FBI Records Aspen Institute

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fJ.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D.C. 20535

Subject: ASPEN INSTITUTEFoIPA No.

DearThe enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of lnformation/Privacy Acts (FOlpA), Tifle 5,United States Code, Section 5521552a. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exemptirom disclosure,with the appropriate exemptions noted on the page next to the excision. ln addition, a deleted page infoimation sheet wasinserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to witnnotl information are markedbelow and explained on the enclosed Form OpCA-16a:

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Enclosure(s)

n The enclosed material is from the main investigative file(s) in which the subject(s) of your request wasthe focus of the investigation. Our search located additional references, in files relating to otherindividuals, or matters, which may or may not be about your subject(s). Our experience has shown,when ident, references usually contain information similar to the information processed in the main file(s).Because of our significant backlog, we have given priority to processing only the main investigative file(s).lf you want the references, you must submit a separate request for them in writing, and they witt Uereviewed at a later date, as time and resources permit.n See additional information which follows.

Sincerely yours,

David M. HardySection ChiefRecord/lnformationDissemination SectionRecords Management Division

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Aspen Stitute for Humanistic Studies Aspen lnstitute - WIe PlantationP.O. Box 222Oueenstown. Marylan d 2165830t 758-2666

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/ffiROM'DATE: January 19, L979SUBJECI: Telecoi rrimF Hudson rnstiture

1. At about 4:30 p.nt. t ilanuary l.8th, I receiveda teLephone caLl, fro lerting me that Iwould be getting a phone call from ofthe Hudson rnstitute about the ttu.s. r,abor partyrr .4ndpossible actLons by thts group in conhection with orifFebruary U.S.-BrLtish pBS conference.2. FoLLowing caII, I received thecall from He said that he trad been dis-cussing the ftIJ. s, Labor party* with of the

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councir on foreign .Rerations and he .rra l-lthoughtit wise to alert usplannfng somethingBritish conference.

publisher of the ,'Executivetonrrfr. S. Labor party,t as theIntelligence Rerriewr. Ie Society.

that the U.S.in connection

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tabor Party might bewfth our coming If .S.-also identified the

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3. f thenof Aspen Instituteand she couJ.d notshe vrould, do sorne

4. Next I.the impending caLl

.tr.lJr Hudson Institute

called back to say that he had

calLedand forrnerly of the Hudson Institut,identif She saidchecking and. call back tomorrow.calLed to alert him offrom

5.a lgngthy conversati'on wit and thought he was"fishing!' and completely "off the waII,'. t-lsaid ttratn said the reason for his caLr was that

5. Early this afternoon,of the Hudson rnstitute had instruct"u l-l to ,'pulrtogether a dossier on the u.s. Labor ,partyt'. t

caJ.led,.she had just tarkbd witr,l-lwho said that he hasnothing to do with nor has he ever heard. ofl-land knows nothing about any of this. They areapparently misusing his name and misrepresenting his viewsas weII. I lsail, 'tI can not telL you how divergent inview poi.nt the r.;abor Party and. Hudson rnstitute are. youcouldnrt find two more different organizations in termsof point of view-, or anything else. The u.s. tabor partyis a scurrilou" Lrg.rrization. And they have been afterthe rnstitute for awhLle with aLl the little junky thingsthey hand out in the streetsr saying the Aspen rnstitute


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Telecon from Hudson InstituteJanuary 19, L979Page 3Ls trying to t-ake over the world, trying to kiLl people,trying to do this, that, and the other. They are asuper, Left wing, rabid organization. They have abso-J.utely no eredentJ.als. Thg Hudson Institute firmlydisavows and wouLd be very pleased to write a lettermakLng 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 wasnot available and. that the number was an answering service

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lnstitute for Humanistic Studies Aspen lnstitute - lYye PlantationP.O. Bor 222Queenstown, Maryland 21658301 75&2666lf

Federal Bureau ofInvestigationBaltimore, Md.

,]anuary 22 , L97 9British-U.S. Conference on Public BroadcastingThe folLowing is furnished in accordance withour teLecon on ilanuary 22nd,z1. The Aspen rnstitute at wye plantation will

throughost a British-t . S. conference on February IstfrLTth entitled, " Issues of Gov,ernance in public Broad,-casting". Ehis' conference is being sponsored by the AspenInstitute Program on Communications and Society. I alE is the Aspen program Director and wilr chair theconference. The approximately twenty-five conferees wiLLbe housed at Wye pl.antation, Wye Institute and the Tide_water rnn, Easton, Maryland. conferences wiLr held atwye ristitute: conference room. At this writing the fot-Iowing have confirmed that they wiLl attend:

British:

Robert Armstrongr, permanent under secre-tary of the Home Office

Company


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ConferenceL97 9 on Pub1ic Broadcasting

member of theU.S.3

Annon Comrnission on BBC.Congressman, Lionel Van Deer1in, Chairrman of the House commission on Communica-tions. !Robben F1emirg, President, University ofMichigan and President, Corp. of publicBroad,casting.Hartford Gunn, vice Chairman of the publicBroadcasting System.ssistant Secretary ofCommerce.Charles Ferris, Chairman of the FederalCommunications Commission.

