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Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D.C. 20535

Subject: ASPEN INSTITUTE

FoIPA No.
Dear

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Stitute for Humanistic Studies

WIe Plantation Aspen lnstitute P.O. Box 222 Oueenstown. Marylan d 21658

30t 758-2666

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SUBJECI: Telecoi

DATE:

January 19, L979

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1. At about 4:30 p.nt. t ilanuary l.8th, I received a teLephone caLl, fro lerting me that I
would be getting a phone call from

of

the Hudson rnstitute about the ttu.s. r,abor partyrr .4nd possible actLons by thts group in conhection with orif
February U.S.-BrLtish pBS conference.

2.

FoLLowing

s, Labor party* with of the councir on foreign .Rerations and he .rra l-lthought it wise to alert us that the U.S. tabor Party might be plannfng something in connection wfth our coming If .S.ftIJ.

call from cussing the

caII, I received the He said that he trad been dis-

British conference.
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also identified the S. Labor party,t as the publisher of the ,'Executive Intelligence Rerriewr. I referred of Aspenr s Program on Communications and e Society.

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3. f then calLed of Aspen Institute and forrnerly of the Hudson Institut, and she couJ.d not identif She said she vrould, do sorne checking and. call back tomorrow. 4. Next I. calLed to alert him of the impending caLl from called back to say that he had a lgngthy conversati'on wit and thought he was
5.

"fishing!' and completely "off the waII,'. t-lsaid ttrat said the reason for his caLr was that n of the Hudson rnstitute had instruct"u l-l to ,'pulr together a dossier on the u.s. Labor ,partyt'. 5. Early this afternoon, caJ.led,. she had just tarkbd witr,l-lwho said that he has nothing to do with nor has he ever heard. ofl-l
tl

and knows nothing about any

of this.

They are

apparently misusing his name and misrepresenting his views as weII. I lsail, 'tI can not telL you how divergent in view poi.nt the r.;abor Party and. Hudson rnstitute are. you

couldnrt find two more different organizations in terms of point of view-, or anything else. The u.s. tabor party is a scurrilou" Lrg.rrization. And they have been after the rnstitute for awhLle with aLl the little junky things they hand out in the streetsr saying the Aspen rnstitute
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Ls trying to t-ake over the world, trying to kiLl people,

trying to do this, that, and the other. They are a super, Left wing, rabid organization. They have absob5 :b7 c J.utely no eredentJ.als. Thg Hudson Institute firmly disavows and wouLd be very pleased to write a letter makLng public their disavowal of an. U.r. Labor Party.r - 7. I calLed the number at 3:L0 p.ilI. today. The man that answered said thatl I was not available and. that the number was an answering service
and would take a rnessage for

8. If I get any more information on this mattf,r , I shaLl- promptly pass it on to you.
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Investigation Baltimore, Md.

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DATE: SUBJECT:

,]anuary 22 , L97 9 British-U.S. Conference on Public Broadcasting

The folLowing

is furnished in accordance with

22nd,z

our teLecon on ilanuary

1. The Aspen rnstitute at wye plantation will host a British-t . S. conference on February Istfr through LTth entitled, " Issues of Gov,ernance in public Broad,casting". Ehis' conference is being sponsored by the Aspen

Institute Program on Communications and Society. I is the Aspen program Director and wilr chair the E

al

conference. The approximately twenty-five conferees wiLL be housed at Wye pl.antation, Wye Institute and the Tide_ water rnn, Easton, Maryland. conferences wiLr held at wye ristitute: conference room. At this writing the fotIowing have confirmed that they wiLl attend:

British:
Company

'fi-olJ
Robert Armstrongr, permanent under secre-

tary of the

Home

Office

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,Ianuary 22, Page 2
s. L97 9

Conference on Pub1ic Broadcasting

Annon Comrnission on BBC.

U.S.3
man

member

of the

Congressman, Lionel Van Deer1in, Chairr of the House commission on Communica-

tions.

Robben F1emirg, President, University of Michigan and President, Corp. of public

Broad,casting.

Hartford Gunn, vice Chairman of the public Broadcasting System.

Commerce.

h6 h7c

ssistant Secretary of

Charles Ferris, Chairman of the Federal

Communications Commission.

