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cst CORO Tahal I eA ae re FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION pore 2/17/71 QUIRED 22 bee 2 Corrections! Training Facility, was contact d at the Central Services b1 Office of that institution. was orally advised of the identity of Special Agents Wm of the FBI, and was shown an official credential card by these Agents. herrea rif further advised of the purpose of the investigation eing conducted. GHD advised that he was an inmate housed in "Y" - aty Wing of the institution in January, 1970, when Correctional me ‘| Officer MILLS was killed in that wing. However, he was not | in the wing at the time the murder occurred, because he was on a work assignment. He informed that he has no personal knowledge of the murder, and his only knowledge comes from what he has read in the paper and talk he has heard from the other inmates. ac He stated that sometime after the murder of MILLS, prison officials circulated a form »mong the inmates of wy" Wing, informing that the attorneys for defendants in the MILLS murder case desired to interview "Y" Wing inmates. This form indicated that each inmate should make his choice as to whether he wanted to be interviewed or did not want y to be irterviewed. ean? that he marked this form bl indicating he did not want to be interviewed, because he personally felt that his becoming involved would conflict with his parole board date. He explained tat this was purely a personal feeling, but he knew that this murder case would be a contriversial thing, and he didn't want to take any chances that his becoming involved would re- flect unfavorably on him getting a parole. He stated that he didn't know if the Parole Board would have even bothered to wmnsider this aspect, but he didn't want to take a chance. He went on to say @ sign e questionnaire rorm oO 8 own rree Soledad, California On 2/12/71 at 2 File# SF 44-1868 “oa——__-. is/ | p by ab 23 Date dictated 2 15 71 This document contains neither recommendations ner conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI ond is loaned to your agency: It ond its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.