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_ against | od ae 7 4 cere Gye {0 Berkeley, | Hearst on March {“"THS was ¢ time when ahe still iWas = apparently being © held ber will It was not until early April that the 20-year-old San Francisco hewspaper heiress ‘renounced her family and ssid she was joining her captots- in & life of urban guerrilla warfare. - ‘From interviews and secret government documents, the Chi- i¢ago Tribune discovered that sll [the FBI had to do to find Patty ; was to keep watch on the Berke- _ley bank where agents knew sev- jeral of her Symbionese Libera- tion Army kidnapers had eheck- ing accounts, " 4 -Ameng.tha members with ac- Jcounts In the bank were Camila | i Hall and Nancy Ling Perry, both’ of cwitom—aied in Onch's ; Shootout with police in Los An-: ‘ geles, | The FBI discovered the ex- , istence of the bank accounts Feb, 25 in the course of investigating ‘the Hearst kidnaping. A stakeout would have paid off within four days, because on March 1, Miss! Hall entered the bank, withdrew the $1,565 in her account, and walked out again, records show. Had she been followed, au-: thorities are eohvicned that Miss: Hail, 29, would have led agents: to the hideout where Patty then wis ber eld. —— But instead of posting agents | F} if tetenk, the FBtappiccatly depended on bank manager Fred Rowley to notify them if DY | Symbionese army members showed up. Through 8 mixup, , Rowley failed to alert the FBI when Miss Hal] appeared. : The ‘Symbionese group thus, got Badit oleriderebe brainwash Patty into adoxnting their terror- ist views. Publig statements at- tributed to Patty indicate she was ' persuaded that she had been abandoned by ber family and by | J + 4 authorities. . The bank that required watch- ing was the Central Bank at 2187 | Suerieck? Ave, Berkercy;—wiich to Rescue Her. a fe ‘2 ’ Ff . Calif Soe By RONALD KOZIGG=—e alit., June 29-—The FBI missed — I, only 25 days after she was ki an excellent chance to 1 rescue Patriaia . at the astreet,. fran: ffice of the 150 Shattuck Ave. 7” . Miss Hall’s money was with- drawn despite a stop order next to her account number, 654806, This meant that Rowley was to be notified before any transuc- sion could take place on the gc- count, cob te Yet Rowley did not tearn of the M i withdrawat . until bis across . to — earch March 4, when he notified the FBI \ Bank employes questioned later said they thought the stop | order was only for checks to. Miss Haii written by her father, the Rev. George Hall, pastor af - St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lin- colnwood, Ht, They did not Xs Hisdtior, _Wais whet gave them tk hab, Hi aah teat A B JUL 9 1974 7-18 2.00 — ye, we Ne Oe re me Asst. Die,: a Admin, —_. $ Comp. Syst,. rf; r Ext, Aftals y Loboratory ___ . Plon. & Eval. __ Spee. Inv. * “te _ Training ———, Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. __ j\"7 tSec’y The Washington Post Washington Star-Newa Daily News (New Yoo Fo The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The National Observer The Los Angeles Times JUN 3 0 1974 — Da BODY oe + em ws epee oe. - RE mnt tts trmee = pe