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+ Barc RR, JEKEDSS LC. W. WALSE —_~ - ek INSUMYT OF CONGRESSLOAN mr TT : cnc? Seat teal acts eich hare is — Trtt espe yore 2 Ieee -_ EXARST NIOUAPING CALS Congressman Sikes, 2 member of the Hous committee which hendles our appropriation requests, tr ta wl i ee er = ee on eee i m3 13> ,18 e Appropriations Sub- asked for a confidentia! - briefings on our progress in the Hearst kidnaping case. With the Directcr's approval, Supervisor Michael A. Morrow of the General Investigative Division - . .. and I called on the Congressman. Supervisor Morrow has been handling the ot Supervision of the Hearst case since its inception. «<->. : Do, i 7 RE Congressman seked what progress had been made in solving the - Hearst case, registering some diseppointment with our app2remt lack of succes: . oo RE : We advised the Congressman in confidence that the FBI has committed over 2.) /,150 agents working full-time on this case. We have utilized all available - .. vu) Ginvestigetive techniques in an effort to solve the case. We pointed out that we Js 2” had identified several individuals we have every reason to believe are implicate. "TS '4n the-abduetion but to date we do not have legally admissible evidence in this d ; of doing everythins possi: to solve the case while af the same time not jeopardizing the safety of the = wictim. We outlined a number of specific things that we had done and are doin: end assured the Congressman that we > leaving no stone unturned. The > Congressman asked as to the position of the family and we explained that | “2 sregaid.-We pointed out that our posture bas. been one “warrants. In F : certain publicly aggressive action such 2s grand jury subpoenas and seerch <d to some of our investigative techniques, overage was outlined es were Our and insect samples. At the outset, the Congressman eppearec gues “-. gomewhat Hstant in his zpproach to us but at the terminztion of our vieit, ae appeared more relaxed; : cordial, and eppreciative. Be conchided om: meetin’ ou a rather confident note, stating he wes sure the FBI .é:this case. he expressed his.eppreciation for-our heaving given him thir "5 confiGentiel briefing. 20 ef E ee -. Se None; submitted for infornfation and record purposes. iF ow Fe —