' , 2; Th6..f,oLLowing addresses and telephone numbersare furnished. as requested:tatiorl r

Aspenxkr, Nevr York (AIHS ) , 7J-7L0022

Program on Communi-Massachu-ations and the Society, HIHS, 2010Fif rhPhbne

;f;:: ashinsroor D. c. 20036Aspen Instituteat wye Plantation, Box 222, eueehstown, Md.2L658 phone

?Tr. ^ "r.:,'pnclosing the memo that I read to you dur-Iing our phonecon and severaL other brochures that you migl;tfind useful.

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ItsoBritish-U. S. Conference on P.ubl-ic BroadcastingJanuary 22', L97 9Page 3

4. I will notify the Officer in Charge, Centre-ville Post, Maryl,and Staie Police and the Sheriff of QueenAnne's County, MaryLand, of, the coming Eebruary conference.and the bossibility of invoLvement rcith the U.S. taborParty.

5. Ihank you for your interbst and feel free tocaLl me for any additionaL information you need.

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ON JAI.IUARY 22-24, Lg7g,ASPEN INSTITUTES, wYE PI,ANTATIONI QUEENSTO!,IN, MARYLAND, AD TSEDTHAT THE ASPEN INSTTTUTE AT IYYE PLA}ITATION WITL HOST A BRITISH -U.S. CONFERENCE 9N PUBIJIC BROADCASTING ON FEBRUARY L5 THROUGHFEBRUARY 1,7, Lg7g, ENTIfIJED "IsSUEs OF GOVERAI{CE IN PUBIJICBROADCASTING ' n SPONSORED BY ASPEN INSTITUTE PROGRjA}I ONCOMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIETY. THE ASPEN PROGRAI{DIRECTOR' WIIJT CHAIR THE CONFERENCE. APPROXIMATEIJY 25 CONFEREES

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DateAGE TWO (se I gs-NEw) CLEARINN, EASTON, MARYLAND. CONT'ERENCESCONFERENCE P.OOM. AS OT JANUARY 24,

WILL BE HELD AT VSYE1979, THE .FOILOWING

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CONFIRMED UHAT THEY WILL ATTEND:BRTTISN BBOADCA$TING C9MPANY (BBC)

BOARD OF GOVERNORST BBC; ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PERMANENTUNDER.SECRETARY OF THE HOME OFFICE'AND MEMBER'OF PARLIAMENT;,

OT' THE ANNON COMMISSION ON BBC;N6RI'{AN $T.-$eN=gf[r/Ag, coNsERVATrvE sHADor{ LEADER rN THE HousE oFcoMMoNS; LORD ITARRTS Or GREENWTCH, THE EX-MrNrSUln Or STATE.-/,FROM THE UNITED STATES, fHE FOIT,OWTXE HA\IE CONFIRMED THEIRATTENDANCE: CONGRESSMAN I,IONhT, VEN DEERLIN, cHAIRMAN oF THE HoUsEcolo'FssIoNs oN coMMUNIcArroNS; ROBBEN FLEMING, PRESTDENT,UNIVERSITY Of' MICHfGAN AND PRESIDENT, CORPORATION Of' PUBLIC.BROADCASTTNG; HARTFORD GUNN, VICE CHAIRMAN OF.THE pUBtIC BROADCAST$YSIEM; ASSISTANT SECRETARY OE CONGRESS; CHARIESFERRIS, .CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNTCATIONS COMMISSION.

THE ABovE eunsrS FRoM gNer,ANo ARE ALL coNNEcrEp wfrn iiru bnrrGO\IERNMENT EXCEPT STATED IHATxT rs PossrBtE THAT rHE BRLTTSH AI4BASSADOR, THE HONORABTE ,,OHNJAYI AI{D HIS WIFE WII.,L VTSIT FOR DINNER DURING THE ABOVE CONFEREN

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ADVISED FURTHER THAT ON JANUARY J'8, 7979 I HECALL FROM

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IAIMED.HEINSTTTUTE, WHICH'rS LOCATED IN NEW YORI(WAS CALLING ABOUT THE U.S. IJI.BOR PARTY,pr,ewnrmG Sounrnrnc rN coNNgcrroN wxrg THE scHEDULED

CITY.WITICH I'IIGHT =BECONT'ERENCE ON PUBLTC BROADCASTTNG. WAS REFERRED gO

F ASPENIS PROGRAM ON COMMUNICATIONS AND THE SOCIETYl-lsUBsEQUENTtYRELATEDHEHADALENGTIIY.CoNvERsATIoNwITHl-l AND r*oue** l-l*os "rrr*tr*J AND coMpr,ErEr,y orr rHEt{Alrr. " l-l crarunD *ol-l *rianF oF rHEtruuBoN INSTITUTE INSTRUCTE TO ''PUT TOGETHER A DOSSIER

