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ue” \S7 he surprised that the ANGLIN brothers would even consider trying to swim across the bay since even before arriving at Alcatraz JOHN ANGLIN had told him that he, JOHN, was a poor swimmer. He does not recall CLARENCE ANGLIN discussing with him his eg y =~ F ; ability as a swimmer. ; } Gi advised that he had resided in the San wranctseW 1) Bay Area from”about 1952 until 1957 and that he had done some swimming around the beaches. He advised that he had never done any swimming in the bay because to do so was toodangerous since th water was too cold, rough and there was a very rough undercurrent, He volunteered that he did not believe any of the inmates could ~ swim across the bay without special training and gear. Upon many occasions he had had discussions with JOHN ANGLIN while in the clothing issue room relative to the tides and heavy currents surround island. Upon occasion JOHN ANGLIN had eas if h had any friends around San Francisco, stated that né had some acquaintances but that he had not feed this information to anybody at Alcatraz. He advised that the only friends he had in the San Francisco area were endeavoring to have his sentence shortened and obtain a parole for him, therefore, he would not involve any of them with any convict at Alcatraz. 7 b4