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OPTIONAL fom NO. 18 be ; 1 | UNITED STATES GOVERNM._ r Senet ' Memorandum © la, , wf fw TO : Mr. DeLoach DATE: 12-20-62 C FROM : M.oK. A6nds Y Ci / CL S 7). SUBJECT: tESCAPE TO NOWHERE" . eee ned edge ae ed Aas Mah ot ens if -¥ A ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATER ~ 6k WTOP-TV, CHANNEL 9, ~ 10 P.M., 12-19-62 lyk 3 é —_ This program was represented as a factual account of the escape from Alcatraz last June of Frank Lee Morris and John and Clarence Anglin. Four prisoners took almost a year in planning this escape, and the program showed how , HCY BGtC. Ou BU GUUN slieet eee Ey Clee ae, o Er a4 . hair clippings from the barber shop. The escape was effected by each prisoner crawling through an air vent in the rear of the cells which had been enlarged by chipping away at the wall over a period of several months. Actually, four prisoners . had planned the escape but one was left behind when he was unable to squeeze through the air vent. This led the prisoners into a utility corridor and from there they went to the roof and were able to make their way down to the water's edge. From scraps of soap and hair clippings, they were able to fashion dummies which were’ left in their beds with the result that their absence was not discovered until 7 o'clock on the morning following the escape. The only mention of the FBI came from the narrator at the conclusion of the program when he stated that representatives of the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons "hold it wnconceivable that the men could stay together (after their escape) without being discovered." In his concluding remarks, the narrator said that authorities felt that the escapees had been drowned. He mentioned program ‘was pre- pared with cooperation of Bureau of Prisons. It is noted that this matter is currently the subject of an active Bureau investigation. RECOMMENDATION: RECs 39 al None. For information. ; io He 2 be 7S - / 60 . “h