things could be: how the tremendous resources of our economy could be used to eliminate want, how peo- ple in other countries could be free from your domination, how a university could produce knowledge for progress, not waste consumption and destruction (IDA), how men could be free to keep what they pro- duce, to enjoy peaceful lives, to create These are positive values but since they mean the destruction of your order, you call them "nihilism." In the movement we are beginning to call this vision "socialism." It is a fine and honorable name, one which implies absolute opposition to your cor- porate capitalism and your government; it will soon be caught up by other means. people who want to exert control over their own This document appears to be a COINTELPRO report summarizing activities related to the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in New York. While there are no photos or explicit operational charts, there are several handwritten annotations and official stamps. The presence of redacted text, indicated by blacked-out sections, suggests sensitive information is being withheld. The document also includes typed names and file numbers, hinting at the cataloging of individuals and their associated surveillance records. The overall visual presentation, with its varied text fonts and layout, is consistent with internal FBI communications from the period. "nihilism." In the movement we are beginning to call this vision "socialism." It is a fine and honorable name, one which implies absolute opposition to your cor- porate capitalism and your government; it will soon be caught up by other means. people who want to exert control over their own lives and their society. You are quite right in feeling that the situation is "potentially dangerous." "Fo if we win, we will take control of you world, your corporation, your university and attempt to mold a world in which we and other people can live as human beings. Your power is directly threatened, since we will have to destroy that power before we take over. We begin by fighting you about your support of the war in Vietnam and American imperialism-IDA and the School of International Affairs. We will fight you about your control of black peo- ple in Morningside Heights, Harlem and the campus itself. And we will fight you about the type of mis-education you are trying to channel us through. We will have to destroy to em, even violently, in order to end your power and your system-but that is a far cry from nihilism. Grayson, I doubt if you will understand any of this, since your fantasies have shut out the world as it really is from your thinking. [Columbia] Vice President Tru- man says the society is basically sound; you say the war in Vietnam was a well- intentioned accident. We, the young peo- ple, whom you so rightly fear, say that the society is sick and you and your capitalism are the sickness. You call for order and respect for au- thority; we call for justice, freedom, and socialism. .There is only one thing left to say. It may sound nihilistic to you, since it is the opening shot in a war of liberation. I'll use the words of LeRoi Jones, whom I'm sure you don't like a whole lot: "Up against the wall, Motherfucker, this is a stick-up." 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Rudd's remarks were made in a letter he wrote to Columbia president Grayson\nKirk who, in a speech in Charlottesville, Va., April 12, complained about youthful\nantiauthoritarianism. 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The overall impression is of a document that has undergone some form of duplication or recording process, with evidence of its physical handling (holes) and the original content being partially obscured. --- OCR Start --- - We wonder after you read this letter if you will consider the Students For A Democratic Society to be a legitimate campus organization in the American university tradition? - Concerned Alumni of dical bia bia non :ful --- OCR End --- which\nimplies absolute oppositron to your cur-\nporate capitalism and your government: i:\nwill soon he caught up by other young\npeople who want to exert control over\ntheir own lives and their society.\n"}, {"box_2d": [175, 380, 290, 660], "text_content": "\"Our young people, in disturbing num-\nbers, appear to reject all forms of authority.\nfrom whatever source derived, and they\nhave taken refuge in a turbulent and in-\nchoate nihilism whose sole objectives are\ndestruction. I know of no time in our his-\ntory when the gap between the generations\nhas been wider or more potentially dan-\n--gerous.\"\n"}, {"box_2d": [288, 399, 301, 516], "text_content": "Said Mark Rudd:\n"}, {"box_2d": [299, 378, 449, 658], "text_content": "Dear Grayson-Your charge of nihilisni\nis indeed ominous; for if it were true, our\nnihilism would bring the whole civilized\nworld, from Columbia to Rockefeller Cen-\nter, crashing down upon all our heads.\nThough it is not true, your charge does\nrepresent something: you call it the genera-\ntion gap. 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We will have\nto destroy at times, even violently, in order\nto end your power and your system-but\nthat is a far cry from nihilism.\n"}, {"box_2d": [447, 372, 778, 650], "text_content": "You might want to know what is wrong\nwith this society, since, after all, you live\nin a very tight self-created dream world.\nWe can point to the war in Vietnam as an\nexample of the unimaginable wars of ag-\ngression you are prepared to fight to main-\ntain your control over your empire (now\nyou've been beaten by the Vietnamese, so\nyou call for a tactical retreat). We can\npoint to your using us as cannon fodder\nto fight your war. We can point out your\nmansion window to the ghetto below\nyou've helped to create through your ra-\ncist university expansion policies, through\nyour unfair your control over your empire (now\nyou've been beaten by the Vietnamese, so\nyou call for a tactical retreat). We can\npoint to your using us as cannon fodder\nto fight your war. We can point out your\nmansion window to the ghetto below\nyou've helped to create through your ra-\ncist university expansion policies, through\nyour unfair labor practices, through your\ncity government and your police. We can\npoint to this university, your university,\nwhich trains us to be lawyers and engin-\neers, and managers for your IBM, your\nSocony Mobil, your IDA, your Con Edison\n(or else to be scholars and teachers in more\nuniversities like this one). We can point, in\nshort, to our own meaningless studies, our\nidentity crises, and our revulsion with being\ncogs in your corporate machines as a pro-\nduct of and reaction to a basically sick\nsociety.\n"}, {"box_2d": [635, 659, 757, 937], "text_content": "Grayson, I doubt if you will understand\nany of this, since your fantasies have shut\nout the world as it really is from your\nthinking. [Columbia) Vice President Tru-\nman says the society is basically sound;\nyou say the war in Vietnam was a well-\nintentioned accident. We, the young peo-\nple, whom you so rightly fear, say that the\nsociety is sick and you and your capitalism\nare the sickness.\n"}, {"box_2d": [778, 362, 865, 639], "text_content": "Your cry of \"nihilism\" represents your\ninability to understand our positive valuck,\nIf you were ever to go into a freshman C\nclass you would see that we are seeking a\nrational basis for society. We do have\nvision of the way things could be: how the\ntremendous resources of our economy\n"}, {"box_2d": [782, 655, 871, 931], "text_content": "There is only one thing left to say. It\nmay sound nihilistic to you, since it is the\nopening shot in a war of libelation. 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