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— , OB Re. PNET _ om. Assoc. Dir. ® r ; Dep. AD Adm, _ Dep. AD Inv. __ ° Ass!. Dis.: Admin. Comp. Syst, __ Ext. Affairs Files & Com. — -_ Gen, Inv. ident. Inspection Intell. Laboratory Plan. & Evel. Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. «329A . HEARS T 3- 412 Director Sec'y — | OND NIGHT LD 278A BY ART MCGINN | SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-~THE FIANCE OF KIDNAPED PATRICIA HEARST WENT BEFORE TELEVISION CAMERAS TUESDAY TO ASSURE HER SHE HAS NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN AND TO SUPPORT THE WAY SHE IS "HANDLING HERSELF. ® STEVIN WEED, 26, WHO WAS WITH PATRICIA WHEN SHE WAS ABDUCTED BY THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY FEB, 4, ALSO SAID THERE HAS BEEN SOME DIS AGREEMENT WITHIN THE HEARST FAMILY ON HOW TO MEET THE SLA‘S 5 MANDS. WEED TOLD KQED-TELEVISION: "I DON'T HAVE A PARTICLE OF ‘DISAGREEMENT WITH THE WAY SHE IS HANDLING HERSELF ... I'M VERY IMPRESSED." ON THE FAMILY DISACREEMENTS, HE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN JUST "TOO MANY OPINIONS" ON WHAT TO DO. THE OPINIONS, HE SAID, CAME NOT JUST FROM THE FAMILY BUT MANY OTHERS AND THI$ WAS "STULTIFYING THE SITUATION." ' ASKED BY KQED'S MARILYN BAKER WHETHER HE WOULD ACT AS A SUBSTITUTE ‘HOSTAGE, WEED SAID: ®1T DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I WOULDN'T RULE IT OUT. * | AND WEED CALLED IT "COMICAL® THE WAY CHARLES BATES, THE FBI AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE KIDNAP INVESTIGATION, WAS HANDLING THE FAMILY. HE SAID WHEN BATES ENTERS THE FAMILY HOME IN HILLSBOROUGH, HE "SITS DOW, HAS A DRINK, JUST SITS DOWN AND CHATS." HE ADDED HE WAS AMAZED AT *HoW ADEPT BATES I$ AT NOT TELLING US ANYTHING. * HE SAID KE FELT PATTY BELIEVED "TO A DEGREE" THE SLA CLAIM THE FBI WANTED HER TO DIE TO DISCREDIT THE UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION. HE ADDED THAT, IF PATTY DIED IN AN FBI INVASION OF THE SLA HIDEOUT, “IT WOULD COME OUT IN FAVOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. * IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT, LAWYERS FOR TWO JAILED SLA MEMBERS SAID THEY HAD AGREED ON A PLAN FOR THE TWO TO APPEAR ON NATIONWIDE TELEVISION AS DEMANDED BY THE KIDNAPERS AND WOULD SEEK COURT PERMISSION FRIDAY FOR THEM TO DO IT. ONE LAWYER, WILLIAM GAGIN, TOLD KNBR RADIO OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT THE CIST OF THE SUSPECTS’ MESSACE WOULD BE: “THE SLA SHOULD PROCEED TO RELEASE PATTY HEARST AND NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEFENDANTS BECAUSE THEY FEEL, THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, THEY WILL BE FAIRLY TREATED, * PICKUP 4TH PGH: WEED, RESPONDING WPI O3-12 11:28 PED - WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE : ier =P - $200 - fo 8 et ON gk te ee ee a ar A oe a *eune ‘