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VW. See 2A ~~ -_ ye og) RRRAPAVT'T 2F Butt. A. BINED suUNTY OF MONTEREY ) STATE OF CALRFUKNIA 7 HUGO A. PINELL, peing first duly sworn, deposes and says: I have been confined in the Max Row section of O wing at Soledad Prison since October of 1969. .-A few days after January 13, 1970, news came over the radio that a guard had been killed in a different section of the prison. I happened to be the tier tender around that time, in Max Row. One day, around the 18th of January, as I came out of my cell to serve the noon meal, Sergeant Maddix called me up front and asked me if I knew George Jackson. I said yes. He asked me if I considered Jackson a friend of mine. I said I did. He then told me that Jackson was in Isolation, which is located on the other side of Max Row. He said Jacksen was held for investigation, bet that I wes wel- -eome to visit him if I so desired. This was out of the ordinary. and so I inquired a little more and he just stated how he wanted to be courteous with me since Jackson and I were friends. I couldn't find anything malicious in the Sergeant's offer, but I needed to be careful just the same because all the possibilities of some plot being in the makings. I came to the conclusion that Sergeant Maddix was perhaps bothered by his own thoughts in reference to his great participation in the killing of the three Blacks and other bad treatment and unusual punishment against us and the best he could do was try to paint a different picture of his personality by acting nice with me. So, I said I would like to see George and to my surprise, the Sergeant opened the gates and allowed me on the other side, directing me to George's cell. George was locked up in one of the quiet cells in the back of th tier. I was glad to see George and mad at the same time because ome a