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PAGE FIVE —TSF-7585'5 ARMED AND DANGEROUS. ADMINISTRATIVE: | RE RANDOLPH A. HEARST, FATHER OF THE VICTIM. . \THIS DATE, & MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE HEARST CORPORATION, CONTACTED RANDOLPH HEARST WITH A PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 3, 1974. IN ESSENCE, THE STATEMENT IS THAT THE HEARST CORPORATION, ON FEBRUARY 22, 1974, MADE AN OFFER TO THE SLA THAT IF PATRICIA HEARST WAS RELEASED UNHARMED, TWO MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO AN ESCROW COMMITTEE IMMEDIATELY, AND A FURTHER TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY, 1975. | THE STATEMENT WENT ON TO NOTE THAT MORE THAN A MONTH HAS PASSED AND THE HEARST CORPORATION HAS RECEIVED NO REPLY. TO FURTHER SHOW MORE GOOD FAITH, TODAY CAPRIL 3, 1974) THE HEARST CORPORATION DEPOSITED IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT '< AT THE WELLS“FARGO BANK IN SAN FRANCISCO, FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. ' END PAGE We