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woulc be releasea in exchange fer payment of $100,000, the exchange of kardolph Hearst for victim, and @ subsequent long-range air -°-: flight to a foreign country. According to Mr. Hearst, Kimbrough is acting mereiy ae & courier fox one of his patients whom he deciined tc identify aid Kimbrcugh nar indicated his orly interest in thig matter is that victim be returned safely. There have been neo further devetopments as of late p.m., 2,/'26/74, with regard to above. Our SFO has identifie@ Kimbrough as being Doctor L.S.D. Kimbrough. 500 Spruce, San Francisco, a doctor of internal jmedicine. Contacts in the medica: fielé know of no adverse infor- mation concerning hir and he is described asc havine 6 good reputa- tior in the communit,. SFC files contain only one reference to hir tha’. being e telephonic extortion case ir, 1962 wherein he was the victim; no Federa] violation was developed as it was a tele- phone cali. Bates. to Gebharat memorandum O. RE: HEARNAP | © | TF ‘ Mr. Hearst ha: advised SAC, SFG that before he takes any jaftirmative action ii: connection with negotiations for release of victim, he wil] advise SFO and solicit advice of SAC. NEWS MEDIA: => oxy aoe SO ONS PRN yy oer wacepuee Deeb CELIA 2 ChieF of Bdélice’ (COP): Ge versity of calirornia, serkeley, advised that representatives of news media, notably from Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, and Television Station KQED, San Francisco, were attempting to obtain information concerning student status and/or employment status of individuals currently under investigation by our SFO as known and/or suspected SLA members or associates. These individuals include Patricia Michelle Soltysik, Emily Harris, Angela Atwood, and@ others. According to ,COP. the representatives of news media mentionéd above have the sto regarding the Hearst kidnaping and reportedly the news story will identify numerous individuals along with Russell Little, Joseph Remiro, and Nancy Ling Perry as being implicated in the kidnaping. Our SFO has advised it has furnished no information con- cerning individuals currently under investigation by SFO to news media. SFO noted that investigative-type reporters connected with San Francisco Chronicle have sources among former Venceremos Organization members and they have conducted extensive inquiries among the "street people" in Berkeley gathering miscellaneous information, the majority of which is inaccurate. They do,: how- ever, obtain a few items which are factual and then they, the reporters, build stories around them. | ACTION: For information. N14 ea ar