(FBI) files on The Anarchist Cookbook, 1971-1999

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Description of document: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on
The Anarchist Cookbook, 1971-1999

Requested date: 15-September-2010

Released date: 26-January-2011, 01-February-2011

Posted date: 14-February-2011

Date/date range of document: 14-January-1971 – 10-September-1999

Source of document: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attn: FOI/PA Request
Record/Information Dissemination Section
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U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. 20535
January 26, 2011
Subject THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK
FOIPANo. 1154717-000
The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title 5, United States
Code, Section 552. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exempt from disclosure, with the
appropriate exemptions noted on the page next to the excision. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was
inserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to withhold information are
marked below and explained on the enclosed Form OPCA-16a:
Section 552 Section 552a
!l?l(b)(1) C:l(b)(7)(A) D(d)(5)
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LB1(b)(6) 0 (k)(7)
202 page(s) were reviewed and 159 page(s) are being released.
Document(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning other
Government agency(ies) [OGA]. This information has been:
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See additional information which follows.
Sincerely yours,
David M. Hardy
Section Chief
Record/1 nformation
Dissemination Section
Records Management Division
Enclosure(s)
In response to your Freedom of Information (FOIA) request submitted to Winchester, VA, enclosed are
processed copies of FBI Headquarters file 10 0-HQ-463387 and San Diego file 288A-SD-60400.
For your information, there is additional material 'Nhich might possibly be responsive to your request.
However, these files are presently unavailable. Upon retrieval, material identified as responsive to your request will be
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U.S. Department of Justice
National Security Division
Washington, D.C. 20530
NSD FOIIP A #11-089
FEB -1 2011
While processing your September 15, 2010, Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) request,
the FBI located three documents and referred them to the National Security Division by
memorandum dated January 26, 2011, for processing and direct response to you.
We have reviewed these items and have determined to release them in full or in part. We
are withholding the portions of the records indicated at the FBI's request and pursuant to one or
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marked, "Freedom oflnformation Appeal."
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ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Thurs., Jan. 14, 1971. • 3A
New /Anarchist Cookbook1 Contains
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·· Recipes for Sabotage, Destruction
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NEW YORK (UPI)- A pub· know." "But I am the one who made
!ishing firm said Wednesday it The book instructs in surveil- the final decision. I Ulink Berg·
had published a manuai for rev- •. ance, expl~ives, lethal gases, man's prefatory note puts the
olutionaries containing instrue- wiretapping, electronic jam· whole issue into perspective.
lions ranging from sabotaging ming, use of guns and knives. People like the Weathermen
telephones and destruction of garroting, and boobytrapping. It have called me and said they
~ bridges to mayhem and killing. is profusely illustrated with pho· were opposed to the book -
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~ Lyle Stuart, Inc.,-said "The t o g. r p h s and diagrams. A that the general public shouldn't
~ Anarchist Cookbook" had come lengthy section on drugs gives know these things.
i out in a $12 hardcover edition formulas for making LSD and "Well, all I can say is that ·if
and a $5.95 paperback edition cooking with marijuana and those young Weathermen mak·
which "will be made available hashish. ing bombs in the town house 'in
to university bookshops." The The cover of the book bears _Greenwich Village had known
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book's author is William Powell, this warning: 11 keep in what was in this book. they
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a student at Windham College at mind that the topics written wouldn't have blown themselves
Putnam, Vt. According to Pow· about here are illegal and consti- up. This is an oddity book and
ell's forward, he sees his book as tute a threat." it's going to be a·very big seller.
a usefu: handbook f'Ol' the silent As an example, Ute weapons The first etiition of 6.500 is at
majority when the "Fascists in section on knives offers this a~· l'eady almost ex1u~usted. I didn't
power" decide on "final reprcs· vice: print this to make money but it
sion of the people." Peter M. "The heart is anoUu~r fatal tooks·as tbottgh tt will."
Bergman. head of a publishing spot to be considered in your at.
house subsidiary and author of tack. A sharp thrust will usually ·
the book's preface, said he be· slip off the rib cage and pene-
-ucve-d-thtf ·book•s--·chief-interest tratc--the--heart 'This-type-of
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would be ·"for the square guy thrust should incorporate an up·
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who wants to know what is going ward swing!'
on. " Lyle Stuart, head of the. pub·
·• "There is no political merit in ishing firm, said "a great
. llllblishing this book,'' Bergman many"' people on his. staff
l said. "It is not a call for action. thought the book was dangerous
For the real hippie and Yippie, and should not be published.
especially for the rebellious stu- "Some were appalled,'' he
\ dent, it hardly contains anything said. "The stockholders were in
basic that he docs not alre~dy a slate of shock.
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Dear Miss Carson:
On January 2~st I received your. letter, with
enclosure, and very much appreciate your interest in sending
me the newspaper clipping. Also, your kind. comments are
indeed gratifying.
With respect to your question, the· FBI has no
control over material published through the mass media; how
ever, I sbare your concern about this matter~ Encl9sed is
literature which expresses some of my views regarding those
who seek to foment unrest and foster subversive activities•
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~JAN .?G.f.!..'~lot1
2 6197J1 I. Edgar Hoover to!rtAlh"P:: ;..• til~,
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A Study in Marxist Re'Jlolutionary Violence: SDS, 1962-19'69.
Directorrs Testimony ·3/5/70 Re Black Panthers1 Racial,~~Extremist And
Communist Groups.
FBI Annual Re,POrt 1970 . •. . :;:
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lnN!i:>:XJ.i;lr:u:~t:, Ql:files disclos~ prior ~ordial correspndence with M1sS''Carson.
She has taken t.ours of tqe ~ureatt and has been complimentary of the
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33405 MR. CONRAD--_,
MR. PELT ___ _,,.,
Jan. 14, 1971
MR. GALE--,...._
MR. ROSEN--
Dear Mr. Hoover:
MR. TAVEL.--
MR. WALTERS--
I was reading local newspaper MR. SOYARS--
this evening came upon this article • MR. JONES--
Thought it might interest you also. TEt.E. ROOM,___.,.,
MISS HQI.MES ..,.._- -
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MRS. METCALF--
You wouldn't allow them to put
Miss GANDY.
, this book on the market-- would you?
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Glad to read in the newspap~r that you
are enjoying good health.
Sincerely,
Charlotte Carson
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