Description of document: (partial) US Department of Justice (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file re: Robert Anton Wilson, 1964-1966

Released date: 06-May-2008 Posted date: 17-June-2008 Date/date range of document: 14-August-1964 – 31-March-1966 (some pages undated) Source of document: Federal Bureau of Investigation

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u.s. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D.C. 20535

May 6, 2008

Subject: WILSON, ROBERT ANTON

FOIPA No. 1067891- 001

The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA), Title 5,United States Code, Section 552/552a. 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 wasinserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to withhold information are markedbelow and explained on the enclosed Form OPCA-16a:

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14 page(s) were reviewed and 14 page(s) are being released.

D Document(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning otherGovernment agency(ies) [OGA]. This information has been:

D referred to the OGA for review and direct response to you.

D referred to the OGA for consultation. The FBI will correspond with you regarding thisinformation when the consultation is finished.

181 You have the right to appeal any denials in this release. Appeals should be directed inwriting to the Director, Office of Information and Privacy, U.S. Department of Justice,1425New York Ave., NW, Suite 11050, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 within sixty days from thedate of this letter. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of InformationAppeal" or "'nformation Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA number assigned to your request so that itmay be easily identified.

o 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 mayor 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).If you want the references, you must submit a separate request for them in writing, and they will bereviewed at a later date, as time and resources permit.

181 See additional information which follows.

Sincerely yours,

David M. Hardy Section Chief Record!1 nformation

Dissemination Section Records Management Division

Enclosure(s)

Enclosed is processed copy of "cross-references" from FBI Headquarters file 100-444127. In processing the cross-references, the pages considered for possible release included only those pages which mention your SUbject by name and any additional pages showing the context in which your subject's name was mentioned.

Please be advised that records that appears to be responsive to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request have been destroyed. The records destruction practices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are conducted in full compliance with Title 44, United States Code, Chapter 33 and the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36, Chapter 12, Subpart 1228. The FBI Record Retention Plan and Disposition Schedules have been approved by the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

For your additional information, records that may be responsive to your Freedom of Information Act request have been transferred to the National Archives. You may desire to direct a request to the National Archives, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001.

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(b)(I ) (A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classified to such Executive order;

(b)(2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; (b)(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute(A) requires that the

matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld;

(b)(4) trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential; (b)(5) inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation

with the agency; (b)(6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy; (b)(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement

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(b)(8) contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions; or

(b)(9) geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells.

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(d)(5) information compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action proceeding; G)(2) material reporting investigative efforts pertaining to the enforcement of criminal law including efforts to prevent, control, or reduce

crime or apprehend criminals; (k)(I ) information which is currently and properly classified pursuant to an Executive order in the interest of the national defense or foreign

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privilege under Federal programs, or which would identify a \ource who furnished information pursuant to a promise that hislher identity would be held in confidence;

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(k)(4) required by statute to be maintained and used solely as statistical records; (k)(5) investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability, eligibility, or qualifications for Federal civilian

employment or for access to classified information, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished information pursuant to a promise that hislher identity would be held in confidence;

(k)(6) testing or examination material used to determine individual qualifications for appointment or promotion in Federal Government service the release of which would compromise the testing or examination process;

(k)(7) material used to determine potential for promotion in the armed services, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished the material pursuant to a promise that hislher identity would be held in confidence.

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PAGE FORMATION OF FREE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ~

AFFILIATIONS 4,22

LOCATION 4-6 AIMS AND PURPOSES 7,8

COURSES OFFERED 8-10

FACULTY 8-21

ANTI-DRAFT ACTIVITIES 25,26

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"The-Pree University ot New York is necessary beca~~ in our conception, American universities have been reduced to~ institutions of intellectual servitude. Students have been systematically dehumanized, deemed incompetent to regulate their own lives, sexually, politically and academically. They are treatet like raw material to be proces'sed for the un1versity' s c1ients­business, government and military bureaucracies. Teachers, under­paid and constantly subject to investigation and purge, have been relegated to the,position ot servant-intellectuals, required, for regular promotion, to propagate points ot view in harmony with the military and industrial leadership of our society.

liThe American university has been emasculated. Its intellectual vigor, ~berance and excitement have been destroyed.What remains is a dispassionate and studied dullness, a facade ot scholarly actiVity concealing an internal. emptiness and cyn1ciam', a dusty..dry search for permissible truth which plee.sl::.s none but the administrator and the ambitious.

IIIn the very tace of these- circumstances and in recognition of the events of the last decade, prptest has once again emerged on the college campuses- of America.-·we welcome the protest: we feel the foundation of the Free Univer·stiy__.1s part of it."

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rran~;h, 19. 19~ "I&­Courses Otferred

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"A History and Evaluation of Dialectical Philosophy"

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"Hallucinogenic Drugs: Their Uses and Social Implications"

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"China Today"

"Problems of Social Revolution in Advanced Industrial Society: The Case of the United

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