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OFrigmar hem WO. 19 a ~ 201p- 104 > a UNITED STATES oA ewmenr havoc. Din a Memorandum we - . Comes. Syst TO - Mr. E. S. Miller . pare: 6/20/74 Pee 8 Co _ - 5 Gen. ine. -_ Jom : Leva Counsel ae é , ~~ - \ : bine SUBJECT: marvel HACHTER, vrnitig se RAMONA/RIPSTON tele Re AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES Dien en UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Mr. Schachter and Miss Ripston, ‘President and Executive . Director, respectively, of the ACLU of Southern California, addressed ‘a letter to the Director dated June 10, 1974, in which they inquired concerning the shooting at a private residence in Los Angeles on May 17, 1974, in which members of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) were killed. They Specifically inquired as to whether a report has been, or ‘}will be, made as to the facts, reasons, and justification for Special Agents firing their weapons. They urged that the results of any Bureau investigation of this matter be made public. The implication in the letter is that excdsive force was used in the effort to arrest the SLA members found in the residence. : t The original of the incoming was referred to the Correspondence | and Tours Section of the External Affairs Division and they prepared a proposed response to the letter. At the same time the Director noted on a Xerox copy a : of the incoming letter "See me please, 1. Our Jurisdiction, 2. Answer to , The FAI had jurisdiction in this event because Federal arrest A: ; warrants charging bank robbery were outstanding at the time for Nancy ey ' Perry, Patricia Soltysik, Camilla Hall and Donald DeFreeze, all of whom - f 3 were located in the eer : fede — ”, ts Enc. - Surf b~2S~7Y - "2 WUN'26 1974 5 f . . 1 - Mr. Gebhardt _1- Mr. McDermott | eer. ane a f . 1- Mr. Mintz “OS _. BRO pot ae JAM:mid |, cay 27 194 fay (5) ae CONTINUED - OVER qa? S53 : :