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pyre eS 1 WALLACE T, COUETT Choirman LOUIS W. SCHNEIDER Executive Secretary | | od ya: gruesome, and one.which-raises grave questions about: the procedure used. PMI CHEE HOMO SOI VIRS OE HIoee 5 _ 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphi¢ _ennsylvania 19102 « Phone (215) 241 w Ger. Ty J Ident Clarence M. Kelley . ; i. j Ines: 4 Director " , YY Fatt. Federal Bureau of. Investigation Babine 12 U.S. Department of Justice ; Plen 2 E Washington, D.C. 20535. - Pos Alsat Dear Mr. Kelle : + Train g . ” ¥: . anil r ‘Telephoia FE i tor Se The * erican Friends Service Committed has been informed that the Canddjan——— Government, through jts Embassy in Washington, has approached the U.S. State mA et at Bewg Faw wot Department to request an urgent investigation into the handling of the case of a Canadian citizen, Anna Mae Aquash, whose body was found on the Pine os Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota last February. According to report the American Friends Service Committee has independently received, she was first declared dead of exposure but.a Tater autopsy at the request of her family determined she had died of gunshot wounds. ~In addition, it was reported that the hands were cut. off her. dead body and sent to the FBI for fingerprint verification, a procedure which can only be characterized as _ ina ae At Ne at we Ei EOS PE ee Pees The Canadian Friends Service Committee, our sister Quaker’ organization: in Canada, has asked us to support Canadian Quaker initiatives in seeking a | thorough U.S. investigation of the case and appropriate subsequent action, which might well inciude compensation to the famijy for mistreatment of the ' deceased._-—_——~ . WgSteil [KES We earnestly support the Canadian Quaker initiative and urge your earliest effective response to the request transmitted through the Canadian Government. ; We are sending identical letters to: ES, President Gerald R. Ford nad Secretary of State Kissinger, reo? Le Attorney General Levi. -. RE pve "S00 - J/3 G5 Q~ 64 % Your personal interest in “dvancing the handling of the request seems called for and we would greatly appreciate your effort to do so. -- - - Sincerely yours, Lo bbe Lofts W. yer ae 23 JUN 192.5 LWS:at 8 I ORK AT. le |e oe — > I