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TO ‘. Mr. Franck rae . _ Oo i fe . Mr. Jenkins DATE: 4-4-74 Gindoubtealy would not believe. such denials from. the ‘Lips “2 = Mr. Gebhardt - Enclosures ‘1 - Mr. Miller - Enclosures UNTIED STATES GOQRNMENT 6 Assoc. Oir. oo Oca. AD Adm. Ocz. AD Ine Memorandum a ers a) SUBJECT: REARNAP Legal Cova, Telaphone Rm, Pursuant to Mr. Kelley's instructions, attached. is a proposed statement for release to news media here and in the Field, affirming the fact that our investigation of the February 4, 1974, abduction of Patricia Hearst is continuing. This statement. also specifically covers the point that Patricia Hearst's welfare and safety remain primary “concerns, as they have been from the outset. The suetement makes no reteranse tc th: death thréet thah the Sempicnesc Liberatcior Army {SOA}. as Mate - Intell, _ Spec. Inv. » Training Adain, Cemp. Syst. Ent, Alfoirs Files & Cam, Gan. Ine. — ta Inspection Loberstory Phan. & Ewes, ‘aodinst Ropyn_ Sicines, Chris Johnson and. Caiitor Ves tbr ook" ea: of whore the Si% falsely bclieves has been cooperat ing wot che Fhl. For the FRI to issue a public denis. thar © raeceé thre- petvsons tave bees ctocceretive could rut us an fas posizior of havine tc make similiar denial: regavding Cline. pesso.s. Ouc refus: in the futures te men. buch 2 GeciAl rederd ng any ‘such. perses coulé-~and uncoustedly wor tds -5e construe. by many ipdcividue:s te cont. tate an afc srmacaon-be-silence that the rainea person wes, in fact,. poneratirs: with us. | Furthermors, it is Kignis ‘aeubtfial, “ that the SLA would believe our denials=<9 ust’ as’ the SLA *. ~~ Steiner, Johnson} and Westbrook." (2) That the attached statement be furnished to all | offices today by teletype. . (An appropriate teletype is attached.) ‘Enclosures (2). 1 - Mr. Heim - Enclosures RECOMMENDATIONS : RECS t on foi po ; (1) That the attached statement be approved. _ ce APR 9 1904 ar B, —A : Disector See’y 5 > sso qs. ry: see a a ee or es og LS “ge