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Alcatraz Escape — Part 11

151 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jul 17, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 150 pages OCR'd
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dev. 12-13-56} , . Toleon ee . wor .. e _ Mr. Retmont p Mr. Mohr... 2 Mr. Ce-r 37 - = WZ. FBI je fo crt Date: 10/19/62 en L PLAIN TEXT 4 Transmit the following in — (Type in plain text orcode) ~~ ~~~SSOSC~S~«~S = Vic AIRTEL | AIRMAIL ; i? (Priority or Method of Mailing) TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (76-26295) : FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (76-2887) RE: « © “Arcos | a Rerep sR 20/10/62, San Francisco; oard » & Norweggan me... b? FURNESS WI COMPANY, LTD - tre) 38, San Prancisco, } Calif., when leaving on ote oes. freighter ru bg . ited States on August 8, 1962, mentioned to San Francisco Bar Pilot, that they had s ° ng in Pacific Ocean on July 17, 1962, some twenty miles north-west of Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco, At the time body seen, they were proceeding to Canada and ‘New Zealand and did not stop to report same, They made note in ship's log book, but did not mention it until August 8, 1962, when they had returned to United States and were again leaving on another extended voyage. These individuals interviewed upon their return from New Zealand after other foreign port stops. : VED =:2:00 that between 5:45PM and 6:00PM, on “ July 1 e 8S NOREFJELL was proceeding away from bs the United States on a freighter trip. About twenty miles bf) west by north-west of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, he noticed something bobbing in the water. He took the ship's binoculars and observed that it was a body, evidently floating face downward, with hands and feet dangling down into the . water. He could see the rump of the body clearly, however, ‘ from the angle, he could not see the upper portion of the body. He stated that the body was clothed in dirty white 4 _ appearing full le users. He inmediately gave . ' the binoculars to who was standing on the deck with him, and also nese as @ drowned body... wae WS Upbeat) + - obs Ss me 876 = = BbRIS- Fran isco 7 7 Wit El foals Spécial? Agent in C} ocrte%. z Vy) be. Sent UM Ce Per . > [14 wee cee Be eee ane Te Approved:
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