' , 2;

Th6..f,oLLowing addresses and telephone numbers

are furnished. as requested:

Queenstown,

tatiorl

Fif rh
Phbne

xkr,

Nevr York

Aspen (AIHS ) , 7J-7

L0022

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Program on Communications and the Society, HIHS, 2010 Massachuashinsroor D. c. 20036

Aspen Institute wye Plantation, Box 222, eueehstown, Md. 2L658 phone

?T r. ^ the memo that I read to you dur"r.:,'pnclosing I ing our phonecon and severaL other brochures that you migl;t find useful.

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Its

British-U. S. Conference on P.ubl-ic Broadcasting

January 22',
L97 9

4. I will notify the Officer in Charge, Centreville Post, Maryl,and Staie Police and the Sheriff of Queen Anne's County, MaryLand, of, the coming Eebruary conference. and the bossibility of invoLvement rcith the U.S. tabor
Party.
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5. Ihank you for your interbst and feel free to caLl me for any additionaL information you need.

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ASPEN INSTITUTES, wYE PI,ANTATIONI QUEENSTO!,IN, MARYLAND, AD TSED

THAT THE ASPEN INSTTTUTE AT IYYE PLA}ITATION WITL HOST A BRITISH

U.S.

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EASTON, MARYLAND.

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CONFERENCE P.OOM.

AS OT JANUARY 24, 1979, THE .FOILOWING WILL ATTEND:

CONFIRMED UHAT THEY

BRTTISN BBOADCA$TING C9MPANY (BBC)

BOARD OF GOVERNORST

BBC; ROBERT ARMSTRONG,

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PERMANENT

UNDER.SECRETARY OF THE HOME OFFICE'AND MEMBER'OF PARLIAMENT;

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ROBBEN FLEMING, PRESTDENT,

UNIVERSITY Of' MICHfGAN AND PRESIDENT, CORPORATION Of' PUBLIC.

BROADCASTTNG; HARTFORD GUNN,

VICE CHAIRMAN OF.THE pUBtIC

BROADCAST

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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OE CONGRESS; CHARIES

FERRIS, .CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNTCATIONS COMMISSION.

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Date: 0B/08/2000

All Field Offices

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Synopsis: Reqlrest to all offices to report any positive information concerning specific threats to the aspen rnstitute's
50t.h Anniversar:y.

DetaLls: A11 offices are request.ed to report positive information concerning specific threats tb ttre-Aspen fnstitute,s 50th Anniversar:y being held in Aspen, cororado, oh August L9-22,
2000.

Expected attendees incrude former president carLer, Noor of ifordan, Bruce Babbitt, Henry Kissinger, James Queen wolfensohn, Prersident of world Bank, and others. -organizers of other l-ocal protests have made it, known that they intend to protest. this event, in particurar the presence oi world Bank Officials. Ca6ttioned event coincides witfr the people's Summit on Globarization ituring the same weekend in Buttermilk, colorado, which is near ?'spen. There is a possibility that members of Direct Action lttetwork wrrr pa::ticipatq in the protests. one of

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as s i stance with any intelligence regarding possible criminal violat ions by people attending the protest.

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: )CLosling communication . Detaile: On .O8/29/2OOa, Detective . Aspen po.lice DepartmenE, Aspen, colorado waa conta-tEd'Eegeial-ng the outcome of the protests at captioned event. crowley advised that despite press estimates of 250, the actual number of protesters for saturday, .o..8/+s.t lioo-o and sunday, oa /zo/2oQo,wis approximately l-50, approximittely: half ';tha. pibi6dters w$rdr .l'bia1l ,the .'rest: f rom the Denver area. The event occurred without arrests. There were two or three pr:otesters who arrived wearing masks and fatigue pants'. with bulgling'pockets . I-,aw enforcement perSonnel moriltored. these individuerls during the . No arrests occurred. The that t,hey would return again Brotesters advj-sed Detective next year. Detective Lhat protesters seemed ffif Burprised"by.treatment from law enforcement compared to the Denver area: , llh6 ''protsesters were aLlowed to make a walking transit of ..the. parking lot. where . the symposium' was put the protesters within earshot of the slrmposium herd'. irris attendees 'inpide: d i-arge, tent,.,;,,This was negoriated. wiltr the understanding that protesters, who stopped or attempted to enter the tent wouLl be arrested. .Protesterg seemed pleaied with the abirity to negotiat,e cordj-aIIy with and be listened to by Iaw enfo-rcement.
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