CONTINUED THATASPEN INSTITUTE FOR HUMANISIIC SIUDIES,.7.]7 5TH AVENUE, NYC, WAS EONTACTED REGARDING THE MATTER. SHE

t{AS ,ponusRt-y coNNEc[ED wtrir .THE -EUDsoN rNsrrrurn. sHE cHEcKEDv{IEu THE HUDsoN I}ESTITUTE AND TALKED* trtrnNEyER HEARD apl-l AND HAD NorrrrNc ro Do wrrn rHE u.s. LABoRPARSY. INDICATED: THATWAS'A TEE'TINSrrrurn

t{ING ORqAXIZATION THAIIBY PASSTNG *tt HAND-OUTS t'

THE U.S. LABOR PARrY (U$tP)HAD BEEN ATTACKING fHE HUDSON

ON THE STREET, ACCUSING THE

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COMMITTEES, WHICH TS A VIOLENT-ORIENTED MAru(IST REVOTUTIONARYORGAIIIZATION, WHICH AIMS TO REPLACE DEMOCRACY IN THE U.S., WITH ACOMMUNIST FORII{ OF GOVERNMENT. IT IS HEADQUARTERED IN NYC WITHcHAprERs rN .MoRE THAr{ 50 crrrEs ru rirp u.s., A}ID.cHApTERS rN.CANADA, MEXTCO, EUROpE, ASrA AND AUSTRAITA.

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STATED Hg doulo Drscuss rHE ABovE ITATTER llrrH rng.I'IARYLAND STA.TE. POLICE AND THE OUEEN' ANNE COgHtY 'SHERIFF DEPARTI,IENT.

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I\,./sEM (A)Synopsis: Reqlrest to all offices to report any positiveinformation concerning specific threats to the aspen rnstitute's50t.h Anniversar:y.

DetaLls: A11 offices are request.ed to report positiveinformation concerning specific threats tb ttre-Aspen fnstitute,s50th Anniversar:y being held in Aspen, cororado, oh August L9-22,2000.Expected attendees incrude former president carLer,Queen Noor of ifordan, Bruce Babbitt, Henry Kissinger, Jameswolfensohn, Prersident of world Bank, and others. -organizers ofother l-ocal protests have made it, known that they intend toprotest. this event, in particurar the presence oi world BankOfficials. Ca6ttioned event coincides witfr the people's Summit onGlobarization ituring the same weekend in Buttermilk, colorado,which is near ?'spen. There is a possibility that members ofDirect Action lttetwork wrrr pa::ticipatq in the protests. one ofenforcemea!:ue[: ne has not i-ntited Direct Action Network.

"contact" for D:Lrect Act.ion Network in Carbondare, cororad.o,whictl is_appro>r:imately 30 miles from Aspen. The protest isscheduled for .rrugust L9, 2000. The prolest organizers haveexpressed Lhe gyoal of 500 participants.e -mai.I adCress

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FEI,IIRAL BUHEAU OF INI'ESTi(}ATIC)NPrecedence: RC)UTINE Date: 0 9 /L4/2000

DenverFrom: DenverSquacl 8/GIenConterct: SAApproved By:Drafted By:Case ID #: 30C}A-DN-59257 (Closed)Ti tIe s ASPEN l:NSTf TIITE;Aspen, ColoradojsOTH A}INIVERSARY,.08 / tg / it 0oo - 08 / 22 /2000 ;

SEM (A)Synopsis : )CLosling communication .__-__/Detaile: On .O8/29/2OOa, Detective . Aspen po.liceDepartmenE, Aspen, colorado waa conta-tEd'Eegeial-ng the outcomeof the protests at captioned event. crowley advised that despitepress estimates of 250, the actual number of protesters forsaturday, .o..8/+s.t lioo-o and sunday, oa /zo/2oQo,wis approximatelyl-50, approximittely: half ';tha. pibi6dters w$rdr .l'bia1l ,the .'rest: f romthe Denver area. The event occurred without arrests. There weretwo or three pr:otesters who arrived wearing masks and fatiguepants'. with bulgling'pockets . I-,aw enforcement perSonnel moriltored.'b6b7

these individuerls during theBrotesters advj-sed Detective . No arrests occurred. Thethat t,hey would return againnext year. Detective ffif Lhat protesters seemedBurprised"by.treatment from law enforcement compared to theDenver area: , llh6 ''protsesters were aLlowed to make a walkingtransit of ..the. parking lot. where . the symposium' was " herd'. irrisput the protesters within earshot of the slrmposium attendees'inpide: d i-arge, tent,.,;,,This was negoriated. wiltr the understandingthat protesters, who stopped or attempted to enter the tent wouLlbe arrested. .Protesterg seemed pleaied with the abirity tonegotiat,e cordj-aIIy with and be listened to by Iaw enfo-rcement.

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