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PAGE THREE ® a @ SF 7-855 SUFFICLEGT FACTS ON HAND TO ANSWER ANY REASONABLE INQUIRY. AS INDICATED ABOVE, THE ALIOTO STORY SHOULD WAVE BEEN REPORTED AND STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO INSURE THAT THERE BE NO REOCCURENCE OF A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS. HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO THE STORY RELATING TO WITNESSES* ALLEGED STATEMENTS DEALING WITH THE SLA PAD AT 1827 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, IS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANTICIPATE THE FABRICATIONS BY THE PRESS. THE MEDIA IN THIS SITUATION IS KNOWN TO HAVE BADGERED WITNESSES TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE BECOME HOSTILE TO THE FBI. WITNESSES WERE TELEPHONED AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT BY THE MEDIA AND IN SOME CASES OFFERED FREE DINNER OR OTHER REMUNERATION IN RETURN FOR AN INTERVIEW. THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN SUCH A wAY AS TO ENCOURAGE IDENTIFICATIONS WHEN, IN FACT, THE WITNESSES HAD NO INFORMATION OF VALUE, AND NECESSARILY CAUSED RE-INTERVIEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE WHEN INFORMATION WAS REPORTED IN THE PRESS INCONSISTENT WITH WAHT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED BY THE WITNESS. | END PAGE THREE